New Delhi: A June 2024 report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) reveals that China systematically changed the names of around 630 villages that held historical and religio-cultural significance for the Uyghurs of the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
United Nations, July 17 (IANS) Suman Bery, the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog which is tasked with guiding policies for achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visions for India, has spoken exclusively with the IANS UN bureau in New York.
United Nations, July 17 (IANS) Agriculture is expected to get more importance in India's growth strategy, and this is likely to be reflected in the upcoming budget, according to Suman Beri, the vice chairman of India's NITI Aayog which crafts policies.
Milwaukee, July 17 (IANS) Police officers from Ohio shot and killed a man, who was wielding knives, near a Republican Party National Convention site in Wisconsin.
Seoul, July 17 (IANS) South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik on Wednesday called for firm readiness against North Korea's "provocations", his office said, amid the North's "repeated threat" to respond to anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by South Korean activists.
Moscow, July 17 (IANS) A senior Russian official said that Ukraine's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would be not just a direct threat to Russia but a delayed declaration of war, local media reported on Wednesday.
New York, July 17 (IANS) Democratic Party Senator Bob Menendez, who headed the powerful US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been convicted of acting as a "foreign agent" for Egypt, and of a slew of corruption charges.
United Nations, July 16 (IANS) The world should address the "root causes" that caused a "crisis" in Europe and sparked the Ukrainian conflict, while the West must back off from threatening Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Washington, July 16 (IANS) Vivek Ramaswamy, the India-descent biotech entrepreneur, has thrown his hat into the ring for the US Senate seat that will fall vacant if former President Donald Trump wins the presidential polls, taking away its current occupant J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Vice-President.
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Republican Party leader and Civil Rights Attorney Harmeet Kaur Dhillon offered 'ardas' (Sikh prayer) at the Republican National Convention in the presence of the party's Presidential nominee Donald Trump, days after an attempt on the latter's life.
