Tallinn, May 25 (IANS) The Embassy of India in Tallinn, Estonia, hosted a curtain raiser Yoga session on Monday ahead of the 12th International Day of Yoga, which is observed worldwide on June 21 every year.
Ontario, May 25 (IANS) The Extortion Task Force of Ontario's Peel region in Canada on Monday announced the arrest of 17 individuals, majority of whom have ties to an international criminal network known as 'For Brothers', which targetted South Asian business owners and community members across the region, not only in Canada but also the United States.
Dhaka, May 25 ( IANS) As Bangladesh confronts workplace safety concerns, a new international study revealed that female journalists across the country are nearly six times more likely than their male counterparts to experience sexual harassment, with most incidents remaining unreported due to fears of career repercussions, local media reported.
Kabul, May 25 ( IANS) Pakistan’s perceived "negative” global image - stemming from allegations of involvement in the major international terrorist attacks, complex religious - ideological alignments, strained diplomatic relations and past failures in mediation has undermined its credibility as mediator between the US and Iran.
Paris, May 25 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Monday strongly condemned the alarming and systematic wave of violence against religious and ethnic minorities, including indigenous communities, in Bangladesh between January and April.
Quetta, May 25 (IANS) A woman commander in the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), identified as Shaynaz Baloch, has highlighted the role of Baloch women in history, politics and armed struggle, terming the conflict in Pakistan's Balochistan province as entering what she termed as a "decisive phase". She urged Baloch women to participate in the movement not only through emotion or symbolism but through "knowledge, consciousness and wisdom," local media reported.
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Monday alleged that gross negligence and policy failures during the tenure of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has triggered an escalating measles outbreak in the country that has claimed over 500 lives. The party claimed that the recent remarks by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have confirmed that this crisis was not an accident, but the result of Yunus’ “deliberate negligence and destruction”.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) China's influence in Africa now goes beyond economic projects to exerting diplomatic and political pressure on governments to toe the Beijing line when it comes to relations with other countries, according to an article.
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) A total of 17 more children have died from measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8 am on Monday, raising the death toll since March 15 to 545, local media reported.
Washington, May 25, (IANS) Canada has started taking India’s security concerns seriously and is now acting against extremist and criminal networks linked to pro-Khalistan elements, India's High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh K Patnaik, said in an interview with IANS.
