Geneva, June 2 (IANS) The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has strongly condemned a new Taliban decree in Afghanistan that legitimises child marriage and considers a girl's silence as consent to marriage, describing it as a "grave and systematic violation of international human rights law".
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The government has revised rules governing foreign nationals seeking to stay in India beyond 180 days, now requiring them to register before the expiry of the 180-day period instead of after crossing the threshold.
Washington, June 2 (IANS) A federal jury in Los Angeles has found prominent stock analyst Andrew Left, founder of Citron Research, guilty of orchestrating a years-long scheme that prosecutors said manipulated stock prices and generated at least $21 million in illicit profits by trading against the very recommendations he promoted to investors.
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Nepal's ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane arrived at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday and was warmly welcomed by BJP chief Nitin Nabin.
Washington, June 2 (IANS) A senior US senator has questioned whether Nvidia's advanced artificial intelligence chips are continuing to reach China despite American export restrictions, citing a series of criminal cases that allegedly involved the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the company's technology.
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) India on Tuesday dispatched the second tranche of medical assistance to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), comprising protective gear, diagnostic and monitoring equipment, medicines, and nutritional supplements aimed at strengthening the continent’s response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Tuesday met South African Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile in the national capital and discussed strengthening cooperation across various sectors.
Seoul, June 2 (IANS) Hanwha Aerospace, a defence affiliate under Hanwha Group, said on Tuesday it has partially suspended production at its Daejeon facility after a deadly explosion at the plant.
Washington, June 2 (IANS) Federal investigators have uncovered a sophisticated underground tunnel stretching from Mexico into Southern California and seized more than a tonne of cocaine worth an estimated $45 million, dealing what authorities described as a major blow to a powerful Mexican drug cartel.
Washington, June 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to tell lawmakers on Tuesday that the Trump administration has fundamentally reshaped US foreign assistance policy, replacing what it sees as dependency-driven aid programmes with a strategy centred on trade, investment and partnerships that directly advance American interests.
