India’s G20 presidency; ‘Very strongly’ hope India will focus on debt restructuring mechanism: UN chief
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he “very strongly” hopes that India’s G20 presidency will allow for the creation of effective systems of debt restructuring, warning that the developing countries are facing a “perfect storm” amid the impact of the pandemic and increased food and fuel prices due to the Ukraine conflict. […]
UN Secretary General begins three day tour to India from today
New Delhi: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will be on a three-day visit to India starting Tuesday, during which he will pay tributes to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, besides holding talks with his Indian interlocutors. It will be the first visit of Guterres to […]
Pak ‘surprised’ at Biden’s remarks, summons US envoy
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said Pakistan is “surprised” by the remarks of US President Joe Biden’s on the country’s nuclear assets and summoned America’s Ambassador Donald Blome for an official demarche. Addressing a Democratic Party congressional campaign committee reception on Thursday in Washington, US President Joe Biden has said that Pakistan […]
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC adjourns hearing on Nalini’s plea seeking premature release
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to October 17 the hearing on the plea filed by Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna could not take up the matter due to paucity of time. The […]
India desires normal relations with all its neighbours, including Pakistan: MoS Lekhi
CICA summit
Astana: India said on Thursday that it desired normal relations with all its neighbours, including Pakistan, and advised Islamabad to create a conducive atmosphere, including by taking “credible, verifiable and irreversible actions” to stop cross border terrorism against it and enable the two countries to engage and address issues bilaterally. Describing Pakistan as the “global […]
Aware of ‘Lakshman Rekha’ but will examine demonetisation: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it is aware of the “Lakshman Rekha” on judicial review of the government’s policy decisions but will have to examine the 2016 demonetisation decision to come to a conclusion whether the issue has become a mere “academic” exercise. Observing that when an issue arises before a constitution […]
SC admits pleas against Talaq-e-Hasan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday admitted the pleas seeking ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ and all other forms of “unilateral extrajudicial divorce” to be declared unconstitutional. ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ is a form of divorce among Muslims by which a man can dissolve the marriage by pronouncing the word ‘talaq’ once every month over a three-month period. A three-judge bench […]
Covid rules- Direct flights between India, China unlikely to be resumed: Sources
Beijing: Direct passenger flight services between India and China are unlikely to resume in the near future unless Beijing modifies its policy of sudden cancellation of scheduled flights every time some passengers are tested positive for COVID on arrival in Chinese airports, informed sources here said. Flight services between the two countries have been disrupted […]
Plea to declare ‘Talaq-e-Kinaya’, ‘Talaq-e-Bain’ unconstitutional
SC issues notice to Centre, seeks reply
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre and others to a plea seeking to declare all forms of “unilateral and extrajudicial” divorce among Muslims including ‘Talaq-e-Kinaya’ and ‘Talaq-e-Bain’ as void and unconstitutional. A bench of Justices S A Nazeer and J B Pardiwala issued notices to the Ministry of Law and […]
