Resistance to the Taliban has spread extensively across Afghanistan and the hardline Islamists will be unable to crush it in the wake of their takeover, the brother of famed commander Ahmad Shah Massoud said Wednesday. The comments by Ahmad Wali Massoud to AFP in Paris come as his nephew Ahmad Massoud, the son of the…
Along the Arabian Sea, Jamnagar is a money-making machine for Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, processing crude oil into fuel, plastics and chemicals. It’s also where the billionaire is making his newest bet: a $10 billion investment in green energy. In a swath of arid land, to the city’s…
New Delhi: The government has approved all nine names, including three women judges, recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges of the top court. The names have been sent to the President for approval. The judges are likely to take oath on August 31. Justice BV Nagarathna, of the…
Washington, United States: Western nations warned their citizens Thursday to immediately leave the surrounds of Kabul airport over a terrorist threat, as thousands of people try to reach a dwindling number of evacuation flights. Nearly 90,000 Afghans and foreigners have fled Afghanistan via the US-led airlift…
Mumbai: Union Minister Narayan Rane, who was arrested yesterday in Maharashtra over his “slap Uddhav Thackeray” comment and granted bail within eight hours, has been asked to appear before the police in Nashik on September 2. One of the four FIRs against Narayan Rane has been filed in Nashik. The…
London: Protection against COVID-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in Britain. After five to six months, the effectiveness of the Pfizer jab at…
Lucknow: A gram panchayat or a local body in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao has proposed changing the name of a block in the district from ‘Miyanganj’ to ‘Mayaganj’ – the latest in a series of proposed name changes across Uttar Pradesh. The term “Miyan” is sometimes used as…
New Delhi: The Congress backed Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh a day after a section of party leaders renewed their rebellion against his leadership. Senior party leader Harish Rawat said Mr Singh will lead the party in the coming state elections. “We will contest 2022 Punjab elections under…
New Delhi: Agencies like the CBI and Enforcement Directorate were reprimanded today by the Supreme Court over delays in investigations against MPs and MLAs. Cases are pending for 10-15 years and chargesheets are not filed, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said, asking the agencies to explain why. The Enforcement…
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is on pace to finish evacuations from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, but left open the chance of extending the deadline, saying reaching that goal depends on cooperation from the country’s new Taliban rulers. The Taliban said earlier on Tuesday that all foreign…