Over 3,000 people flocked to a remote village of KwaHlathi in South Africa recently after word spread that a herder had discovered a ‘diamond’ in the area. However, officials said over the weekend that those unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers were not diamonds but quartz…
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has extended support to India and South Africa’s initiative at the WTO to waive intellectual property protection for COVID-19 vaccines and products, though he cautioned that “technology transfer” must be backed up by “technical support”. India has…
Mahatma Gandhi’s great-granddaughter, Ashish Lata Ramgobin has been sentenced to seven years in prison in a six-million rand (Rs 3.22 crore) fraud and forgery case. Ashish Lata Ramgobin, the 56-year-old great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, has been jailed for seven years in a six-million rand (Rs 3.22 crore)…