The village of Piddington has voted to leave the United Kingdom in protest against the government’s decision to house migrants in a former military base nearby. The village, home to just 350 people in Oxfordshire, England, held a referendum and voted to leave the UK in a symbolic protest with no legal effect. The referendum […]
The Trump administration has launched a global task force aimed at cracking down on so-called “birth tourism,” targeting people accused of misusing US visas to travel to the country specifically to give birth. The State Department announced the Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force on August 12, saying it would work alongside the Department of Homeland
The Director General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever recorded. Speaking to reporters, he said that at its current pace, the 2026 outbreak would “eclipse” the 2014-2016
Pakistan’s military on Wednesday issued a rare public denial of viral rumours that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan had died in custody at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, following 24 hours of severe political unrest and public anxiety across the country. The crisis erupted after US-based Pakistani journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan published a two-part video broadcast,
When President Trump announced in February that US tariffs on Indian goods would fall from 50 percent to 18 percent, Indian markets responded like a crisis had lifted. The rupee jumped, the Nifty surged as much as 5 percent, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal moved quickly to frame the outcome as a win — India,
N Chandrasekaran’s decision not to seek a third term as Tata Sons chairman was announced with the calm, procedural language of a well-run institution: an orderly transition, six months’ notice, a formal succession process under Article 118 of the company’s Articles of Association. Underneath that language sits a far messier question the Tata Group has
For eight decades, the ceremony at the Red Fort each August 15 has followed a fixed sequence: the Prime Minister arrives, unfurls the flag, and the national anthem plays. This year, for the first time, that sequence will change. Vande Mataram, India’s national song, will be sung from the ramparts before the flag is unfurled,
China said on Wednesday that the India-China border situation is “generally stable,” while declining to comment on reports of increased Chinese military activity near Arunachal Pradesh. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun instead pointed to the 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs (WMCC), held in New Delhi
Agartala: A Tiranga (Tricolour) Rally was organised from in front of the Rajbari here today, with Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha leading the participation alongside ministers and MLAs. The rally saw enthusiastic participation from state government representatives, who joined the programme as part of the ongoing celebrations marking the spirit of the Tricolour. Ministers and
Agartala: A felicitation ceremony was held for Commonwealth Games gold medallist Asmita Dey at Rabindra Bhawan here today, organised by the State Sports Department. Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, Sports Minister Tinku Roy, and Agartala Municipal Corporation Mayor Deepak Majumder attended the event, along with other dignitaries and officials. The ceremony was organised to honour
