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Parveen Kumar

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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning

open view web desk WASHINGTON— Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists reported Sunday. But they provide little hope the world will rise […]

Pakistani Islamists warn of “terrible consequences” over blasphemy appeal

open view web desk ISLAMABAD- A hardline Pakistani Islamist group has warned of “terrible consequences” if a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy is granted leniency in her appeal due to begin on Monday, a case that has drawn global headlines and indignation. The Supreme Court is […]

Pompeo says Kim ‘ready’ to invite inspectors to nuclear site

open view web desk International inspectors will be allowed into North Korea’s dismantled nuclear testing site, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, after a meeting with Kim Jong Un in which he said “significant progress” was made towards denuclearisation. Pompeo met with the North Korean leader […]

Nana Patekar cancels press conference

open view web desk Mumbai, Oct 8: Actor Nana Patekar, who has been accused of sexual harassment by Tanushree Dutta, was to address the media Monday but the press conference has now been called off. A message was sent out to the media last night by Nana’s son Malhar, […]

Plea in SC seeks review of Sabarimala judgement

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 8: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of the Constitution bench judgement which lifted the ban on entry of women into the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. The plea, filed by Shylaja Vijayan, president of National Ayyappa Devotees […]

Pompeo heads to Pyongyang, seeking progress on Trump-Kim summit

open view web desk US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headed to Pyongyang Sunday for new crunch talks with Kim Jong Un on denuclearisation and a second US-North Korean summit. Pompeo departed from Tokyo, where he spent the first leg of a tour that will include stops in […]

Insight: India’s Rohingya refugees struggle with hatred, fear as first group is expelled

open view web desk JAMMU, India – Hours after Indian TV channels flashed that the country was deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, Sahidullah said he received a call from his nephew: “Uncle, please get us out of here. They will send us back too.” Sahidullah, a Rohingya […]

Indonesia mulls leaving quake-flattened villages as mass graves

open view web desk More bodies were unearthed from the earthquake-and-tsunami-ravaged Indonesian city of Palu on Saturday, as authorities move closer to calling off the search for the dead trapped under flattened communities and declaring them mass graves. Officials said Saturday the death toll had climbed to 1,649 […]

US Senate poised to confirm Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

open view web desk The US Senate is expected to confirm conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice on Saturday — offering President Donald Trump a big political win and tilting the nation’s high court decidedly to the right. The months-long battle over Kavanaugh’s nomination […]

Five states to go to polls at year-end in test for Modi

open view web desk NEW DELHI  – Five Indian states will go to the polls later this year, the country’s election commissioner said on Saturday, in a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity ahead of his re-election bid in May 2019. The state elections come at a […]

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