Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

open view web desk Ottawa, Sep 28 (AFP) Canada’s parliament has voted unanimously to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the honorary Canadian citizenship Ottawa had given the long-detained democracy advocate and Nobel laureate the rare honour in 2007. But her […]

Women of all ages now allowed to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple: SC

openview web desk New Delhi, Sep 28: The Supreme Court Friday paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala. The five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in its 4:1 verdict, said that banning the entry […]

Trump backs embattled court nominee after fiery hearing

open view web desk Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious Supreme Court nomination will be put to an initial vote Friday, after a dramatic Senate hearing saw the judge furiously fight back against sexual assault allegations recounted in harrowing detail by his accuser. Donald Trump whole-heartedly backed his pick for the […]

Plane ditches into Pacific lagoon

open view web desk Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and immediately began sinking. The Air Niugini Boeing 737 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia but […]

China says Rohingya issue should not be “internationalised”

open view web desk BEIJINY- The Rohingya issue should not be complicated, expanded or “internationalised”, China’s top diplomat said, as the United Nations prepares to set up a body to prepare evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to establish […]

Supreme Court decriminalises adultery in landmark judgment

open view web desk NEW DELHI- The Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding the right to equality and freedom, scrapping a law first brought in under British colonial rule in 1860. In a unanimous judgment, the five-member bench of the top […]

Rahul says Modi govt reportedly targeted official who allegedly raised objections on Rafale deal

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 27: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday hit out at the Modi government for reportedly targeting a Defence Ministry official who allegedly raised “objections” over the price of the Rafale jets. He took to Twitter to take a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra […]

Asian victors may find anti-China campaign vows hard to keep

open view web desk NEW DELHI — Three Muslim-majority Asian countries have elected leaders who campaigned on a promise to temper China’s growing influence, but analysts say reducing the foothold of the world’s second-largest economy won’t be easy because of the billions of dollars in development projects that […]

India’s shadow banking scare could derail its robust growth story

open view web desk MUMBAI – Manzoor Ahmad lost his job as an electrician and is struggling to make ends meet after a crucial road tunnel project shut down in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state in the north. Construction of the Z-Morh tunnel came […]

India’s top court says adultery no longer criminal offense

  open view web desk NEW DELHI — India’s Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has presided over a string of verdicts in recent weeks that grant more rights to women, gay couples and religious minorities as he prepares to retire from the bench next month. Legal experts […]

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