Mexico engages in illegal mass surveillance, allege journalists and lawyers
In a statement released by a group of journalists and lawyers, it is stated that the Mexican government has illegally engaged in a mass surveillance program. They, in the statement, allege that the authorities...
Punjab grants huge loan waivers to farmers
Following the path adopted by the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has granted huge loan waivers to the farmer community of the state which has...
Saharanpur Dalits threaten to renounce ‘Hinduism’
The Dalits are a prominent section of the Hindu community in India. Yet, there are allegations that the Dalit community is not getting the kind of importance it deserves. In the past, a renowned...
US Prez’s new policy on Cuba shadows Washington-Havana relation
It seems that the new US regime led by Republican leader Donald Trump is not ready to maintain the stability reached between the United States and Cuba by the erstwhile supremo, Barak Obama, who...
PM Modi to meet US President Trump next week
At this juncture of history in which the speculation over the instability in the Indo-US relation is rife, the United States and India are attempting to bring the heydays of Indo-US bilateral relation back...
PWD unhappy with GST, write to FM about their disagreement
The organisations representing the ‘persons with disabilities’ have written a letter to the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, expressing their disagreement with the central government’s plan to impose the Goods and Services Tax on the...
Govt to empower weaver community
The weaving is a traditional job. A huge number of people still depend on this profession for their livelihood. The preponderance of them is those people belonging to the Other Backward Section communities, Muslims...
CPI (M) demands new MSP law
Mocking at the central government’s stand on the agrarian issue, the CPI (M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury, has demanded a new Minimum Support Price law mandating the central government to deliver the annual minimum...
UN to launch investigation on DR Congo’s massacre
As the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to give a satisfactory explanation on the growing unrest in several regions of the country such as Kasai, the United Nations is preparing to launch an International...