NEWS DESK In a major development, five Bangladeshi students of the National Institute of Technology in Assam’s Silchar, who were studying under Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships, have been suspended for violent clashes inside the campus and authorities have decided to hand them over for deportation, NDTV reports. The students have also been Continue Reading
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Nepal’s “Gen Z” protesters backed the country’s first female chief justice to temporarily lead the troubled nation and called for parliament to be dissolved on Thursday, two days after deadly demonstrations forced the prime minister to quit, Reuters reports. Sushila Karki, 73, who was the first woman to be appointed Nepal’s chief justice in Continue Reading
Police reported Friday that 51 people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, as the full scale of chaos that toppled the government emerges, AFP reports. Talks continue between the president, protest representatives, key potential figures who may lead an interim administration and the army — which has imposed a curfew and […]Continue Reading
Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) later this month, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has announced, Al Jazeera reports. “Palestine will be recognised by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions will be imposed against the Israeli government,” Prevot, who is also the deputy prime minister, […]Continue Reading
The Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured, The Guardian reports. Rescuers searched into the night for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Many Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS DESK Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the organisation does not believe in attacking anyone on religious grounds and insisted that Hindu thinking does not suggest that Islam will cease to exist, reports Press Trust of India. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of the RSS in New Delhi on Thursday, […]Continue Reading
India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to four sources familiar with the matter and a government analysis seen by Reuters, prompting Delhi to fast-track plans for its own dam to mitigate the effects, REUTERS reports. The […]Continue Reading
Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a “full-blown disaster”, BBC reports. The agency has been trying to feed the rapidly rising number of displaced people in the state, including the 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who have […]Continue Reading
Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said on Monday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham, Reuters reports. The dates for the subsequent phases of the elections, which […]Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS DESK Residents of remote areas along the Bangladesh border will now be able to apply online for firearms licences, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced, Anandabazar Patrika reports. The move, first approved by the Assam cabinet in May, is aimed at what the government calls “sons of the soil” — indigenous […]Continue Reading
