Pandemic alters drug trafficking methods, routes: UN
Vienna, June 25 (IANS) Restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic have forced innovation across sectors, including the global drug market, which has turned to...
Pak slams India for seeking reduction in diplomatic staff
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) A day after India unilaterally asked for Pakistani diplomatic staff to be reduced in the country, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah...
Arctic sea ice witnessed massive decline in 2019: Scientists
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The National Centre of Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found a dramatic decline in the Arctic sea ice...
New red flags inside Trump H1B crackdown: Top US immigration attorney
BY NIKHILA NATARAJAN
New York, June 24 (IANS) Ten lines of text tucked away in US President Donald Trump's latest visa crackdown announced on...
In a first, Pak capital to get Hindu temple, crematorium
BY HAMZA AMEER
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) The Hindu community living in the Pakistan capital will finally be getting a proper temple, allowing them...
Buildings shake as 7.5-magnitude quake kills 4 in Mexico
Mexico City, June 24 (IANS) A powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hit the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, killing four people...
Trump freezes H-1B visas; revamp plans may hit Indian outplacement firms
BY ARUL LOUIS
New York, June 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has suspended till the end of the year the H-1B visas prized...
US tech honchos slam Trump’s new visa restrictions
San Francisco, June 23 (IANS) From Tim Cook to Sundar Pichai, top technology leaders in the US have come out in the open to...
White House outraged by defacement of Gandhi statue
BY ARUL LOUIS
New York, June 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's spokesperson has expressed outrage at the defacement of the Mahatma Gandhi statue...
Global COVID-19 cases cross 9 mn: Johns Hopkins University
Washington, June 23 (IANS) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has crossed the 9 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more...