Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?
Author: Nicholas Farrelly is Professor and Head of Social Sciences at University of Tasmania, and Adam Simpson is Senior Lecturer, International Studies at University of South Australia. Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large
BY The Conversation / Thursday, 9 February, 2023
PM Modi hits back at Opposition in 85-min long speech in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Every time the treasury benches raised "Modi, Modi" slogans to laud the prime minister's address, opposition members countered this with chants of "Adani, Adani".
BY PTI / Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
PM Modi wears jacket made of material recycled from plastic bottles
New Delhi: The jacket was presented to Modi by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) during the India Energy Week in Bengaluru on Monday
BY PTI / Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
State boundary in digital world meaningless: Union minister pitches for central law to regulate online gaming, gambling
New Delhi: Vaishnaw said the central government is "very seriously concerned" about the impact of online gaming and gambling on society
BY PTI / Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
India hands over six tonnes of relief materials to quake-hit Syria
New Delhi: The government of India has despatched six tonnes of emergency relief assistance through a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force to Syria, MEA said
BY PTI / Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
Rahul Gandhi questions surge in Adani’s fortunes, claims it happened after BJP came to power
New Delhi: He said that during the yatra people asked him how Adani's net worth increased from USD 8 billion to USD 140 billion between 2014 and 2022
BY PTI / Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
Nine products from J-K, Ladakh in line for GI tag
Jammu: GI tag grants legal protection to the original producers and prevents their unauthorised use by third parties
BY PTI / Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
31 DMs empowered to grant citizenship to minorities of Pak, Afghanistan, Bangladesh: Govt
New Delhi: The delegation of this power is aimed at speedy disposal of the citizenship applications of such foreigners as decisions can now be taken at the district level
BY PTI / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
101 NDRF personnel depart for earthquake hit Turkey to assist in relief and rescue operations
New Delhi: The earthquake on Monday killed more than 4,000 people and flattened thousands of buildings in Turkey and neighbouring Syria
BY PTI / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia, after banning site for ‘blasphemy’
Islamabad: In December 2020, the PTA issued notices to Wikipedia and Google Inc for "disseminating sacrilegious content", while the country blocked YouTube from 2012 to 2016
BY PTI / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
UN says over a million Tibetan children in China-run boarding schools
United Nations/Geneva: UN experts say that children of the Tibetan minority are forced to complete a "compulsory education" curriculum in Mandarin Chinese
BY PTI / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
Turkey-Syria earthquake: a seismologist explains what just happened
At least 2,000 people are thought to have died across the two countries, and there are reports of damage to gas pipelines leading to fires
BY The Conversation / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
