US President Donald Trump has pressed the Republican governor of Georgia to help overturn Joe Biden's election victory in the state. In a series of tweets, he urged governor Brian Kemp to call a special session of the state legislature. It came before Mr Trump attended a

Abhedananda Home (School for specially-abled children) is the only school for the specially-abled children in Srinagar’s Solina area where they receive free education. With International Disability Day observed on Thursday, the specially-abled children from this

India has accused Pakistan of violating the spirit of a UN resolution it had itself sponsored by transferring the control of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara to a non-Sikh body. "This act goes against Sikh religion and its preservation and protection," Ashish Sharma, a First

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence, seeking expansion of road width in the Chardham highway project in Uttarakhand, told the Supreme Court that situation on the ground at the India-China border has changed significantly this year and it has become imperative that men and equipment should

At least 25 Taliban militants, including two commanders, were killed and eight others injured during a raid in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the Army said on Saturday. “The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) launched an operation in Naway-i-Barakzai of

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their Covid-19 vaccines on camera to promote public confidence in the vaccine's safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes one. The three most recent former presidents hope an

Azerbaijan has said that 2,783 of its soldiers were killed during its conflict with ethnic Armenian forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and that more than 100 of its troops were still missing. Azerbaijan had until Thursday not disclosed any of its military losses in the conflict

President Xi Jinping's government is promoting a less tolerant pan-Chinese identity that is pressing minorities into the mould of a new 'single nation-state', reports Asia Times. These so-called “vocational training programs”, made infamous by the Muslim Uighur

General Administration Department today constituted a Union Territory Level Monitoring Committee (UTLMC) and District Level Monitoring Committees (DLMC) for all 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir for implementation of central schemes. In this regard, the GAD Commissioner Secretary Manoj

Iran has moved to stop UN inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment under a new law approved by its parliament. The bill would require the government to resume enriching uranium to 20% - well above the 3.67% agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal - if crippling

Chinese agents have stepped up their efforts to influence President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration, a US intelligence official has said. William Evanina, from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said the Chinese were also focusing on people close to

In a major setback to Chinas devious vaccine diplomacy, ASEAN members Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia on Friday sealed deals for procuring Covid-19 vaccines from Britain and the US. China deliberately delayed divulging details of the genetic material of the coronavirus, that

India on Sunday came down heavily on the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) and rejected the “factually incorrect, gratuitous and unwarranted references” made in the resolutions adopted at the 47th Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) session. The Ministry of External

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Ali Qasim Gilani and 30 other opposition members were arrested on Sunday ahead of the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rally in Multan. According to a report by Geo News, police in Multan filed a case against PPP workers after they broke

As tensions between the US and China continue to worsen under the current President Donald Trump's administration due to Beijing's human rights violations and hiding vital information regarding COVID-19, a leading economist said that incoming Biden administration might impose

US President Donald Trump's controversial special adviser on the coronavirus, Scott Atlas, has resigned. Thanking Mr Trump for the honour of serving the American people, Dr Atlas said he had "always relied on the latest science and evidence without any political consideration

A new analysis, seen by the BBC, suggests the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement are getting "within reach." The Climate Action Tracker group looked at new climate promises from China and other nations, along with the carbon plans of US President-elect Joe Biden.

Forest officials have built a unique bridge for reptiles and other small animals to cross a busy highway in India's mountainous Uttarakhand state. The 90-foot (27-metre) "Eco Bridge", made from bamboo, jute and grass, is the first of its kind, local media say. Many

In the first poll held in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian government, 51.76 percent people went to the booth for the first phase of the polling for District Development Council which concluded on Saturday. Pulwama in Kashmir division recorded the

Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Saturday said that terrorists are finding out new ways to infiltrate into union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to “disrupt normal democratic processes”. “With the ongoing situation on our western borders, terrorism continues to