Colombo: The UN Human Rights Council approved a mandate to collect information and evidence of war crimes committed during Sri Lanka's 37-year-long civil war in which thousands of civilians killed. The 47-member council also adopted a resolution to address the "accelerating militarization of civilian government functions" in Sri Lanka, "the erosion of the independence of the...
Washington: US President Joe Biden has called the military violence in Myanmar "absolutely outrageous" and said Washington was working on reacting with sanctions. The situation in Myanmar, which has seen almost daily protests since a military coup in February, was "terrible," Biden said in comments reported by journalists travelling with the US President on his return...
New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar attended the ninth Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He asserted that Afghanistan needs "double peace" which is peace within and around the country. During his address at the key conference on March 30, attended by representatives of...
Kabul: Taliban militants have warned that they will resume attacks against foreign forces if they do not withdraw from Afghanistan by the May 1 deadline, in response to US President Joe Biden offering an unclear timetable on when American troops would be pulled back. "All responsibility for the prolongation of war, death and destruction will be...
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for creating an enabling environment for a “constructive and result-oriented dialogue” in a letter sent to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Khan, who is recovering from Covid-19, sent the letter in response to Modi’s message of greetings on the occasion of Pakistan Day on March 23. The contents...
By R Jagannathan Editorial Director, Swarajya magazine India appears to be spooked again by growing Covid numbers, which crossed 68,000 in daily additions on Sunday, 28 March. Already, the worst-affected states like Maharashtra have imposed ineffectual measures (night curfew). A lockdown is also being considered. Some states have created containment zones and announced Sunday lockdowns (Madhya Pradesh). Many states are imposing some restrictions short...
There is something about the early-morning routine that cleans the senses, aligns the body with the forces of nature and realigns it with health. When the rituals have been adopted, they take about eleven minutes to do at a normal pace By Bhaswati Bhattacharya Ayurveda advises us to finish our early-morning routine each day by looking...
Seoul: North Korea accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its reaction to the North’s recent missile launches, warning it of a serious consequence. Last week, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a defiance of UN resolutions that ban such launches by North Korea. The UN Security Council subsequently...
Toronto: Li Yang, the Chinese Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, has slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau allegedly for ruining the friendly ties between the two countries. He alleged that Trudeau has turned Canada into a "running dog of the United States". "Boy, your greatest achievement is to have ruined the friendly relations between China and...
