Politics

Minister distributes assistive devices to 20 persons with disabilities

Participating in the programme, Bharath Gupta lauds the Helping Hands Society for conducting annual service activities to support those in need

Trump signs Russia-Iran sanctions as H-1B fee stays for another year

A series of developments across the United States and Asia on Saturday centred on sanctions, visas, regional security, disaster response and defence ties. In Washington, US President Donald Trump signed the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which seeks to impose steep levies on Mo...

Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest in St Petersburg

Russia's opposition Yabloko party said one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a polling station during the country's three-day parliamentary election. The party said the incident took place at a polling station in St Petersburg on Satur...

PM Modi extends best wishes to Indian contingent at Asian Games

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his best wishes to the Indian contingent competing at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, praising the athletes for their hard work, dedication and determination.

Why ABVP's DUSU sweep gives BJP a boost after Gen Z protests

On the day Rahul Gandhi took his “Chhatron Ki Goonj” student outreach campaign to Indore, the Congress-affiliated NSUI drew a blank in the Delhi University Students’ Union election, while the BJP-affiliated ABVP won three of the four central posts.

‘Arrogance of power’: Congress calls out Scindia over his viral video

Life in Kabul 5 years after the Taliban's return

Five years after the return of Taliban rule, NPR visited Kabul to see how Afghans are dealing with their new government's strict social restrictions.

The POLITICO Poll Electability Experiment

Respondents presented with 2 choices of candidates with various traits. Results represent the estimated impact of each trait on likelihood of selection.

JD Vance’s Yale Years Offer Clues to His Politics

Vanity Fair contributing writer Chris Whipple spent six months examining JD Vance’s years at Yale Law School, including the influence of professor Amy Chua and previously unreported contacts in which Whipple says Vance offered Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign advice on defeating D...

Jehovah’s Witnesses adjust blood transfusion policy

Jehovah’s Witnesses adjust blood transfusion policy  vanguardngr.com

2027: Fear grips Nigerians as political thugs begin actions that truncated 1st Republic, hurt 2nd Republic

2027: Fear grips Nigerians as political thugs begin actions that truncated 1st Republic, hurt 2nd Republic  vanguardngr.com

France reports 63,405 new COVID-19 cases, average new cases at new 2021 high - Daily Maverick

The new cases pushed the seven-day moving average of new cases to 49,506, its highest level in 2021, data from the health ministry showed.

UNGA lingo: A guide to UN General Assembly acronyms, buzzwords - TimesLIVE

The UN General Assembly is launching into its yearly meeting of world leaders, a week of diplomacy, dealmaking, speechmaking — and lingo.

Candidates from PML-N, PPP file papers for presidential election in AJK

MUZAFFARABAD: The ruling PML-N and opposition PPP on Saturday submitted nomination papers for their respective candidates for the office of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) president, setting the stage for a contest on September 24. The office of the AJK president has remained vacant...

P16.03 billion for ARAL sought to sustain PISA gains

MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Tuesday urged Congress to approve a P16.03-billion supplemental budget for 2027 to sustain the gains made by Filipino students in the 2025 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) through the Academic Recovery a...

Era de terror para los migrantes en Estados Unidos. Historias detrás del retorno “voluntario” - MILENIO

DOMINGA.– Luis Valentan, de 53 años, toma el megáfono frente al recién inaugurado edificio de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en la Ciudad de México. Porta una gorra azul con las siglas L.A., la ciudad californiana a la que inmigró siendo un adolescente y que considera su hogar. No...

EU urges US to reconsider visa denial to Palestinian UN assembly delegation - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

EU urges US to reconsider visa denial to Palestinian UN assembly delegation  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

After Trump ban, MS NOW and CNN say their journalists were denied access to White House

Two major news networks’ journalists said they were denied access to the White House on Saturday morning, with reporters from CNN and MS NOW both going live to report about the circumstances of the ban imposed by President Donald Trump.