BERLIN (AP) — A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The law firm that drew up the report said that Benedict strongly denies any wrongdoing.The report also faulted the current archbishop, a…Continue Reading
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived Thursday after the Pacific nation’s main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption.New Zealand and Australia each sent military transport planes that were carrying water containers, kits for temporary shelters, generators, hygiene…Continue Reading
SynopsisThe India Human Rights Impact Assessment report was an important element of Facebook human rights due diligence and—at a minimum—should be made public, the group says in a letter to Facebook’s director of human rights.ReutersIn a response to the letter, Facebook’s Director of Human Rights Miranda Sissons says the India human rights report had taken…Continue Reading
लखनऊ: देश में पांच राज्यों में विधानसभा चुनाव अगले महीने से शुरू होने वाले हैं। तारीखों का ऐलान किया जा चुका है। उम्मीदवारों की घोषणा हो रही है, सभी पार्टियां दूसरे दलों पर आरोप लगा रही हैं कि उनमें अपराधी और असामें माजिक तत्व भरे पड़े हैं। लेकिन असलियत यह है कि उम्मीदवारों की पात्रता…Continue Reading
वाशिंगटन:अमेरकी विदेश मंत्री एंटनी ब्लिंकन (American Foreign Minister Antony Blinken) ने गुरुवार को रूस को चेतावनी देते हुए कहा कि, अगर रूस(Russia) यूक्रेन (Ukraine) में कोई सैन्य बल भेजता है तो अमेरिका और उसके सहयोगियों की ओर से त्वरित और गंभीर कार्रवाई की जाएगी। इसके साथ ही अमेरिका के वित्त मंत्रालय (American Finance Minister) ने…Continue Reading
MUMBAI: Distress among farmers in the state pushed 2,498 of them to end their lives in the 11-month period from January to November 2021. In 2020, 2,547 debt-ridden farmers had committed suicide. Data from the state revenue department shows that despite loan waiver schemes of the government, farmers continue to commit suicide for inability to…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India and Sri Lanka on Thursday extended their existing science & technology cooperation for three more years with focus on new areas like waste-water technologies, biotech, sustainable agriculture, aerospace engineering, robotics, big data analytics and artificial intelligence. Both countries also reviewed the ongoing collaborative activities in the nine areas spanning food technology; plant-based…Continue Reading
Mumbai: Ltd. believes that the Indian market, which grew 15% year-on-year in the December quarter, will be platform-driven as more businesses and govt entities digitise their processes. Businesses in the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance), retail and manufacturing sectors are adopting these solutions heavily since the launch of the India Stack— a number of…Continue Reading
(File photo)NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi and his Mauritius counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth virtually inaugurated a social housing project in Mauritius, and launched a couple of other projects, as the two sides signed an agreement for extension of a $190 million Line of Credit by India to Mauritius. The credit line will be used for…Continue Reading
HARIDWAR: The bail application of Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, formerly Waseem Rizvi, one of the accused in the Dharam Sansad hate speech case, was rejected by a local court on Thursday. The chief judicial magistrate had earlier in the day turned down the bail application of Dasna temple priest Yati Narasinghanand in the same case. Yati…Continue Reading