Netflix loses 200,000 subscribers, shares plunge 25%

Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days.
20 April 2022, 05:02 AM

Don’t rush to conclusions when reporting communal disturbances: Editors Guild of India asks media outlets

The Editors Guild of India today asked media outlets of the country to exercise utmost restraint while reporting incidents of communal disturbances and not become pawns in the larger game of polarization.
19 April 2022, 10:53 AM

India urges IMF to immediately provide financial assistance to Sri Lanka

India today urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to urgently provide financial assistance to the economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka.
19 April 2022, 07:04 AM

Russia strikes Kyiv missile factory in apparent retaliation

The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet has sunk after what Kyiv said was a Ukrainian missile strike, dealing one of the heaviest blows yet to Moscow's war effort and providing a stunning symbol of Kyiv's resistance against a better-armed foe.
15 April 2022, 11:31 AM

British PM, finance minister to be fined by police over lockdown party at Downing Street

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will be fined by police for breaching COVID-19 lockdown rules, the government said on Tuesday.
12 April 2022, 16:41 PM

Army not involved in political process: Pakistan ISPR

Shortly after the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was dismissed by the National Assembly's deputy speaker and the NA was dissolved by the president on Sunday, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar said the army is not involved in politics.
3 April 2022, 11:53 AM

Ukraine oil refinery destroyed in Russian missile attack

Missiles struck near Ukraine's southern port of Odesa on Sunday with Russia saying it had destroyed an oil refinery used by the Ukrainian military, while attempts to evacuate people from the devastated city of Mariupol were due to continue.
3 April 2022, 11:25 AM

Pakistan Nat'l Assembly deputy speaker dismisses no-trust move against Imran Khan

Pakistan's National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri on Sunday dismissed the no-trust move against Prime Minister Imran Khan, terming it against Article 5 of the Constitution.
3 April 2022, 07:41 AM

'All right. It’s law': Lynching now federal hate crime in US

Presidents typically say a few words before they turn legislation into law. But Joe Biden flipped the script Tuesday when it came time to put his signature on the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act.
30 March 2022, 06:45 AM

Modi announces $1 million for BIMSTEC Secretariat in Dhaka

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced an aid of USD one million to augment operational budget of the seven-nation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat.
30 March 2022, 06:24 AM

Bangladeshi man found dead in Kolkata hotel

A Bangladeshi national was found dead inside the room of a hotel in central Kolkata on Thursday, a media report said today quoting police.
25 March 2022, 05:32 AM

N Korea tests largest ICBM

North Korea conducted what is thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test ever yesterday, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, marking a dramatic end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing.
24 March 2022, 18:00 PM

US says will welcome upto 100,000 Ukrainian refugees

The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion, the Biden administration announced on Thursday, after a month of bombardments touched off Europe's fastest-moving refugee crisis since the end of World War Two.
24 March 2022, 14:16 PM

Western nations to increase military aid to Ukraine as Russian assault enters 2nd month

Western leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will agree to strengthen their forces in Eastern Europe and increase military aid to Ukraine as the Russian assault on its neighbour entered its second month.
24 March 2022, 11:54 AM

Turkey donates $2 lakh for trial of Rohingya genocide case filed by Gambia

Turkey has committed contribution of $200,000 to the fund for the trial of Rohingya genocide case filed with International Court of Justice by the Gambia.
23 March 2022, 08:55 AM

Rain hampers search at China plane crash site

The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane’s fiery impact.
23 March 2022, 05:23 AM

11 migrant workers burnt to death in India’s Hyderabad

At least 11 workers were burnt to death in their sleep as a fire broke out at a warehouse in southern Indian city of Hyderabad in the wee hours of today, police said.
23 March 2022, 05:16 AM

Russian court sentences Putin critic Navalny to 9 years jail

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison on Tuesday, in a trial Kremlin critics see as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent foe in prison for as long as possible.
22 March 2022, 13:17 PM

Ban on Hijab: Enhanced security for 3 Karnataka HC judges

India’s state government today said it would provide enhanced category security to the three judges of Karnataka High Court who recently upheld a ban on wearing of hijab in class rooms.
20 March 2022, 09:05 AM

US proposes Turkey to transfer Russian-made missile system to Ukraine

The United States has informally raised with Turkey the unlikely possibility of sending its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
20 March 2022, 05:13 AM