Lakshadweep women voters demand attention to basic issues

Lakshadweep women voters demand attention to basic issues

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | PTI | Agatti

Women constitute the majority of voters in the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency, yet they are concerned over the lack of interest shown by political parties in discussing their basic issues, such as the absence of proper sanitary napkin disposal facilities and gynecologists’ in hospitals during the ongoing election campaign. The parties...

Myanmar military begins training for draftees as resistance forces keep pressure on

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | AP | BANGKOK

Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law, state-run media reported on Tuesday.  The authorities activated the conscription law in February in a bid to to replenish the ranks that have been depleted...

China’s top leaders will lead delegation to North Korea

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | AP | Beijing

(): A top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week, both countries announced Tuesday, in what would be the highest-level meeting between the two countries since the pandemic began. Zhao Leji, who is chairman of the National People’s Congress and considered the No. 3 official in...

S Korea’s president faces major test in parliamentary polls

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | AP | SEOUL

South Koreans vote Wednesday in a hotly contested parliamentary election that’s largely seen as a referendum on conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol and a possible sign of a deepening domestic divide.   Regardless of the results, Yoon will stay in power and his major foreign policy agenda will likely continue. But...

Biden to meet Japan PM Kishida

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | AP | waSHINGTON

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday aiming to spotlight shared concerns about provocative Chinese military action in the Pacific and at a rare moment of public difference between the two nations over a Japanese company’s plan to buy an iconic US company. Kishida and...

Germany rejects allegations that it’s facilitating acts of genocide in Gaza at UN court

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | AP | the hague

Germany on Tuesday strongly rejected a case brought by Nicaragua at the United Nations’ top court accusing Berlin of facilitating breaches of the Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law by providing arms and other support to Israel in its deadly assault on Gaza. The minute we look closely, Nicaragua’s accusations fall...

Mixed rulings in EU court on climate cases

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | AP | STRASBOURG

Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the ill effects of climate change, but still threw out a high-profile case brought by six Portuguese youngsters aimed at forcing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The European Court of...

ED arrests one more man in Rs 5,000 crore cyber fraud case

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has made a fresh arrest in an ongoing money-laundering investigation linked to the alleged duping of common people to the tune of about Rs 5,000 crore through cybercrimes and online gaming. Punit Kumar aka Puneet Maheshwari was arrested on April 3 from Terminal 3...

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