Trump pulls US out of UNHRC, cuts funds for Palestinian refugees

President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council, prohibiting any future funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. IMAGE: US President......

'Don't Think US Will Cut Off Ties With UN'

'Decline of the UN did not start with the Trump administration. It has been happening over the last two decades or more.' IMAGE: US President Donald Trump holds a copy of an executive order during......

Taliban order all NGOs to stop employing women

The Taliban have announced they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) employing women in Afghanistan. IMAGE: An Afghan woman walks past a beauty salon in Kabul,......

Israel attacks UN-run school in Gaza, killing at least 40

Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted a strike directed at a Hamas compound inside a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school in the area of......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

AIDS, TB next big revenue source for pharma majors

The Indian pharmaceutical companies are faced with a $2 billion opportunity each year, with the AIDS epidemic and resurgence in tuberculosis and malaria sweeping the world. While the early movers......

Trump drops H-1B visa plan that could get 750,000 Indians deported

This provides for H-1B extensions beyond the 6-year limit. In a relief for Indian techies, US authorities on Tuesday said that the Trump administration is not considering any proposal that would......