Army Angry With Former Puppet Imran Khan

The press briefing seemed a deliberate decision to let the army convey its angst to Imran directly, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W, India's external intelligence......

Suella Braverman quits as UK Home Secy over 'mistake'

Indian-origin British Home Secretary Suella Braverman resigned on Wednesday after a "mistake" in using her private email for ministerial communication, in the latest blow to embattled Prime......

Why I Was Detained For 27 Hours In Egypt

'I was not scared because I knew I had not done anything wrong. And I was walking for a good cause.' IMAGE: Ajit Rajagopal. All photographs: Ajit Rajagopal The 2022 United Nations Climate Change......

Markaz attendees from 5 countries let off on fine

A Delhi court Tuesday allowed foreign nationals from five countries to walk free on payment of different fines, after they accepted mild charges under the plea bargain process, related to various......

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015 Foreign governments want Indians to backpack and travel even more. So, they have eased their......

Pak refuses visas to Indian tea delegation

The Indian Tea industry's effort to make inroads into the Pakistani market in the background of improving relations received a setback as Islamabad has refused to grant visas to a 14-member tea......

World's most trade-friendly nations

The world's most trade-friendly economy is Singapore, according to the World Economic Forum. The WEF's Global Enabling Trade Report 2009 measures and analyses factors enabling trade in 121......

15 million people apply for US green card lottery

A record 15 million people around the world this year entered America's green-card lottery, an immigration scheme offering a quick path to legal and permanent United States residency for 50,000......

Thompson-Herah, Omanyala win Commonwealth Games 100m run

IMAGE: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates with her country's flag after winning the women's 100m final on Wednesday, Day 6 of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Michael......

Ajmal to play against Kenya before biomechanics test

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided that suspended off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal should play two One-day games against Kenya this month before he goes for his final biomechanics test in Chennai. An......

Cricket Canada seeks Indian visas for Pak players

Cricket Canada has urged the International Cricket Council to help its three Pakistan-born players obtain visas to enter India for the World Cup, which gets underway in the sub-continent on......

Lockdown woes: Ghana footballer stuck at Mumbai airport for 54 days

A Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for a Kerala-based club has been stuck for the last 54 days at Mumbai International Airport due to lockdown and unavailability of flights back home.Juan......

Refugee athletes get sponsorship at Rio Olympics

Visa Inc, operator of the world's largest payments network, said on Wednesday it had signed sponsorship deals with all ten members of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) refugee team,......