Presenting her latest annual report, Virginia Gamba, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, appealed for “bold and resolute action” to protect boys and girls at risk of death, recruitment, rape and other horrors. The report covers 26 situations in five regions worldwide, representing another high. Countries include Ethiopia, Mozambique and…
When a man from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh got one of his wishes, he decided to sacrifice a goat, which took his own life. According to Indian media reports, a 50-year-old man named Bagar Sai from Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh got his wish and decided to sacrifice a goat. According to media reports, Bagar…
Photo, Indian media Protests were held in India over the killing of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nagar. According to Indian media reports, Sikhs demonstrated outside the district headquarters of intelligence agency RAW in Amritsar. The report also mentions that the protestors carried posters against the secret agency RAW. The protesters have also accused…
Photo courtesy of Twitter In Chechnya, a female Russian journalist was subjected to severe torture and her hair was also cut off, after which she was taken to a hospital. According to foreign media, Elena Malashina, a journalist and human rights activist working for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was attacked while covering the verdict…
File photo Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of a new website similar to Elon Musk’s micro-blogging website Twitter. The new app is called ‘Threads’ which will go live from Thursday i.e. tomorrow and can be pre-ordered on the Apple Store to get it. Meta says of Threads that it is a ‘text-based conversation app’…
File photo The Netherlands has banned mobile phones in classrooms to prevent technology from disrupting the teaching process. According to foreign media reports, the Dutch government says that mobiles, tablets and smartwatches are disrupting the learning process of students, so they will not be allowed in class from the beginning of the new session. The…
Tel Aviv: 8 people were injured in an attack in Tel Aviv on the second day of Israeli army operations. According to foreign media reports, after the biggest military operation of the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank in 20 years, eight people have been injured in a car collision and stabbing incidents in…
The meeting of the Human Rights Council is likely to be held this week: Photo: File Geneva: An emergency meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council was convened at the request of Pakistan to discuss the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. The spokesperson of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Pascal Sim,…
A dangerous video of a car hitting women in India has surfaced. In the Indian city of Hyderabad, the car of a 19-year-old youth collided with 3 women who were walking in the morning. According to Indian media, the mother and daughter were killed in this accident, while a woman is being treated in the…
File photo A white powder found in the White House during the absence of US President Joe Biden turned out to be a drug. According to foreign media, the white powder found at the White House last Sunday was a drug (cocaine). According to reports, Secret Service agents found the white powder Sunday at 8:45…
