The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO called for the protection of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage and to ensure a safe environment for artists, days after the Taliban swept to power...
Author: ION correspondent
Anti-Taliban protesters in Afghanistan defied their new rulers for a second day yesterday marking the Afghan Independence Day by attempting to hoist the red, green and black national banner....
World
G7 Foreign Ministers call for international community to unite in its response to Afghanistan crisis
G7 Foreign Ministers have called for the international community to unite in its response to the crisis in Afghanistan to prevent it from escalating further. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that world must never compromise with evil of terrorism. He stressed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations must be condemned...
The CBI has formed four teams to investigate cases of rape, murder and crime against women during post-poll violence in West Bengal. While each team will be headed by...
Business and Commerce
President Ramnath Kovind gives assent to Constitution (105th Amendment) Act 2021
President Ramnath Kovind has given his assent to the Constitution (105th Amendment) Act 2021, which restores the power of State Governments to identify and specify Socially and Economically Backward...
Business and Commerce
PM Modi to inaugurate & lay foundation stone of multiple projects in Somnath, Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various projects in Somnath, Gujarat at 11 AM today via video conferencing. The projects to be inaugurated...
Business and Commerce
India reports rise in COVID-19 cases, 35,178 new cases and 440 deaths in past 24 hours
A day after witnessing a record decline in new COVID-19 cases, India on Wednesday reported 35,178 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. During this period, the...
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has returned to Afghanistan from Qatar amid reports that he is likely to become the new President of Afghanistan. Baradar is the second...
New Zealand has announced a snap lockdown after a man tested positive for Covid, the first case in six months. The case was detected in Auckland, which will be...