Daily Archives: May 20, 2024

SC to hear plea against new criminal laws

NEW DELHI, 19 May: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a petition challenging the enactment of three new laws that seek...

Philosophy could bridge gap between science and policy: Researchers

NEW DELHI, 19 May: Good evidence-based policy needs to also engage with philosophical questions, a new research work has suggested, adding that philosophers might...

Julian Assange facing pivotal moment

Brian Melley LONDON, 19 May: The host of a news conference about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition fight wryly welcomed journalists last week to the...

Audiobooks can stimulate child’s interest in reading: Ruskin Bond

NEW DELHI, 19 May: Audiobooks can inculcate story listening habits in children and gradually attract them to reading books, said legendary author Ruskin Bond,...

Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says, and rescue is...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without...

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel’s leaders are increasingly...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, 19 May: (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with...

Sri Lanka strongly rejects UN rights report on enforced disappearances

Colombo, 19 May (PTI): Sri Lanka has questioned the timing and the mandate of a report issued by the Office of the United Nations...