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WHO FCTC and the Importance of COP11: A Critical Moment for Global Tobacco Control

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), adopted in 2003 and entering into force in 2005 as the world's first public health treaty under the auspices of the World Heal... Read More


Writ challenges merger of five troubled pvt banks

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- A writ petition has been filed in the High Court challenging the government's decision to merge five troubled private banks. The petition was submitted on Tuesday by Barrister Mahsib... Read More


Why India unlikely to return Hasina to face death penalty

Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Bangladesh's political landscape has been shaken by the International Crimes Tribunal's verdict sentencing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death - a ruling that sparked widesp... Read More


Red Fort blast signals a dangerous new phase in India's fight against terror

India, Nov. 19 -- On November 10th , after a decade, India experienced its first terror attack on its heartland, starting from the capital, which killed 13 and injured more than 20. The largest bomb s... Read More


Bihar's verdict and the emerging grammar of Indian politics

India, Nov. 19 -- The people of Bihar have delivered a mandate whose weight goes well beyond the arithmetic of seats. The National Democratic Alliance has won 202 of the 243 seats in the Legislative A... Read More


Lawrence brother deported from US

India, Nov. 19 -- In a significant development for ongoing investigations into high-profile murders, Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of imprisoned gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and a prime suspect in t... Read More


Al Falah group chairman held

India, Nov. 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of the Al Falah group, after it conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees ... Read More


City's air quality stays in very poor category

India, Nov. 19 -- The air quality in Delhi stayed in the 'very poor' category for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday. The pollution rose from the previous day's level, with air quality recordings in... Read More


Union Minister, LG, Delhi Ministers review Yamuna cruise progress at Sonia Vihar

India, Nov. 19 -- A high-level team led by Union Ports and Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Delhi ministers Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and Kapil Mishra o... Read More


Multiple courts, CRPF schools in Delhi receive bomb threats

India, Nov. 19 -- Multiple courts in Delhi - Saket, Dwarka and Patiala House - along with two CRPF-run schools, received bomb threats on Tuesday morning, prompting large-scale security checks across t... Read More