African Elephants Continue to Face Serious Threats
Many populations of African elephants continued to face serious threats to their survival in 2015 from the illegal trade in ivory and unacceptably high levels of poaching. Two new reports…
UN Deplores Crackdown on Journalists in Turkey
Two top media freedom experts of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) condemned Thursday the ongoing crackdown on journalists and the media launched…
Earthquakes of High Magnitude Expected in Delhi
As per Bureau of Indian Standards , based on the past seismic history, Delhi lies in Zone-IV that has fairly high seismicity where the general occurrence of earthquakes is of…
Meet India’s Most Powerful Women
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, received a copy of a coffee table book ‘India’s Most Powerful Women’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan Thursday (July 28, 2016). The book has been written…
Afghanistan: 5,166 Killed or Maimed in 2016
In the first six months of this year, 5,166 civilians were either killed or maimed in Afghanistan, a half-year record since counting began in 2009, a United Nations report published…