The statement termed corporal punishment to be cruel and inhuman, adding that it is prohibited under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which Afghanistan is party to, Express Tribune reported....
The gunman, who fatally shot six people at a Walmart in Chesapeake of the US state of Virginia, legally purchased a handgun, police said....
The Democrats face a serious dilemma on whether or not to publish former US President Donald Trump's tax records through the Congress, as the Supreme Court has denied Trump's appeal against it, and if the Democrats enjoying majority in the outgoing House don't do it immediately, they can never after Republicans take over t...
Regular colouring of grey hair, and no black or religious thread on wrist or ankle are parts of Air India's new grooming guidelines for its cabin crew. ...
The Democrats face a serious dilemma on whether or not to publish former US President Donald Trump's tax records through the Congress, as the Supreme Court has denied Trump's appeal against it, and if the Democrats enjoying majority in the outgoing House don't do it immediately, they can never after Republicans take over t...
People in the know said that US President Joe Biden's recent executive order will only evaluate concept of a digital currency, not launch it. This might have led to misinterpretation by some social media users, it's learnt....
Kerala-born Abraham Pannikottu's American Engineering Group (AEG) has received funding from the US Department of Defence to develop and manufacture zero pressure tyres for the US Army....
The father of 18 year-old Mehakpreet Sethi, who was stabbed to death at a parking lot of a school in Surrey, has told a news channel that he regrets moving to Canada along with his children. ...
US President Joe Biden has renewed his call to ban assault weapons. ...
In a startling revelation, a Washington Post analysis has found that more vaccinated people are now dying of the Covid disease and 58 per cent of coronavirus deaths in August in the US "were people who were vaccinated or boosted". ...
