The UN Security Council has called on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to allow and facilitate safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access to all affected areas.


UNSC calls for unhindered humanitarian access in Yemen


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Qatar has announced a $50 million donation to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), officials said.


Qatar to donate $50 mn to aid Palestinians


Human rights NGO Amnesty International India on Thursday launched an interactive data website for keeping a track of and documenting hate crimes across the country.


Amnesty launches website to track, document hate crimes


The streets near Hong Kong's Legislative Council building were on Thursday lined with red, green and blue vehicles as dozens of taxi drivers staged an anti-Uber protest.


Hong Kong taxi drivers stage anti-Uber protest


Bengaluru, India's technology hub touted as the Silicon Valley of the East, fared the worst in urban governance as evident from its lowest ranking among 23 cities across the country in a recent survey by a city-based NGO.


Bengaluru worst in urban governance: Report


The flag at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge flew at half mast, and students brought flowers to the college gate as the university city of Cambridge paid tribute to world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.


Cambridge pays tribute to Stephen Hawking


After starring in "Ishq Ka Rang Safed" that highlighted the plight of widows, Eisha Singh will play a character who has a strong opinion about 'triple talaq'. The young actress feels happy to get such "good offers".


Eisha Singh enjoys doing shows with social messages


The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is considering the revision of guidelines for child participants in reality television shows after a controversy involving singer Papon and a minor girl.


NCPCR to revise TV show guidelines for child artistes


For the second time in 10 months, Maharashtra farmers cracked the whip on the government to turn spotlight on the grave agrarian crises gripping the state by completing a long march to the Legislature, here on Monday.


Farmers 'crack whip' on Maharashtra government


Horse-drawn carriages, which have been used as a low-cost means of transportation over the past century in Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay, were facing elimination, local media reported on Sunday.


Horse-drawn carriages face elimination in Myanmar city


South Korean actor Jo Min-ki, who had been accused of sexually assaulting at least eight women and was due to be questioned by police next week, was found dead in the basement of his residence here on Friday.


S.Korean actor found dead after sexual assault allegations


Promotion of Punjabi language to instill a sense of pride among those speaking Punjabi and making the youth more aware about the language were the prime focus of the inaugural day of the two-day 6th World Punjabi Conference here on Saturday.


World Punjabi Conference lays stress on promoting Punjabi language


A rare signed photo of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi fetched nearly $42,000 at an auction in US, while more than $53,000 was paid for an extremely rare letter penned by 19th-century German philosopher and communist theorist Karl Marx.


Signed Gandhi photo fetches $41,000 at US auction


Indian universities have embarked on a recruitment drive to attract African students into their institutions.


Indian universities on recruitment drive for African students


A young disabled artist from Delhi has asked UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Miroslav Lajcak to create a "revolution of inclusion" for the deaf by using the advances in digital technology.


Disabled Delhi artist asks UN for digital 'revolution of inclusion'


Prestigious elevated road project from UP Gate to Raj Nagar Extension in Ghaziabad on Friday got the much-awaited environment clearance, paving the way for its inauguration, an official said.


Ghaziabad's elevated road poroject gets environment clearance


The Supreme Court on Friday said a person has the "right to die with dignity" and can make an advance "living will" authorising the withdrawal of life support system if in medical view he or she has reached an irreversible stage of terminal illness.


SC allows passive euthanasia of terminally ill (Third Lead)


A ferocious tiger, which recently killed a woman in Pilibhit forest of Uttar Pradesh, has been successfully rehabilitated to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. Being seen as a landmark in conservation efforts, this is only the second such achievement in Terai region -- and among the few across the country.


In landmark conservation effort, ferocious tiger rehabilitated to Dudhwa


Part of Delhi Metro's Pink Line -- envisaged to connect Majlis Park and Shiv Vihar -- will open for the public from March 14 onwards, the transporter announced on Friday.


Part of Delhi Metro's 'Pink Line' to open on March 14


Critically acclaimed filmmaker Jahnu Barua's drama "Ajeyo" will open the second edition of 'Matter of Right(s)', a two-day film festival by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) here on March 13.


Jahnu Barua's 'Ajeyo' to open film fest by CHRI


Mathematician and Super 30 founder Anand Kumar on Friday said bureaucrats can usher in real change in society as they have the opportunity to work at grassroot level and implement government's plans and programmes.

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