Tag: UN
No Transparency In Electoral Bonds, EC Tells SC
The Election Commission on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it had expressed its reservations on introduction of electoral bonds and the provision for non-disclosure of contributions as it felt would cast its shadow on transparency and accountability in political funding.....
US Initiates New Move At UN To Impose Sanctions On Azhar
After several attempts to impose sanctions on Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar were blocked by China, the US has initiated a new effort for UN action against the terrorist leader that would force Beijing to take a public stand in the Security Council.....
India Put Into Orbit Defence Satellite Emisat
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday put into orbit the Emisat, an electronic intelligence satellite for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in a copy book style.....
Lotus Will Bloom In Odisha, Says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday exuded confidence that the lotus will bloom in Odisha as he targeted the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress for "territorial discrimination".....
Electoral Bonds Are Legitimate, Transparent: Jaitley
Terming electoral bonds a legitimate and transparent method of political funding, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said it masks the link between the party and the donor in the same way the electoral trusts brought by the UPA did.....
WikiLeaks Founder Assange Arrested In UK
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Thursday, seven years after he took refuge there to avoid extradition to Sweden in a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.....
Jammu-Kashmir: Two Militants Killed In Shopian Gunfight
Two militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.....
Russia Meddling Probe Says No Putin-Trump Conspiracy
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Moscow's interference in 2016 elections did "not establish that members of the (US President Donald) Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities" but left enough ammunition for Democrats to pursue charges that the president tried to interfered with it.....
India Now Virtually Terror Free: Modi
Citing the example of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that India is now virtually "terror free" barring some pockets of Jammu and Kashmir.....
Earthquake Rattles Nepal, North-east India And Tibet
A 5.2-magnitude quake struck Nepal on Wednesday, a day ahead of the fourth anniversary of the deadly 2015 earthquake. No casualties have been reported so far.....
