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Thanks to misuse of a law against “outraging religious feelings,” a Christian pastor in Punjab state, India still cannot return home. His church is shut. Source link

Sikh ceremonial reader reciting from the Guru Granth Sahib. (Hari Singh, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Thanks to misuse of a law against “outraging religious feelings,” a Christian pastor in Punjab state, India still cannot return home. His church is shut. He survives on daily physical labor, and some months there is not…

Photo credit: IANS NEW DELHI: Electricity consumption in May rose nearly 11% year-on-year, driven by hot weather conditions prevailing across the country for most of the month, leading to increased use of air-conditioners in domestic and commercial sectors.Grid India data showed that 165 billion units (BU) of electricity were consumed in May this year, compared…

This will be followed by a three-ODI series between the two teams. This will be followed by India touring England for a white-ball series featuring five T20Is and three ODIs. India’s squads against Afghanistan Test Squad:  Shubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vc), Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Mohammed…

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week, with energy security expected to dominate discussions as India seeks to diversify crude supplies disrupted by the Iran war. Source link

By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI, June 2 (Reuters) – India has tightened restrictions on silver imports by adding grain and powder forms to the list ‌of restricted categories and mandating prior valid import authorisation, as the ‌world’s biggest consumer of the metal tries to rein in shipments and ease pressure on ​the rupee. Imports of silver…

Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has reignited a border dispute with India after claiming in parliament that Nepal has also encroached on Indian territory – a departure from Nepal’s usual stance, which has largely focused on accusing its bigger neighbour of occupying its land. Speaking on Sunday in his first formal address to the Federal…

A Belgium-based NGO has called on Indian authorities to arrest an Israeli army reservist on holiday in northern India over his alleged role in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a complaint Saturday with India’s Police Service, foreign affairs ministry and Bureau of Immigration of India to demand “the immediate…

GOLD CUT an overnight rally on Tuesday, trading $35 lower for the week so far as Israel and Hezbollah continued fighting in Lebanon, defying US President Trump, while news that gold now tops central-bank reserve assets worldwide was curbed by reports of major buyer India selling the precious metal to raise cash to defend the…

Britain has been told to resolve a long-running Himayalan border dispute using colonia-era maps. Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said the 19th-century British maps support his country’s claim over a strategically important area between India, Nepal and Chinese-controlled Tibet. With India insisting the territory belongs to its northern Uttarakhand state, the nation has consistently brushed…