The UN urged China not to detain people simply for taking part in peaceful protests, as Beijing tried to curb a nationwide spate of demonstrations demanding political freedoms and an end to Covid-19 lockdowns.
In an open letter, ambassador Naor Gilon on Tuesday came down heavily on Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling ‘The Kashmir Files’, a film based on the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits, as “vulgar propaganda”. “You should be ashamed,” the Israeli ambassador tweeted. Speaking at the International Film Festival of India in Goa on Monday, filmmaker Lapid, […]
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Friday dismissed a petition seeking its directions to quash the order of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) dated September 9 by which the services of Masrat Yousuf as media assistant were terminated. A single bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani rejected the petitioner’s submission that discontinuing her […]
Director Vivek Agnihotri’s film The Kashmir Files that meticulously documents the planned attempt at ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley has been labelled vulgar and a work of propaganda by the jury’s head Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid. The film was screened at the prestigious International Film Festival of India in Goa. “It seemed […]
SSC and equivalent exam results 2022 have been released. The average pass rate is 87.44 percent. Last time this pass rate was 93.58 percent. Accordingly, the pass rate has decreased by 6.14 percent. Meanwhile Jessore board is at the top in terms of pass rate. And the lowest pass rate is in Sylhet board. The […]
In a major decision, the BJP-led Central government has decided to stop annual scholarships to students of classes 1-8 in madrassas of Uttar Pradesh. As many as 5 lakh students of 16558 madrassas students were given scholarships last year. While students studying in standard 1 to standard 5 received ₹1000 per year, the amount of scholarship […]
President Droupadi Murmu has put the spotlight on the excessive cost of litigation as a major impediment to the delivery of justice in India, stating that thousands of people from downtrodden communities linger in jails. Speaking at an event to mark Constitution Day, the President urged the executive, judiciary and legislature to evolve an effective […]
BD SSC/Dakhil/Equivalent results 2022 are now available for students on the Ministry of Education’s official website www.educationboardresults.gov.bd. The result has been declared for Barisal, Chittagong, Comilla, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Jessore, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Madrasah, and Technical boards. How to check results The results can be accessed on the official website. It can also be checked through […]
The results of the Bangladesh SSC/Dakhil/Equivalent examinations have been announced by the Ministry of Education on its official website www.educationboardresults.gov.bd. To check the results, students have to specify the examination they undertook, the year, the roll number, and their registration number on the official website. Candidates can now check their results via SMS services or […]
The Central Information Commission has said the 1993 Supreme Court order allowing remuneration to imams in mosques violates the Constitution. Making a strong remark against the SC ruling, CIC also said that the policy of ‘giving special benefits’ to Muslim community encouraged ‘fissiparous tendencies’ among a section leading to the partition of India. In 1993, […]