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NEW DELHI: Ten years after the current disability law was passed, govt is yet to frame a revised National Policy for Persons with Disabilities. The existing National Policy for Persons with Disabilities was adopted 20 years ago.“This prolonged delay is particularly concerning because a contemporary national policy is essential to translate the rights guaranteed under...

Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Taking a stern view of a murder accused taking out a “victory procession” on being granted bail by Punjab and Haryana HC, Supreme Court has directed Haryana Police to produce him before it.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta also recorded in its order that despite a non-bailable warrant...

NEW DELHI: The Ladakh outfits in talks with the home ministry on safeguards for the Union territory (UT) have been asked to submit a draft proposal addressing seven questions on the larger governance structure for Ladakh, including the division of powers and functions between the proposed UT-level body and the seven district councils.Sources involved in...

Sweden Election Sweden’s parliamentary election result showed a dead heat in early election results on Sunday, with public broadcaster SVT projecting the right-wing bloc of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was virtually tied with the centre-left opposition.SVT’s projections, with more than half of election districts counted, showed the opposition, led by Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats, with...

Sweden Election Sweden’s parliamentary election result showed a dead heat in early election results on Sunday, with public broadcaster SVT projecting the right-wing bloc of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was virtually tied with the centre-left opposition.SVT’s projections, with more than half of election districts counted, showed the opposition, led by Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats, with...

Sweden Election Sweden’s national election was too close to call early Monday, with preliminary results giving the left-wing opposition a razor-thin one-seat advantage over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right wing coalition and days of uncertainty until the final ballots are counted.Preliminary results showed a very narrow lead for the opposition and former Prime Minister Magdalena...

Modi, Xi and​ Putin at Brics​ PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping offered diplomatic support to Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring the Ukraine war to an end, according to Russian authorities. “During their bilateral meetings, Modi and Xi took a keen interest in Ukraine settlement and actively offered their good offices to help...

Brics Summit 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s statement on integrating markets and developing an open-source AI platform, along with other initiatives he proposed, is unlikely to enthuse policy circles here, given the wariness over such proposals from across the border.Ahead of China taking over...

The meeting was to discuss a range of issues, including possible agreements on the Strait of Hormuz After a meeting between Iran and Gulf states scheduled for Monday in Oman was postponed, Iranian state media reported that this was done at the request of some regional countries.According to Iranian state media, it was a joint...

NEW DELHI: As Russian refineries came under attack from Ukraine, damaging energy infrastructure and crippling domestic fuel supplies, Moscow imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in Aug, with nearly 70% of it coming from India, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has said in its monthly report.India, however, remained the...