Shashi Tharoor attacks Modi govt NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday reiterated the opposition’s slogan against the Narendra Modi-led government, declaring, “This government will go”.The Thiruvananthapuram MP’s remarks come amid mounting opposition criticism of the Centre over its handling of the controversy surrounding CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission’s SIR exercise,…

ABS mechanism goes beyond monetary collection by linking the utilisation of biological resources with biodiversity conservation, NEW DELHI: India’s agri-seed sector accounted for the largest share of receipts from users of the country’s biological resources during April-Sept period this financial year under the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) regulation — a statutory mechanism which ensures…

North Korea fires missiles towards sea, escalating tensions on Korean Peninsula (Reuters image) North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang continued its weapons testing amid heightened tensions and a prolonged freeze in diplomatic engagement.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched…

Gauhati high court has intensified scrutiny of circumstances in which Nagaon’s Mumtaz Begum was sent to Bangladesh, warning Assam govt that it would presume a Foreigners’ Tribunal’s May 30 opinion declaring her a foreigner would be considered “not ready” if the state fails to establish when it was finalised.In its latest order on Oct 7,…