China

Arunachal Pradesh: China releases third set of Chinese names to assert its claim over Arunachal Pradesh

BEIJING: China has released a third set of names in Chinese, Tibetan and pinyin characters for Arunachal Pradesh, as part of its efforts to reemphasise its claim over the Indian state. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday released the standardised names of 11 places for Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part […]

Education

JEE Main 6 April Shift 1 Question Paper Analysis 2023: Students say overall paper was moderate

On April 6, 2023, the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the JEE Main Session 2 examination for engineering aspirants. Candidates who took the JEE Main 2023 Paper 1 (BE/BTech) exam can find the paper analysis, question paper difficulty level, expected scores, and candidate reactions for the exam.JEE Main Paper Analysis – 6 April Shift 1: […]

Europe

Polish-Ukrainian Friendship: Polish-Ukrainian friendship masks a bitter, bloody history

WARSAW: Poland has emerged as one of Ukraine‘s most ardent supporters during Russia’s invasion despite historical grievances between the neighboring nations that stir up bad feelings to this day. The tensions between the country at war and its staunch ally were acknowledged Wednesday when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a state visit to Poland, where […]

Middle East

Turkey: Families of murdered women defend anti-femicide group in Turkey court

Istanbul: The families of women murdered by men demonstrated Wednesday in defence of a prominent Turkish anti-femicide campaign group accused of activity against law and morals. Prosecutors had filed a lawsuit in April against We Will Stop Femicide Platform, one of the country’s leading feminist organisations. If convicted, it could be shut down. The group […]

Rest of World

8,00,000 lose power as freezing rain hits Ontario and Quebec

QUEBEC: Freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, knocking out power for about 8,00,000 people, officials reported.Quebec’s power utility said shortly after 5pm that more than 6,76,000 of its 4.5 million customers had no electricity as much of the province remained under a freezing rain warning.“What’s causing the outages is […]