Day: January 6, 2020

JNU violence: Amnesty International criticises Delhi Police for failing to protect students

7:02 pm January 6, 2020

New Delhi: Human rights organisation Amnesty International India on Monday criticised the Delhi Police for “repeatedly failing” to protect the students peacefully protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The Delhi Police remained “shameful bystanders to mob brutality on students”, its all-India Executive Director Avinash Kumar said in a statement. “The authorities have failed in their […]

Top UK bosses earn annual average wage in days: research

6:44 pm January 6, 2020

London: By the end of Monday Britain’s highest-paid bosses will have already pocketed the amount of money the nation’s average worker will earn over the entire year, according to new research. Chief executives of FTSE-100-listed companies earn 117 times the average annual salary, the High Pay Centre and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development […]

Top EU diplomat ‘deeply regrets’ Iran nuclear deal decision

6:38 pm January 6, 2020

Brussels: The EU’s diplomatic chief Josep Borrell on Monday voiced regret at Tehran’s latest decision to reduce its commitments to the beleaguered 2015 Iran nuclear deal. “Deeply regret Iran’s latest announcement on #JCPOA. As ever we will rely on @iaeaorg verification,” Borrell tweeted, using an abbreviation for the deal’s formal name. “Full implementation of #NuclearDeal […]

5.7-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico, damage reported

6:34 pm January 6, 2020

San Juan (US): A 5.7-magnitude quake jolted Puerto Ricans out of their beds Monday morning, the strongest quake yet to hit the US. territory that has been shaking for the past week. The quake struck just south of the island at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (over 6 miles), according to the U.S. […]

Huge crowds in Iran mourn general killed by US drone

6:29 pm January 6, 2020

Tehran: A sea of black-clad Iranians on Monday mourned the top commander killed in last week’s US drone strike that inflamed tensions across the Middle East, as NATO was set to discuss the spiralling crisis. Iranians clutching “Down with USA” signs and portraits of their hero Qasem Soleimani massed as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei […]