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In 2024, a tourist at a beach bar in Varna, Bulgaria, noticed this table was actually an ancient artifact, later identified as a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagusA Roman sarcophagus, dating back to the 2nd century AD, was discovered serving as a table at a beach bar in Varna, Bulgaria. This ancient r...
Explosive device kills 13, injures 38 on bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persistsA bus explosion in southwestern Colombia has claimed 13 lives. The army chief has labelled the incident a terrorist act. This attack is par...
Operation Kavach 13.0 nets 222 arrests, 1,579 detentions in west districtDelhi Police's West District launched Operation Kavach 13.0, a 48-hour crackdown. The intensive drive led to over 200 arrests and numerous ...
- U.S. prosecutors investigate Colombia's President, a onetime Trump foe
Colombian President Gustavo Petro faces criminal probes by two U.S. federal prosecutor offices. Investigations are exploring potential link...
Haryana: 461 FIRs registered, 1,048 held in enforcement drive against criminalsUnder the leadership of Director General of Police Ajay Singhal, the operation was conducted on March 2, sending a clear message that law a...
India tells UN Security Council it has suffered from cross-border terror, illicit arms traffickingIndia’s envoy to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, urged a zero-tolerance approach to states enabling illicit arms trafficking, saying India has...
Whiff of Chinese crime syndicates in Northeast's drug problemIndia's northeastern states are witnessing an influx of drugs originating from Myanmar, linked to Chinese entities and insurgent groups lik...
NIA uncovers arms, explosives trafficking network, arrests one person in AizawlSources said that investigations by NIA have exposed that the accused, along with accomplices, was not only engaged in trafficking arms, am...
India suffered immensely due to cross-border terrorism: Amb Ruchira KambojKamboj also stressed that UN peacekeeping missions could support host countries in addressing the issue of the illicit transfer of small ar...
India calls for zero tolerance for terror actors, sponsors at UNIndia's UN representative, Ruchira Kamboj, urged zero tolerance towards terror groups and their patrons, emphasizing how the illicit small ...
'India suffered immensely due to cross-border terrorism by groups using illicit weapons smuggled across borders'At the UN Security Council briefing on 'Small Arms and Light Weapons', India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti ...
Cheap, small arms becoming weapon of choice of many terror groups: UN counter-terrorism chief"Insufficient international response in countering the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, the challenges that Member Stat...
Union cabinet gives nod to amend Arms ActThe Bill, sources said, seeks to introduce four different categories of offences into 1959 Arms Act prescribing jail term of 10 years besid...
EU slams Donald Trump's withdrawal from UN arms trade treatyThe US Senate never ratified the treaty after former president Barack Obama endorsed it.
India for implementation of UN arms embargo to check terrorismEasy availability of weapons and easy access often provided by some states as deliberate policy has been one of the main reasons for the gr...
Nexus of traffickers, terror networks dangerous: India in UNIndia also voiced concern that situations of armed conflict provide fertile ground for trafficking in persons especially from the vulnerabl...
UN Security Council adopts resolution in stemming illicit misuse of small armsBan Ki-moon said the Arms Trade Treaty laid the foundations for a framework of arms transfer controls, including for small arms and light w...
- UN arms treaty draft favours exporters;ignores India's concern
The UN treaty is facing opposition as it favours the arms exporters and is silent on the illicit trafficking to non-state actors.
Treaty to regulate $ 70 bn global arms tradeAn international treaty being negotiated to regulate the whopping $ 70 billion global conventional arms trade should have an impact on illi...
- India’s religious places are affected by sex tourism: CBI
Raising concern over increasing sex tourism, CBI director Ashwani Kumar on Monday said even religious places of the country are not spared ...