Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that the Char Dham Yatra is being stopped intermittently, keeping in mind the safety of pilgrims as the state continues to face heavy rainfall and landslides.

Yogi Adityanath on Thursday paid tribute to the state's weaving community, describing handloom artisans as preservers of India's cultural heritage

Malawi’s opposition leader has issued a furious demand for accountability over the stalled Amaryllis Hotel scandal, declaring that the country risks “slowly embracing corruption as policy” unless answers are finally delivered over the controversial K128 billion pension fund purchase. Simplex Chithyola Banda used his closing remarks to parliament to reignite pressure on government over the […] The post ‘They should vomit this money’: Chithyola demands justice over Amaryllis Hotel scandal appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s opposition leader has demanded the immediate reversal of a controversial university fee hike that has seen tuition costs double from K650,000 to K1.3 million a year, warning the policy is pricing ordinary families out of higher education and threatening the country’s future prosperity. Simplex Chithyola Banda told parliament the fee increase – which he […] The post ‘You can’t mortgage children’s future’: Opposition leader demands reversal of university fee hike that saw costs double overnight appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

A board member of the Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA) has been arrested by police after allegedly being caught in possession of nearly 20 kilograms of suspected cannabis without a permit – in an embarrassing twist given his very own role regulating the substance. David Chikomeni Chirwa, 49, a renowned Rastafarian, was arrested at Jenda in […] The post Cannabis regulator Ras Chikomeni arrested with nearly 20kg of chamba in embarrassing twist appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has kept its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 24.0 per cent, as the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) opted to let previous tightening measures continue working through the economy rather than adjust borrowing costs further. The decision, taken at the MPC’s third meeting of 2026, comes as inflation […] The post Reserve Bank of Malawi keeps borrowing costs unchanged as price pressures ease appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

  Dramatic scenes unfolded in Lilongwe after more than twenty police officers, armed to the teeth, descended on the offices of lawyer and opposition MP George Jivason Kadzipatike alongside officials from the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), seizing clients’ files, laptops, mobile phones and computers in a sweeping raid. In a simultaneous operation, a further twenty […] The post Malawi police raid opposition MP Kadzipatike’s law offices in Lilongwe and Mzuzu appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu said it was not inclined to interfere with the high court's direction requiring the Krishnanagar MP to join the investigation. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for Moitra, argued that she should be allowed to appear before the investigating officer virtually as she was entitled to do so under the law.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin stressed that Moscow and Astana consider these sanctions illegitimate, aimed at securing geoeconomic advantages through unfair competition

Milos Jovanovic, chairman of the opposition New Democratic Party of Serbia, said the Serbian people «have personal experience witnessing the destructiveness of interventions on behalf of Western powers»

Russia’s trade surplus with China totaled $13.56 bln over the seven-month period, which is 1.7% higher than in the same period of 2025

Authorities say the man's illicit activities commenced in October 2024

According to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Alexey Gruzdev, Russia's proposals are comprehensive and extend far beyond raw material supplies

Pink Floyd saxophonist Dick Parry who died aged 83 in May this year left an estate worth just £50,000 - a fraction of the fortune of the more famous members of the legendary band.

The so-called 'spy glasses', of which Kardashian business mogul Kylie Jenner has her own range, feature a 12 MP ultra-wide camera which allows users to record in public discreetly.

Simon Levy, 40, suffocated Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, in March 2025, then killed Sheryl Wilkins while on bail.

The tariff proposal was announced three days after The Post's story on the shuttered factory.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- African governments and aviation industry leaders are pushing for faster implementation of open-skies policies, warning that fragmented air transport markets are raising business costs and limiting the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned what it described as an escalating campaign by Ethiopian authorities against Addis Standard, calling for an immediate end to actions targeting the publication following the detention and assault of its Editor-in-Chief, the raid on its newsroom, destruction and seizure of equipment, and an eviction order served against its offices.

[RFI] Benin's newly created Senate elected former president Patrice Talon as its leader on Thursday in Porto-Novo, less than three months after he left office. He will serve a five-year term at the head of the country's new second chamber of Parliament.

TEHRAN – Iraqi officials in a meeting with Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, have called for expanding academic, scientific, and technological cooperation with Iran.

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan, Alireza Haqiqian, and Tajikistan’s Minister of Education and Sciences, Rahim Saidzod, have explored avenues to enhance scientific and educational collaborations, particularly ways to increase the number of scholarships to university students.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) deputy director for international and humanitarian law affairs, Razieh Alishvandi, in a meeting with the new president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Stephan Bonamy, has highlighted the need to enhance cooperation to a long-term strategic partnership, proposing the development of a roadmap for collaboration.

TEHRAN – Three years into the treatment of two young girls diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, Royan Institute has showcased its commitment to integrating reproductive health into modern oncology practice, marking a significant achievement in pediatric oncofertility.

Malawi’s parliament has brought down the curtain on its Third Meeting of the 52nd Session in Lilongwe, with Speaker Sameer Suleman formally adjourning proceedings sine die – Latin for “without a fixed date” – bringing to a close a sitting that has been anything but quiet. The adjournment marks the end of a whirlwind period […] The post The productivity paradox: what Malawi’s parliament passed, and what it left behind appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s Leader of the Opposition, Simplex Chithyola Banda, has delivered a scathing verdict on the ruling DPP government’s first year in office, accusing ministers of presiding over a foreign exchange crisis so severe that mothers cannot find medicine, businesses cannot import spare parts, and students cannot pay exam fees. Speaking as parliament rose sine die […] The post Chithyola Banda: Malawi is ‘in darkness, drowning in debt and running out of medicine’ appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

En séjour en République de Côte d'Ivoire, le Président de la République, Chef de l'État, Chef du Gouvernement, Son Excellence Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, a été reçu ce jour en audience par S.E Alassane Ouattara. Cette rencontre a été l'occasion pour les deux Chefs d'État de réaffirmer les liens d'amitié, de fraternité et de coopération qui unissent la République gabonaise et la République de Côte d'Ivoire, ainsi que leur volonté commune de poursuivre leur renforcement au service des (...) - COOPERATION / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

L'Honorable Rodrigue Bokoko a effectué une visite à Mboungou Badouma, le Jeudi 30 juillet dernier, dans le district de Mounana. Il a procédé à la remise d'un important lot de matériels de pêche au profit des populations du regroupement des villages, en présence du Sous-préfet, du Chef de Canton, des autorités locales et des populations venues nombreuses pour cette cérémonie. Ce don, destiné à la mise en place d'une coopérative de pêche, vise à promouvoir les activités génératrices de (...) - POLITIQUE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON