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India condemns security breach as protester disrupts foreign minister’s London visit

NEW DELHI, March 6 (Reuters) – India on Thursday condemned a security breach during its foreign minister’s visit to London when a protester broke through a police cordon, stood in front of the minister’s car and tore the Indian flag before being taken away. India’s foreign ministry said it expects Britain to live up to “diplomatic obligations” and called the group of protesters a “small group of separatists and extremists”. Videos posted on social media showed a handful of protesters waving flags of a Sikh separatist movement called Khalistan and shouting slogans outside think tank Chatham House in London on

Parkinson’s disease could affect over 2.5 crore people globally by 2050: Study

New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) More than 2.5 crore people in the world could be living with Parkinson’s disease by 2050, largely driven by an ageing population, according to a study. Researchers, including those from the Capital Medical University, China, said the projected numbers are a 112 per cent increase from cases in 2021. Further, cases of the neurological disorder from South Asia are predicted to be the second highest at 68 lakh, following East Asia (over 1 crore), the findings, published in The British Medical Journal, suggested. The researchers said the estimates could “serve as an aid in promoting

Gold rises on dollar weakness; US payrolls data eyed

March 6 (Reuters) – Gold inched up on Thursday, helped by a pullback in the U.S. dollar, while investors awaited U.S. nonfarm payrolls data due on Friday to assess the Federal Reserve’s interest rate trajectory as global trade tensions escalated. Spot gold firmed 0.1% to $2,921.19 an ounce as of 0625 GMT, while U.S. gold futures also added 0.1% to $2,929.30. The dollar index wallowed near a four-month trough as the U.S. exempted automakers from the 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month as long as they complied with existing free trade rules. U.S. President Donald Trump is

Indian women pilot farm drones, earning a living and some independence

FARIDABAD, India, March 6 (Reuters) – A group of women in rural India has found an unexpected path to earn an income and some independence: operating drones for agricultural uses such as crop spraying. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government launched the so-called “Drone Didi” or “Drone Sisters” initiative in 2023 and so far 500 drones have been distributed, the Agriculture Ministry said in parliament in December. The programme equips women-led self-help groups with drones to provide agricultural services, aiming to empower them and enhance agricultural efficiency. It has a target of distributing 15,000 such devices. Rupinder Kaur, a resident of

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