Islamabad: Pakistan has been ranked lowest in South Asia for literacy, with 63 per cent of people aged 10 years and above being able to read and write, according to a new review by the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), local media reported. The...
Dubai: Iran's president said Tuesday he instructed the country's foreign minister to pursue fair and equitable negotiations with the United States, the first clear sign from Tehran that it wants to try to negotiate as tensions remain high with Washington after the Mideast country's bloody...
Peshawar: A policeman was killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a polio vaccination team he was guarding in northwest Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday in Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan district, bordering Afghanistan. The assailants managed to...
Dhaka: Amid escalating political tensions ahead of Bangladesh’s February 12 election, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman strongly criticised the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami for making derogatory remarks about women, warning that such views pose a serious threat to women’s safety and fundamental rights...
Yerevan: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan-led delegation and Armenia's Minister of Defence Suren Papkyan Tuesday held discussions focusing on strengthening defence cooperation across various security issues related to the two nations. Following the meeting, Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS HQ)...
New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday hailed the India-US trade deal and said that it will open a new phase of "deeper and greater cooperation" between the two nations. In a post on X, Singh said, "A landmark moment for India-US relations as...
Washington: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in New York for a three-day official visit to the United States and is scheduled to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington Tuesday as part of talks focused on cooperation in critical minerals. The meeting comes...
New Delhi: In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that ‘Made in India’ products will now have a reduced tariff of 18 per cent, as US President Donald Trump said India and the United States had reached a trade deal. PM Modi...
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday, apparently in an attempt to address the sharp downturn in the relations between the two countries. US ambassador to India Sergio Gor confirmed the phone conversation in a brief social media post....
New York: Describing the India Gate in New Delhi as "India's beautiful Triumphal Arch", US President Donald Trump said a similar monument in America will be "the greatest of them all." The 42 metre high India Gate, an "Arc-de-Triomphe", honours the memory of the 70,000...
By Aakar Patel The Bharatiya Janata Party has been governing Gujarat for about 30 unbroken years now. Notionally Gujarat is...
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By Dilip Cherian It’s telling that Punjab is still kicking the can down the road on appointing a regular Director...
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The last nail into the coffin of whatever freedom is believed to be there in Hong Kong, a unique territory...
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India’s recent trade agreement with the United States is being celebrated by the government at the Centre as a significant...
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