NEW DELHI — India’s pledge was among the many most substantive contributions at Glasgow local weather change convention, Nicholas Stern, one of many world’s pre-eminent local weather economists and Chair of the Grantham Analysis Institute at London Faculty of Economics stated on Monday throughout a gathering with journalists. “PM Modi’s panchamrit (nectar distilled from 5 […]
NEW DELHI — China and Pakistan will be missing when the national security chiefs of seven key regional countries gather here on Wednesday for a security dialogue on Afghanistan. The day-long event, the first being hosted by India, will focus on terrorism and related security challenges and uncertainties emerging from Afghanistan which was taken over […]
NEW DELHI — The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday kept Pakistan on the Grey List as it “needs to further demonstrate that investigation and prosecution of proscribed terrorists and terror groups is being seriously pursued,’’ said FATF chief Marcus Pleyer at the end the global finance watchdog’s deliberations that began Sunday. On the […]
NEW DELHI — The Taliban have said India offered extensive humanitarian assistance to the Afghans in its second official meeting with the Indian side on the sidelines of the Moscow Format meet. The Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, PAI (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) JP Singh and the Taliban delegation led by Deputy PM Maulavi Abdul Salam […]
NEW YORK — Microsoft on Thursday said it will shut down career-oriented social network LinkedIn in China, citing a “challenging operating environment” as Beijing tightens control over tech firms. The US-based company will replace LinkedIn in China with an application dedicated to applying for jobs but without the networking features, according to senior vice president […]
COPENHAGEN (Denmark) — A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said. The police chief in the community of Kongsberg, near the capital of Oslo, said there was “a confrontation” between officers and the assailant, but he did not […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan said that United States President Joe Biden has faced “unfair” criticism for the troop pullout from Afghanistan. “The American president took a wise decision,” Imran Khan said during an interview with Russia Today (RT) television. He said intelligence chiefs of Pakistan and the US were in contact over the […]
An Australian car salesman has been jailed for his plans to travel to Kashmir , to avenge his “brothers and sisters” by fighting, if necessary, to die as a martyr, The Age has reported. On Wednesday, judge Justin Hannebery jailed Khaled Temssah for four years and nine months after the father of two pleaded guilty […]
NEW YORK — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine. TIME on Wednesday unveiled its annual list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2021′, a global list […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has “helplessly” allowed itself to be held “hostage” by Islamabad. At the 48th session of the human rights council, India said […]
