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  • Pak test-fires nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile

    Jan 20, 2021

    Islamabad, Jan 20: Pakistan said on Wednesday that it successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can strike targets up to 2,750 kilometres. The launch of Shaheen-III missile was "aimed at revalidating various design and technical parameters of weapon system," said a statement issued by the media wing of the Pakistani army - the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

  • Trump leaves White House with tainted legacy never seen before in US political history

    Jan 20, 2021

    Washington, Jan 20: Donald Trump, known for his unpredictable leadership style, divisive rhetoric targeting both allies and opponents, and the only US president to be impeached twice, left the White House on Wednesday with a tainted legacy never seen before in American political history. The 74-year-old real estate mogul-turned politician, who radically changed politics in the corridors of power in Washington D.C.

  • Dubai-based Indian teenager helps recycle 25 tonnes of e-waste

    Jan 15, 2021

    Dubai, Jan 15: A Dubai-based 15-year-old Indian girl has launched a campaign, which helped in the recycling of 25 tonnes of electronic waste in the Gulf nation, according to a media report on Friday. Riva Tulpule, a student of grade 10, got the idea to start the campaign while clearing out drawers filled with broken devices in 2016, the Gulf News reported.

  • Crematorium for Hindus, Sikhs inaugurated in Lahore

    Jan 15, 2021

    Lahore: A crematorium developed at a cost of Rs. 16 million for Hindus and Sikhs was inaugurated here 18 years after the Pakistani government allocated the land for it. Federal Minister of Religious Affairs Dr Noorul Haq Qadri and Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) chairman Dr Aamir Ahmed inaugurated the crematorium at Babu Sabu Chowk near the Ravi River.

  • Pakistan's anti-terrorism court asks police to arrest JeM chief Masood Azhar by Jan 18

    Jan 09, 2021

    Lahore, Jan 9: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab Police to arrest banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by January 18 in a terror-financing case, a court official said on Saturday. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued an arrest warrant against Azhar in the terror-financing case instituted by the CTD in the previous hearing on Thursday.

  • Indian national arrested in Nepal for illegally carrying over Nepali Rupees 1.4 crores

    Jan 04, 2021

    Kathmandu, Jan 4: Two persons, including an Indian national, have been arrested for illegally possessing over 1.4 crores of Nepali Rupees from Nepal's Kathmandu district, police said on Monday. Amit Kumar Gupta, 30, a resident of Gorakhpur, India, and Sangam Tharu, 22, who is from Kapilvastu district, were arrested by a police team from Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Circle. The police, during a regular security check, found over 1.

  • Pakistan cancels 200,000 fake citizen ID cards held by Afghan refugees

    Jan 03, 2021

    Islamabad, Jan 3: Pakistan has cancelled about 200,000 computerised national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently held by Afghanistan refugees. Speaking to reporters in his home town Rawalpindi on Saturday, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said: "We have data of 1.5 million Afghan refugees having legal status and about 800,000 Afghans living in the country illegally.

  • Indian expat in UAE bags Guinness World Record with 8.2 sq mt giant pop-up greeting card

    Jan 02, 2021

    Dubai: An Indian expatriate in the UAE has entered the Guinness World Records for the 19th time, after he unveiled an 8.2 square metre giant pop-up greeting card, commemorating the 15th Accession Day of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, according to a media report on Saturday.

  • 3 British Sikhs arrested on suspicion of murder in India in 2009

    Dec 25, 2020

    London, Dec 25: Three British Sikhs have been arrested in the UK on suspicion of a murder conspiracy in India dating back to 2009, according to UK police. The arrests followed early morning raids on Monday on extradition warrants executed by West Midlands Police and all three were granted bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London under "strict conditions".

  • Zuckerberg calls India very special country, looks to push WhatsApp payments services deeper

    Dec 15, 2020

    New Delhi, Dec 15: Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said India is a very special and important country with a remarkable entrepreneurship culture, as he sought to push deeper the just-launched payments services that allow users to make payments over WhatsApp. Last month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for rolling out its payments services in India.

  • New height of Mount Everest 8,848.86 metres: Nepal, China joint survey

    Dec 08, 2020

    Kathmandu/Beijing: Nepal and China jointly announced that the revised height of the world's highest peak Mount Everest was 8,848.86 metres, about 86 centimetres more than the previous measurement done by India in 1954. The Nepal government decided to measure the exact height of the mountain amid debates that there might have been a change in it due to various reasons, including the devastating earthquake of 2015.

  • New smartphone-based COVID-19 test gives results in less than 30 minutes

    Dec 07, 2020

    Washington: Scientists have developed a novel technology for a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in under 30 minutes. According to the research published in the journal Cell, the new diagnostic test can not only generate a positive or negative result, it also measures the viral load -- the concentration of virus -- in a given sample.

  • Sikh-Americans hold protest rallies in US cities against farm laws in India

    Dec 06, 2020

    Washington: Hundreds of Sikh-Americans have held peaceful protest rallies in several cities across the US in support of the Indian farmers who have been protesting against the new agricultural reforms in India. A large car caravan of protesters from various parts of California blocked the traffic on the Bay Bridge on Saturday as they moved towards the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, while several hundred gathered in downtown Indianapolis.

  • Defiant Donald Trump says US election was 'rigged' in favour of Biden

    Dec 06, 2020

    Washington, Dec 6: A defiant Donald Trump is showing no signs of surrender and has reiterated yet again his unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud, claiming at his first post-poll rally in Georgia that he won a "rigged" US presidential election that he lost. Trump alleged on Saturday that the last month's US election was rigged in favour of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, who is now the President-elect.

  • India urges Israel, Palestine to re-engage in direct talks to advance goal of two-state solution

    Dec 03, 2020

    United Nations: Welcoming the decision to resume coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, India has urged the leadership of both sides to use the opportunity and re-engage indirect negotiations to advance the goal of a two-state solution. The two-state solution has for decades been the primary focus of efforts to achieve peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • British Sikh politicians voice support for agitating farmers in India

    Dec 03, 2020

    London: British Sikh Opposition politicians have voiced their support for farmers agitating in India against the new farm laws and called for a "peaceful solution" as soon as possible. India has called the remarks by foreign leaders on protests by farmers as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted" as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a democratic country. "We have seen some ill-informed comments relating to farmers in India.

  • Pakistan's basic threat is from internal challenges: former ISI chief Asad Durrani

    Dec 03, 2020

    Islamabad: Pakistan's former spymaster Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani has said the basic threat to his country is from the internal challenges. Durrani, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from August 1990 till March 1993, ran into hot waters in 2018 by co-authoring a book titled 'The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace' with former RAW chief A S Dulat.

  • PoK govt signs agreements with Chinese firm to build 700MW hydropower project

    Dec 02, 2020

    Islamabad, Dec 2: The government in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has signed agreements with a Chinese company and a local renewable energy firm for the construction of 700MW hydropower project at an estimated cost of USD 1.35 billion in the region as part of the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a media report said on Wednesday.

  • More than one-third of kids with COVID-19 show no symptoms, says study

    Dec 01, 2020

    Toronto: More than one-third of kids infected with the novel coronavirus are asymptomatic, according to a study which confirms that children diagnosed with COVID-19 may represent just a fraction of those infected. The research, published in the journal CMAJ, analysed results for 2,463 children in Alberta, Canada, who were tested during the first wave of the pandemic -- March to September -- for COVID-19 infection.

  • China says Delhi SCO Heads of Govt meet sent many 'positive signals'

    Dec 01, 2020

    Beijing, Dec 1 (PTI) China said on Tuesday that the virtual meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) hosted by India has sent "many positive signals" with leaders reaching consensus on several issues. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday attended the virtual meeting of the eight-member bloc which was also addressed by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.

  • Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader elected as Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister

    Dec 01, 2020

    Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Khalid Khursheed elected as the new chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan. Khursheed got 22 votes against nine votes to Amjad Hussain, a joint candidate of opposition parties, including Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslims League-Nawaz (PML-N).

  • Indian man on tourist visa missing in UAE: report

    Nov 28, 2020

    Dubai: An Indian man, who reached the UAE on a tourist visa to seek a job, has been missing since November 9, according to a media report. Amrithalingam Samayamuthu, 46, a father of four from Tamil Nadu, had come over to take up a job in the UAE, the Gulf News reported on Friday. Samayamuthu's nephew Durai Maniraja, who is a fisherman in Ras Al Khaimah, said his uncle came with three people from Tamil Nadu on November 8.

  • India, Lanka and Maldives agree to bolster maritime security cooperation

    Nov 28, 2020

    Colombo: Top security officials of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldive agreed to further strengthen cooperation and ensure peace for common benefit as they took stock of the current maritime security environment in the region during the high-level trilateral dialogue which was held here after a gap of six years. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval took part in the dialogue along with Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Major Gen (Retd.

  • Will leave White House if Electoral College declares Biden winner: Trump

    Nov 27, 2020

    Washington, Nov 27: US President Donald Trump said for the first time that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College declares Joe Biden as the winner, but made clear he is not prepared to "concede" the election. Trump, a Republican, has refused to accept defeat in the November 3 presidential election and told reporters on Thursday that it would be "hard" to concede to Biden, a Democrat.

  • Indian-origin man charged with murder of mother in UK

    Nov 27, 2020

    London, Nov 27: A 31-year-old Indian-origin man has been charged with the murder of his mother and produced before Wimbledon Magistrates' Court in London on Friday. Shanil Patel was arrested following an incident at a home in Greenford, west London, on Wednesday, when his mother, 62-year-old Hansa Patel, was found dead with head injuries.

  • Pak host to largest number of UN proscribed terrorists, should remember Abbottabad: India

    Nov 25, 2020

    United Nations, Nov 25: India has reminded Pakistan, the host to the world's largest number of UN proscribed terrorists and entities, of Abbottabad, the garrison city where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hid for years and was killed, in a hard-hitting response as Islamabad's UN envoy gave a dossier of lies to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

  • Israelis planning memorial for victims of 26/11 Mumbai attacks

    Nov 24, 2020

    Eilat (Israel): Israelis in this southern coastal city of Eilat are planning to set up a memorial square for the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, something similar to what it has for the victims of the 9/11 attacks in the US.

  • Oxford University vaccine effective' at preventing COVID-19

    Nov 23, 2020

    London, Nov 23: The vaccine candidate being trialled by the Oxford University on Monday presented crucial Phase 3 interim results which show that it is effective at preventing COVID-19 and offers a high level of protection from the deadly virus. The ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019, being produced in collaboration with AstraZeneca, was found to be 70.4 per cent effective when combining data from two dosing regimens.

  • China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities

    Nov 23, 2020

    Beijing, Nov 23: Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.

  • Reports: Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia, met crown prince

    Nov 23, 2020

    Jerusalem, Nov 23: Israeli media reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which would mark the first known encounter between senior Israeli and Saudi officials.

  • China in final preparations for latest lunar mission

    Nov 23, 2020

    Wenchang (China), Nov 23: Chinese technicians were making final preparations Monday for a mission to bring back material from the moon's surface in what would be a major advance for the country's space program. Chang'e 5 is China's most ambitious lunar mission yet and marks the first time in four decades that any country has sought to bring rocks and debris from the moon to Earth.

  • Top Tibetan political leader visits White House for first time in 6 decades

    Nov 21, 2020

    Washington: The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades and met the newly appointed senior US official on Tibetan issues, the Central Tibetan Administration said a development that could enrage Beijing, which has accused the US of trying to interfere in China's internal affairs. Dr Lobsang Sangay entered the United States White House on Friday a historic feat.

  • Australia, Japan to bolster defence ties amid China's rise

    Nov 17, 2020

    Tokyo, Nov 17: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in Japan to hold talks with his Japanese counterpart, Yoshihide Suga, to bolster defence ties between the two US allies to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region amid a transition in American leadership.

  • Imran Khan's party wins 8 seats in Gilgit-Baltistan polls; Opposition says election 'stolen'

    Nov 17, 2020

    Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) won eight of 23 constituencies and was leading in one seat in the legislative assembly polls in Gilgit-Baltistan, prompting Opposition parties to dub the election as "stolen." India has slammed Pakistan for its decision to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any action to alter the status of the militarily-occupied region has no legal basis.

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