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  • Pak authorities finalise law to award provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan: Report

    Aug 01, 2021

    Islamabad, Aug 1: Pakistani authorities have finalized a law to award provisional provincial status to strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan, a media report said on Sunday. India has clearly conveyed to Pakistan that the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of the country by virtue of its fully legal and irrevocable accession.

  • China vows retaliation after US blacklists companies

    Jul 11, 2021

    Beijing, Jul 11: China on Sunday said it will take necessary measures to respond to the US blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities. The Commerce Ministry said the US move constituted an unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises and a serious breach of international economic and trade rules.

  • Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa govt condoles demise of Dilip Kumar

    Jul 07, 2021

    Peshawar, Jul 7: Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government on Wednesday condoled the demise of legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar, saying he will always be remembered for his love and affection he had for the people of his ancestral home town here. Kumar, India's enduring film legend through the decades, died at a Mumbai hospital in the morning after a prolonged illness. He was 98.

  • Pfizer Covid vaccine induces 'good' immune response against coronavirus variants

    Jul 05, 2021

    London, Jul 5: Two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine induce a "very good" antibody response against the SARS-CoV-2 variants, according to a study on 180 health care workers in Finland. The research, published in the journal Nature Communications on June 28, found that the immune response was as strong against the Alpha variant first identified in the UK, as against the original virus found in Wuhan, China in 2019.

  • Three children killed in grenade blast in Pakistan: Police

    Jul 02, 2021

    Peshawar, July 2: Three children were killed on Friday when an abandoned hand grenade they were playing with exploded in Pakistan's troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, the second such incident in the province within a month.

  • Covid first wave led to increase in antibiotic misuse in India: Study

    Jul 02, 2021

    Washington, Jul 2: Antibiotic sales soared during the first COVID-19 wave in India last year, according to a study that suggests that the drugs were used to treat mild and moderate cases of the viral disease. The researchers at Washington University in the US estimated that COVID-19 likely contributed to 216.

  • Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas launches incendiary balloons

    Jul 02, 2021

    Jerusalem, July 2: Israeli fighter jets struck a weapons manufacturing site in Gaza overnight in response to incendiary balloons launched over the frontier into Israel, the military said early Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the strike, which the military said targeted a facility used by the Islamic militant group Hamas to research and develop weapons.

  • Pak calls PM Modi's meeting with J-K political leaders as 'PR exercise'

    Jun 26, 2021

    Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir as a "drama" and a "PR exercise". Modi held talks with top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and told them that the Centre's priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy there for which delimitation has to happen quickly for polls to be held.

  • China prepares for Communist Party centenary in secret

    Jun 23, 2021

    Beijing, Jun 23: Chinese authorities have closed Beijing's central Tiananmen Square to the public, eight days ahead of a major celebration being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party. The square, which normally attracts tourists from around the country, was barricaded Wednesday and will remain closed until July 2.

  • Indian High Commission in Pakistan celebrates International Yoga Day

    Jun 21, 2021

    Islamabad, Jun 21: The Indian High Commission in Pakistan on Monday organised a special ceremony to celebrate the 7th International Day of Yoga. The ceremony featuring Yoga enthusiasts was held at the premises of the High Commission located in the high security Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad. High Commission of India in Pakistan today celebrated the #InternationalDayofYoga2021, the mission said in a tweet.

  • Biden to meet with Ghani at White House amid US troop pullout from Afghanistan

    Jun 21, 2021

    Washington, Jun 21: President Joe Biden would meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his chief peacemaker Dr Abdullah Abdullah at the White House on Friday for the first face-to-face interaction ahead of the withdrawal of the remaining US and NATO forces from the war-torn country by September 11. The visit by President Ghani and Dr.

  • Qureshi writes to top UN officials highlighting Kashmir issue

    Jun 17, 2021

    Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written another letter to the top UN officials highlighting the Kashmir issue, the Foreign Office said. Qureshi addressed the letter to the President of the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations Secretary-General, it said.

  • PM Imran Khan's statements on Kashmir not a 'U-turn': Pak Prez Alvi

    Jun 15, 2021

    Islamabad, Jun 15: Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Monday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan's apparent change of statements on Kashmir was "not a U-turn" as he could judge better considering the "evolving situation". Prime Minister Khan had last month said that Pakistan normalising relations with India unless it restored Kashmir's semi-autonomy would be a major "betrayal" to the people of Kashmir.

  • Heavy rains, windstorm leave 9 people dead, 17 injured in Pakistan

    Jun 14, 2021

    Peshawar, Jun 14: Heavy rains and windstorm have claimed at least 9 lives and injured 17 people in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Monday. It said the incessant rainfall - that mostly hit the hilly and mountainous districts including Chitral, Dir, Mansehra and Swat - left four more people dead and injured 12 others in the last 24 hours.

  • Israel to swear in government, ending Netanyahu's long rule

    Jun 13, 2021

    Jerusalem: Israel is set to swear in a new government that will send Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12 years in office and end a political crisis that sparked four elections in two years. Naftali Bennett, the head of a small ultranationalist party, will take over as prime minister.

  • UK Brexit border tensions intrude on G-7 summit

    Jun 13, 2021

    Falmouth (England): Britain is accusing the European Union of holding the offensive view that Northern Ireland is not fully part of the United Kingdom, as Brexit continues to cast a shadow over the Group of Seven summit. Britain and the EU are in a spat over post-Brexit trade arrangements that could see British sausages banned from entering Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK that borders the 27-nation bloc.

  • 11 killed, 37 injured in gas explosion in China

    Jun 13, 2021

    Beijing, Jun 13: At least 11 people were killed and 37 others seriously injured in a huge gas explosion in central China's Hubei Province on Sunday, official media reported. The blast took place at about 6:30 am local time in the Zhangwan district of Shiyan city. Media reports said a market in the district was hard hit.

  • G-7 nations gather to pledge 1B vaccine doses for world

    Jun 11, 2021

    Carbis Bay (England): Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are set to commit at their summit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with struggling countries around the world half the doses coming from the US and 100 million from the UK.

  • Pakistan govt should preserve ancestral homes of legendary Indian actors, says heritage expert

    Jun 11, 2021

    Peshawar: All ancestral homes of famous Indian actors who left Pakistan at the time of Partition should be preserved and converted into tourist spots, according to a prominent heritage expert here in northwestern Pakistan. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government last week approved the purchase of the ancestral homes of legendary Bollywood actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor here in the provincial capital.

  • US sanctions Indian national in violation of Iranian sanctions

    Jun 11, 2021

    Washington, Jun 11: The US has imposed sanctions on a UAE-based Indian national for helping to fund a smuggling network that it says was cooperating with Iran's Revolutionary Guard to illicitly transfer tens of millions of dollars to Yemen's Houthi rebels. Manoj Sabharwal is part of a smuggling network that helps fund Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and the Houthis in Yemen, the Department of Treasury said.

  • Pakistan to hold legislative assembly polls in PoK on July 25

    Jun 10, 2021

    Islamabad, Jun 10: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's top election official announced on Thursday to hold the general election for the legislative assembly on July 25, despite appeals to postpone the polls for two months due to the threat of a resurgence of the coronavirus. Last year, Pakistan conducted the legislative assembly election in Gilgit-Baltistan.

  • Pak administers 10 million anti-coronavirus vaccinations; says third wave contained

    Jun 09, 2021

    Islamabad, Jun 9: Pakistan has completed administering 10 million (1 crore) anti-coronavirus vaccinations on Wednesday and claimed to have successfully contained the third wave of the pandemic. Pakistan has been witnessing the third wave of coronavirus which saw a tremendous surge in the number of coronavirus infections across the country, leading to deaths in all age groups.

  • Pakistan cabinet rejects proposal to liaise with Indian company for broadcasting England series

    Jun 09, 2021

    Islamabad: Pakistan cabinet rejected a proposal to liaise with an Indian company for a live telecast of the upcoming Pakistan-England cricket series due to the current political tensions. Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry told the media after the cabinet meeting that Pakistan Television (PTV) requested the government to sign an agreement with Star and Sony to broadcast the matches.

  • Vice President Kamala Harris plane forced to return due to technical problem

    Jun 07, 2021

    Washington, Jun 7: A technical issue with the aircraft taking Kamala Harris to Guatemala and Mexico on her first foreign visit had to return about 30 minutes after takeoff, with the US Vice President telling reporters that she and her delegation "said a little prayer" before the plane landed safely. "I'm good. I'm good," she told reporters, giving a thumbs-up after exiting the Air Force Two aircraft on Sunday.

  • 2 passenger trains collide in Pakistan; 36 killed, scores injured

    Jun 07, 2021

    Karachi, Jun 7: Two passenger trains collided in Pakistan's southern Sindh Province early Monday morning, killing at least 36 people and injuring scores of others, according to officials. The accident occurred when the Millat Express train from Karachi to Sargodha derailed and fell on the opposite track and collided with Sir Syed Express headed from Rawalpindi to Karachi, a spokesperson of Pakistan Railways said.

  • Pak to convene meeting of foreign ministers of Muslim nations on Kashmir next year

    Jun 06, 2021

    Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of Muslim nations in Islamabad next year to highlight the issue of Kashmir and get their support. He was addressing a gathering of political workers of his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party in his hometown of Multan.

  • Russia only country in the world which is ready to transfer anti-COVID vaccine technology: Putin

    Jun 05, 2021

    St. Petersburg (Russia), Jun 5: As Indian companies get ready to manufacture Russian-made Sputnik V anti-COVID vaccine to meet the staggering demand in the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Russia is the only country in the world that is ready to transfer technology and to expand production abroad, and noted that the vaccine was being sold in 66 countries.

  • Pakistani court overturns death row Christian couple's blasphemy conviction

    Jun 04, 2021

    Lahore, Jun 4: A top Pakistani court here has set aside a death sentence handed down to a Christian couple by a lower court seven years ago and acquitted them of blasphemy charges, citing lack of evidence. Shafqat Emanuel Masih and his wife Shagufta Kausar are expected to be freed after languishing in jail for seven years awaiting execution.

  • Veteran Indian-origin journalist Tejinder Singh passes away; Pentagon condoles

    Jun 02, 2021

    Washington, Jun 2: Tejinder Singh, a veteran White House correspondent and founder and editor of the India America Today newswire, has passed away in the US, the publication has announced. Singh founded India America Today, an independent media organization and news provider based in Washington, DC. India America Today is deeply grieved to announce the passing of our Founder and Editor @tejindersingh.

  • Government, Taliban blame each other for shell that kills 7

    May 30, 2021

    Kabul, May 30: A mortar shell hit a wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people, mostly children, and wounding at least four others, a police spokesman said. Taliban insurgents attacked a government security checkpoint in the district of Tagab and one of their mortar shells hit a civilian house, Kapisa provincial police spokesman Shayeq Shoresh said Sunday. He said the attack happened the night before.

  • Indian student gets 10-year UAE Golden Visa

    May 30, 2021

    Dubai, May 30: An Indian student has received the UAE's coveted 10-year Golden Visa, which is mostly reserved for prominent global personalities, for her merit and excellent academic credentials, according to a media report. Tasneem Aslam from Kerala received the Golden Visa in the exceptional student category and is allowed to stay in the country till 2031, Khaleej Times reported.

  • 11 people killed in passenger vehicle accident in Pak : report

    May 29, 2021

    Islamabad, May 29: At least 11 people, including three children, were killed and 13 others injured when a passenger van carrying them plunged into a ditch in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Muzaffarabad, a media report said on Saturday. The accident happened on Saturday morning when the passenger van en route to Chakothi sector from Rawalpindi met with an accident and fell into the ditch, Pakistan's ARY News reported.

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