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March 25, 2022, 6:44 am Islamabad, March 25 ( /Xinhua) Police in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed an Islamic State-linked terrorist commander during a raid at his hideout in the provincial capital of Peshawar, police sources said on Friday. The counter-terrorism department of police carried out the raid on Thursday at the hideout … Read more
March 24, 2022, 11:35 pm ted Nations/New Delhi, March 24 : India on Thursday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The resolution was backed by 140 members, against five negative votes, with 38 countries, including India, China and Pakistan, abstaining. The 193-member UN General … Read more
March 24, 2022, 7:42 pm Kabul, March 24 : Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday made a pit-stop visit to the Afghan capital where he held talks with the Taliban leadership on Beijing’s keenness to invest in mining and economic projects. Wang Yi, who arrived from Islamabad, held a meeting with the First Deputy … Read more
March 24, 2022, 8:49 pm Dhaka, March 24 : tribunal has sentenced Satkhira district Jamaat Amir and former MP Abdul Khaleq Mandal and Khan Roknuzzaman to death in a case of crimes against humanity during the liberation war in 1971. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) led by Justice Shahinur Islam announced the verdict on … Read more
March 24, 2022, 7:26 pm New Delhi, March 24 : Neuberg Diagnostics, the top 4 Pathology lab chains of Indian origin, will be the official diagnostics partner for Indian Premier League 2022. Neuberg has been appointed as an official diagnostics partner for Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, and Punjab Kings for IPL 2022. This is … Read more
March 24, 2022, 6:15 pm Berlin, March 24 ( /Xinhua) Germany recorded 318,387 new Covid-19 cases, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Thursday. “Hospitals are currently treating more Covid-19-infected patients than at any other time during this pandemic,” said Gerald Gass, chairman of the management board of the German Hospital Federation … Read more
March 24, 2022, 8:46 pm Addis Ababa, March 24 ( /Xinhua) Ethiopia’s national air carrier, Ethiopian Airlines announced on Thursday it has appointed Mesfin Tassew as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In a press statement, Ethiopian Airlines said Tassew has taken over from his predecessor Tewolde Gebremariam, who resigned from his Ethiopian Airlines CEO … Read more
March 24, 2022, 6:57 pm Moscow, March 24 ( /Xinhua) The US Department of Defense was directly involved in developing biological weapon components in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday. Documents received from Ukrainian employees working at the laboratories were studied by Russian experts and have shown that Ukrainian biological projects were directly developed … Read more
March 24, 2022, 6:57 pm New Delhi, March 24 : Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit India to hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, according to reports. The visit comes a day after India slammed the Chinese Foreign Minister for his remarks on Jammu and … Read more
March 24, 2022, 8:10 pm New Delhi, March 24 : Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in the Indian capital on Thursday evening in the first visit by a senior Chinese minister to New Delhi since the Galwan clash two years ago. Wang, who flew down from the Afghan capital in an Airbus, is slated … Read more
March 24, 2022, 6:53 pm Brussels, March 24 : US President Joe Biden on Thursday said that NATO would continue its support to Ukraine with security assistance to fight Russian aggression. The US President, in a tweet, said, “NATO leaders met today in Brussels — one month since the start of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified … Read more
March 24, 2022, 6:15 pm Colombo, March 24 ( /Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government aims to earn 1 billion U.S. dollars from gem exports this year with steps being taken to increase the exports to more markets, local media reported Thursday. Minister of Industries S.B. Dissanayake was quoted as saying that the National Gem and … Read more
March 24, 2022, 7:27 pm Kabul, March 24 : Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday denied rumors that the group’s Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund has been replaced by his deputy Abdul Ghani Baradar. “Rumors about the change of the Prime Minister made public by some media are untrue. No changes have been brought … Read more
March 24, 2022, 4:25 pm London, March 24 : UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Thursday announced 65 new Russian sanctions targeting key industries and individuals aiding Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Over 1,000 individuals and businesses have already been sanctioned by the UK under the Russia sanctions regime since it invaded Ukraine. “Today’s sanctions target … Read more
March 24, 2022, 5:11 pm Beijing, March 24 ( /Xinhua) China on Thursday urged the US to remove all additional tariffs on Chinese goods to get the bilateral economic and trade ties back on the right track as early as possible. Commenting on the US announcement to reinstate 352 tariff exclusions for Chinese products, Shu … Read more
March 24, 2022, 4:20 pm Colombo, March 24 ( /Xinhua) Sri Lanka’s Litro Gas Co on Thursday began distributing 1 million gas cylinders in different areas of the South Asian country as a gas shortage has led to lengthy queues at gas stations. Litro Gas Lanka Chairman Theshara Jayasinghe told journalists here that 1 million … Read more
March 24, 2022, 12:44 pm Islamabad, March 24 : A five-member bench of the Pakistan Supreme court will be taking up the presidential reference seeking opinion on Article 63-A of the Constitution, which deals with the disqualification of parliamentarians over defection – at 1pm on Thursday, Dawn reported. Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial … Read more
March 24, 2022, 12:54 pm ted Nations/New Delhi, March 24 : India on Wednesday abstained on a vote in the UN Security Council on a draft resolution moved by Russia on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. While Russia and China voted in favour of the resolution, India along with the UAE was among 13 countries … Read more
March 24, 2022, 1:04 pm Islamabad, March 24 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called upon the entire nation to participate in the power show organised by the PTI on March 27 at Islamabad’s Parade Ground, Dawn reported. Khan called upon the people to join him in “standing against evil”. He accused the … Read more
March 24, 2022, 1:19 pm Kyiv, March 24 : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called upon the countries around the world toi hold protests against Russia to mark one month of his country’s invasion by its giant neighbour, Evening Standard reported on Thursday. In his latest nightly video, Zelensky made a plea for people all over … Read more
March 24, 2022, 2:09 pm Islamabad, March 24 : Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has been served a notice by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for violating its code of conduct, Dawn reported on Thursday. Bilawal has been found guilty of violating the code of conduct as laid down by the ECP … Read more
March 24, 2022, 2:04 pm Islamabad, March 24 : Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday warned members of his party that “switching parties won’t do them any good”, saying that “turncoats must remember that early elections are also a possibility”, Dawn reported. Rashid made these remarks at a press conference in Islamabad where … Read more
March 24, 2022, 12:16 am ted Nations/New Delhi, March 23 : Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is in the ted Nations, on Wednesday met the UAE Minister of State Khalifa Shaheen Almarar and held talks on further strengthening bilateral ties. The Foreign Secretary also addressed the UN Security Council meeting on ‘Cooperation between UN … Read more
March 24, 2022, 11:35 am Islamabad, March 24 : The two-day meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers concluded with the adoption of the 70-point Islamabad Declaration by the OIC, Dawn reported on Thursday. The conference reiterated its support for the Palestinian cause. OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha, while speaking at … Read more
March 24, 2022, 11:35 am Islamabad, March 24 : The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government led Prime Minister Imran Khan finds itself in political isolation as more and more of its allies switch sides with the opposition on the no-confidence motion, Dawn reported on Thursday. This has forced the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) into an overdrive … Read more
March 24, 2022, 12:12 pm Islamabad, March 24 : The joint opposition in Pakistan has stressed on the need for parliamentary supremacy and representative governance in the country and promised to work for making administrative wing of the government subordinate to an elected parliament, Express Tribune reported on Thursday. In a joint statement issued on … Read more
March 24, 2022, 11:05 am Kathmandu/New Delhi, March 24 : Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is to embark on a three-day visit to India from April 1, on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a media report said. Deuba’s India visit would take place immediately after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes his … Read more
March 24, 2022, 10:04 am Brussels, March 24 : NATO’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has announced plans to double the the number of NATO troops on its eastern flank, near the Ukrainian border, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The increase in NATO troops would be enhanced in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. This … Read more
March 24, 2022, 9:08 am ted Nations, March 24 ( /Sputnik) The UN Security Council did not adopt the drafted by Russia calling for a negotiated ceasefire in Ukraine, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene. Russia and China voted in favor of the resolution while 13 other members of the UN Security Council, including … Read more
March 24, 2022, 7:50 am Moscow, March 24 : Russia’s comm cations regulator announced that it was blocking the news aggregator service of Alphabet Inc’s Google, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday. The regulator accused it of allowing users access to what it called fake material about the country’s military operation in Ukraine. The Russian move … Read more
March 23, 2022, 11:20 pm Moscow, March 23 ( /Xinhua) Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday to discuss the Ukrainian situation. Bennett voiced his assessments of the situation regarding Ukraine and the ongoing negotiation process between Russian and Ukrainian delegations, the Kremlin said in a … Read more
March 24, 2022, 7:09 am London, March 24 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an additional funding of £4.1 million for the BBC World Service in an effort to counter Russia, Khaleej Times reported on Thursday. This is part of a ‘major new military support package’ which Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due … Read more
March 23, 2022, 10:52 pm Addis Ababa, March 23 ( /Xinhua) At least seven people died due to flash flooding in the southern part of Ethiopia, local government officials have said. The incident happened in Halaba Kulito town in southern Ethiopia on Tuesday night as victims were returning back from the market and caught up … Read more
March 24, 2022, 8:35 am Washington, March 24 : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it has confirmed that some 64 health care facilities in Ukraine have come under attack since the Russian invasion a month ago, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday. WHO said the attacks took place between February 24 and March … Read more
March 24, 2022, 8:42 am Melbourne, March 24 : Legendary tennis player Rod Laver on Thursday heaped praise on Ash Barty, who stunned the world with her announcement to retire from the game at 25. The three-time Grand Slam winner Barty of Australia took the decision to “chase other dreams”. She won major singles titles … Read more
New Delhi, March 23 : External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and visiting Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi on Wednesday decided to enhance cooperation in maritime security, boosting trade ties and cooperation in green energy. The two ministers, during their delegation level talks today, reaffirmed their commitment to the close bilateral … Read more
March 23, 2022, 8:45 pm New Delhi, March 23 : Days after the visit of French Trade Minister Frank Riester, French Minister for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari will be on a three-day visit to India from Thursday to strengthen Indo-French cooperation in land, air and sea transport with a focus on sustainable solutions. Minister Djebbari will … Read more
New Delhi, March 23 : India and Greece discussed the possibility of enhancing the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership, during the talks between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and visiting Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias here on Wednesday. The Greek Foreign Minister is on his first visit to India, though it was his third … Read more
March 23, 2022, 7:00 pm Islamabad, March 23 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the Opposition parties will face defeat in the no-confidence motion and that he would not resign under any circumstances. Talking to the media in Islamabad, he said the Opposition have laid all of their cards, but the no-confidence … Read more
March 23, 2022, 8:29 pm New Delhi, March 23 : India on Wednesday sent a fifth consignment of wheat, comprising 2,000 MT, as humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan via the Attari-Wagah land border. With this, India has successfully completed shipment of 10,000 MT of wheat, of the 50,000 MT wheat it has promised to provide Afghanistan … Read more
March 23, 2022, 6:50 pm Moscow, March 23 ( /Sputnik) A number of Western countries have made illegitimate decisions to freeze the assets of Russia in recent weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, noting that they completely lost confidence in their currencies. “Over the past few weeks, as you know, a number of … Read more
March 23, 2022, 6:00 pm Nanning, March 23 ( /Xinhua) The black box of the China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that crashed Monday in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was recovered on Wednesday afternoon. Mao Yanfeng, head of the aviation accident investigation center of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, announced the discovery at … Read more
March 23, 2022, 1:20 pm Moscow, March 23 ( /Sputnik) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold a meeting with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer in Moscow on March 24, the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Maurer starts his three-day visit to Moscow on Wednesday. The ICRC … Read more
March 23, 2022, 4:15 pm Islamabad, March 23 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has claimed that the Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa had told him that he had always held former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in very high esteem as he had always treated him with respect and was … Read more
March 23, 2022, 4:28 pm Moscow, March 23 ( /Sputnik) Sending a NATO peacekeeping mission to Ukraine would be reckless and dangerous and can result in dire consequences, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the presence of NATO peacekeepers in Ukraine would lead … Read more
March 23, 2022, 1:29 pm Islamabad, March 23 : In the wake of no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, three key allies of his party have decided to stand with the Opposition, according to media reports on Wednesday. Geo News quoted sources as saying that three major coalition partners of the government, MQM-P, … Read more
March 23, 2022, 4:43 pm Kyiv, March 23 : The Russian military claimed on Wednesday that it had struck and destroyed a military arsenal in northwestern Ukraine with missiles launched from the sea, CNN reported on Wednesday. “On the evening of March 22, sea-based high-precision long-range weapons targeted an arsenal in the village of Orzhiv, … Read more
March 23, 2022, 2:01 pm New Delhi, March 23 : India and Greece on Wednesday signed two agreements, a Declaration of Intent on Migration and Mobility and a Cultural and Educational Exchange Programme, during the meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and visiting Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. The Greek Foreign Minister in a … Read more
March 23, 2022, 10:50 am Washington/New Delhi, March 23 : The US has termed India as an essential partner, both in terms of the Quad and bilaterally, to realise the shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price, at a media briefing on Tuesday, also said that notwithstanding New … Read more
March 23, 2022, 6:59 am Washington, March 23 ( /Sputnik) A 23-year-old Russian man has been charged in the US state of Texas for allegedly operating a cyber-criminal marketplace, the US Department of Justice said. “Igor Dekhtyarchuk, a resident and national of the Russian Federation (Russia), was named in an indictment returned by a federal … Read more