An accountability court here has adjourned the hearing of the fake accounts and mega money laundering case filed against former president Asif Ali Zardari and others till August 7, Geo News reported on Wednesday
IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience
India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
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Indian diplomat summoned over ceasefire violation
A senior Indian diplomat was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on July 28, resulting in serious injuries to three innocent civilians
US, NATO welcome Eid truce, urge intra-Afghan talks
US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson in a tweet welcomed the announcements of a three-day ceasefire this week during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha
17 Taliban killed in Faryab clashes
At least 17 Taliban were killed and 11 others were wounded in clashes with security forces in northern Faryab province on Tuesday, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Wednesday
Indian envoy hands over MVR 85 million cheque for Maldives development projects
Indian Ambassador to Maldives Sunjay Sudhir on Tuesday handed over a symbolic cheque worth MVR 85 million (USD 5.6 million) to mark the implementation of nine projects under the High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP) scheme in the Maldives
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The Health Emergency Operation Centre, HEOC has warned that the current surge in COVID-19 cases in Maldives may be the onset of a second wave of infections
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The Maldives on Tuesday recorded 137 positive cases of COVID-19
B'desh reports 3,009 new Covid cases, tally 232,194
Bangladesh has reported 3,009 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 232,194, health officials said on Wednesday
Four cops injured as bomb explodes at police station in Dhaka
Five people including four police personnel were injured when a bomb exploded at Pallabi police station here on Wednesday morning, officials said
Kashmir's new icon who weaponised Rafale for India
In 1988, just before Kashmir erupted with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, a young man from Anantnag, a small town in the Valley, was commissioned in the Indian Air Force
With 48K fresh cases India's Covid tally crosses 1.5 million mark
India on Wednesday went past the psychological 15-lakh (1.5 million) mark and registered 48,513 fresh novel Coronavirus cases and 768 new deaths, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed
Mumbai may be heading to herd immunity: Experts
In an encouraging development, an experts' report late on Tuesday pointed to Mumbai heading towards 'herd immunity' as the city recorded the lowest number of cases -- 700 -- in the past three months on Tuesday, officials said
Pollution 'shortens' average Indian life by five years
A quarter of India's population is exposed to pollution levels not seen in any other country and an average Indian sees their life cut short by more than five years relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline was met, the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) by the Energy Policy Institute University of Chicago (EPIC) said on Tuesday
India-built Supreme Court building to be inaugurated in Mauritius
Bolstering bilateral ties with Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritius counterpart Pravind Jugnauth will jointly inaugurate the new Supreme Court building of the island nation on Thursday, which was constructed with Indian grant assistance
Pak web series 'Churails' to release on Indian OTT platform in August
A Pakistani web series that aims to challenge the hypocrisy of patriarchal societies vanquishing women and their rights is all set to release on August 11
