Kashmir's famous tourist resorts and hill stations, particularly Gulmarg and Pahalgam, are receiving a huge rush of visitors this winter as almost all the hotels and tourists huts have been booked for the next several weeks
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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Khalistan is a Pakistani project, threat to national security: Canadian report
In an eye-opening report, Terry Milewski, one of Canada's veteran journalists, has warned that the Khalistan "project", of creating a separate Sikh state, is sponsored by Pakistan and it is detrimental to the national security of not only India but Canada as well
Modi flays opposition Shooting from farmers' shoulders on agri laws
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flayed the opposition for supporting farmers to oppose the three new central agricultural laws, claiming that the rival parties were using the shoulders of farmers to attack his government
South Asia migration set to spike due to global warming: Study
More than 62 million South Asian people will be forced to migrate from their homes due to climate disasters by 2050, a new study revealed on Friday
US-Nepal Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council Meeting held virtually
The United States-Nepal Council on Trade and Investment, under the United States-Nepal Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), held its fifth meeting virtually on December 15, 2020 to promote expanded bilateral trade and investment in both goods and services
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Muslims in Kathmandu recite namaz in groups at mosques after nine months
Muslims in Kathmandu gathered in mosques on Friday to offer prayers in a group for the first time in nine months. Mosques,which were closed for followers since March due to COVID-19 situation, reopened two days ago after the government decided to allow people to visit religious places
Election Commission of Pakistan announces bypolls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to immediately hold bypolls in eight constituencies of national and provincial assemblies, which have been pending in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Sri Lanka endorsed as Vice-Chair of Indian Ocean Rim Association
Sri Lanka has been endorsed as the Vice-Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers from 2021 to 2023 and will take over the position from 2023 to 2025, the Foreign Ministry in Colombo said in a statement on Friday
Bangladesh extends school shutdown to Jan 16 in pandemic
Bangladesh has extended the shutdown of schools and other educational institutions to Jan 16 as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to surge
Bangladeshi migrant workers send over $3 billion more remittance in first five months
Migrant workers have sent over $3 billion in remittance in first five months of the current fiscal year than what they had sent at the same time in last FY, Expatriates' Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said today
Sensitive defense equipment given to Afghan forces unaccounted: SIGAR
US Department of Defense (DOD) has failed to keep track of thousands of sensitive military equipment it had given to the Afghan forces, alleged a quarterly report released by US congressional watchdog in Afghanistan
Maldives improves Human Development Index ranking
The Maldives had recorded a nine-rank improvement in its human development index ranking, according to the latest ranking released by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)
India planning surgical strike, alleges Pakistan foreign minister
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday alleged that India is planning a “surgical strike” against Pakistan, as per a report in Dawn
Top US General Milley meets Taliban, Ghani in his secret visit
US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley undertook an undeclaredvisit to the region to hold talks with the Taliban and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, as per American media reports
