Politics

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court on Aug. 7 asked Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to review the ongoing ban on Chinese application TikTok. As per a media report, Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah said the telecom authority […]

NEW DELHI — Indian National Congress, which is India’s principal opposition party, protested on Aug. 9 against Twitter India over the “temporary suspension” of their leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account. The Indian National Congress on Aug. […]

ISLAMABAD — Slammed repeatedly by the international communities for not lingering thoughts regarding the interest of its minorities, Pakistan detained 38 persons on Aug. 7 for the Hindu temple attack in western Pakistan district, Rahim […]

NEW DELHI — Twitter on Aug. 6. informed an Indian court that it had made permanent appointments for the posts of the chief compliance officer, resident grievance officer, and nodal contact person in compliance with specific […]

NEW DELHI — Indian envoy to the United Nations, T.S. Tirumurti, said there must be zero tolerance for terrorism to restore peace and sovereignty in Afghanistan, and terrorist breeding grounds in the region should be eliminated. “It needs […]

MUMBAI, India — India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, on Aug. 6, retained the real Gross Domestic Product projection at 9.5 percent for 2021-2022. This means India’s domestic economy has begun to show signs of […]

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan environmentalists have condemned a decision by soft drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola to switch from green-colored plastic bottles to clear easily-recyclable bottles for their Sprite drinks. “Coca-Cola’s latest campaign is nothing short of greenwashing,” […]

HYDERABAD, India — The manufacturer of India’s only indigenously-made vaccine in use has said every batch of doses produced has been subject to over 200 quality checks and approved by regulatory authorities amid reports of delayed […]

NEW DELHI — India placed its top priority on counter-terrorism and on the wider use of technology at the first BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Workshop on Digital Forensics on Aug. 3. “Today’s […]

A German man who had kept a World War II Nazi tank and an anti-aircraft gun in a huge arsenal of weaponry in his cellar has been fined more than $30,000. Retired financial broker Klaus-Dieter […]