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June 14, 2024 12:32 PM
Authorities in Pakistan's Chakwal district have detained three leading members of the minority Ahmadiyya community for one month to prevent them from performing religious rites during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festival. Chakwal's Deputy Commissioner Quratul Ain Malik issued separate detention orders...
September 16, 2024 6:35 PM
Indian Ambassador to Japan Sibi George met with the Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, Fukushiro Nukaga, on Thursday to explore ways to deepen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. The two leaders discussed strengthening parliamentary exchanges, business-to-busine...
June 14, 2024 10:53 AM
A Chinese court sentenced leading #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin to five years' imprisonment on subversion charges on Friday, supporters told Reuters. The co-accused labour activist Wang Jianbing was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, supporters said. Huang, a 35-year-old independent...
June 13, 2024 5:13 PM
Beijing on Thursday slammed EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles as protectionist behaviour and said it hoped the European bloc would correct its "wrong practices" and handle trade frictions through dialogue. The reaction from China and others embroiled in the dispute, including European and Chi...
September 16, 2024 6:36 PM
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued alerts for heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and Northeast India during the next 4-5 days. Meanwhile, heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are expected to persist over nort...
September 16, 2024 6:36 PM
A joint venture between Reliance Industries' Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based SES to provide gigabit fibre internet has won approval from the Indian space regulator to operate satellites there, a government executive said. The three approvals issued to Orbit Connect India - which aims to provide ...
June 13, 2024 1:43 PM
Apple once again became the world's most valuable company on Wednesday, dethroning Microsoft from the top spot, as the iPhone maker pushed ahead in a race to dominate artificial intelligence technology. Its shares jumped nearly 4% to a record $215.04, giving it a market valuation of $3.29 trillion....
September 16, 2024 6:36 PM
A record 175,000 Indian pilgrims have descended on the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual Haj pilgrimage this year, with the massive group being supported by a range of new services and amenities provided by the Indian government. In the first, around 95% of the 140,020 pilgrims traveli...
September 16, 2024 6:36 PM
Kuwait's public prosecutor on Wednesday started an investigation into a fire that tore through a building housing foreign workers in the southern Mangaf area, leaving at least 49 people dead and dozens of others injured. The probe aims to uncover the circumstances behind the incident and what might ...
June 13, 2024 11:23 AM
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and pushed out the start of rate cuts to perhaps as late as December as policymakers sketched out their view of an economy that remains virtually unchanged across its major dimensions for years to come. With growth and unemployment lodged ...
