BANGLADESH LOGS 41 VIRUS DEATHS IN A DAY, RECOVERIES HIGHE...
August 20 ,2020
Bangladesh has registered 41 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,822.
The...
As Tejas begins flying near Pakistan border, IAF & HAL joi...
August 20 ,2020
The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are working together to ensure a high “availabil...
SL: INAUGURAL MEETING OF NINTH PARLIAMENT TODAY
August 20 ,2020
It will be a busy day when the Ninth Parliament of Sri Lanka convenes for the first time this morning with the election of the Speaker...
JS SESSION TO BEGIN 6 SEP
August 20 ,2020
President Abdul Hamid summoned the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution,...
UAE COULD GET F-35 JETS IN SIDE AGREEMENT TO ISRAEL PEACE...
August 20 ,2020
The United States is eyeing the sale of stealthy F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates in a side agreement to the UAE's overtur...
PUNJAB BANS SHOOTING OF FILMS, DRAMAS AT MOSQUES AND SHRIN...
August 20 ,2020
The Wazir Khan mosque is a popular tourist destination in Lahore. Built in the 17th century the mosque is a central feature of Lahore...
GOVT HALTS RELEASES UNTIL TALIBAN FREES ANDSF COMMANDOS: S...
August 20 ,2020
The Afghan government will not finalize the release of the remaining 320 Taliban prisoners--out of the 400 controversial detainees--unl...
PALESTINE PRAISES PM IMRAN'S REMARKS OVER UAE-ISRAEL DEAL
August 20 ,2020
The Embassy of Palestine has welcomed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent remarks about the Palestine issue and Pakistan’s c...
SL CABINET APPROVES ABOLISHING OF 19TH AMENDMENT
August 20 ,2020
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the abolishment of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambu...
AFGHANS DEMAND SECURITY AS KABUL BLASTS INCREASE
August 20 ,2020
Residents of Kabul city have expressed deep concerns over a growing number of IED blasts in the nation’s capital, saying there is...
16 MILLION AFGHANS IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN AID: WFP
August 20 ,2020
Over 16 million Afghans are in serious need of humanitarian aid, said Wahid Amani, a spokesman for the World Food Program (WFP), who re...
CENTRE WITHDRAWS 12,000 PARAMILITARY FORCE PERSONNEL FROM...
August 20 ,2020
A year after additional security personnel were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government on Wednesday withdrew around 12,0...
US government asks American college endowments to sell Chi...
August 20 ,2020
The US State Department has asked American colleges and universities to divest their holdings of Chinese companies from their more than...
Saudi Arabia says no Israel deal without Palestinian peace
August 20 ,2020
Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it will not follow the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel until the...
Pompeo pressed on claims China is helping build Saudi uran...
August 20 ,2020
Congressional Democrats have asked the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to provide information about China’s alleged role in b...
The ‘Abraham Accord’
August 20 ,2020
On 13th August, 2020 UAE and Israel signed an US-brokered agreement that has come to be known as the ‘Abraham Accord’, impl...
China-India border dispute: advanced fighter jets sent to...
August 20 ,2020
China’s J-20 stealth fighters
China and India have reportedly sent their most advanced fighter jets to airbases near their...
India’s Maldives push doesn’t mean Male will marginalise B...
August 20 ,2020
India’s US$500 million economic aid package for the Maldives, announced last week, comes in the middle of a game of brinkmanship...
Conflict in ruling party hits Nepal govt hard
August 20 ,2020
When the novel coronavirus, first detected in Wuhan last year, started to spread across the globe, governments sprung into action. The...
India tries to woo Myanmar amid tussle with China
August 20 ,2020
After bonding with Bangladesh, courtesy foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the next country on India's wooing list is Myanmar....
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Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
Ikram Sehgal
Karachi Canvas
Pandemic has sharpened geo-political conflicts
The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
