Pakistan to inject $35m to save Roosevelt Hotel: magazine
January 24, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan is considering injecting $35.58 million as second bailout package for the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, New York, that is owned by Pakistan I...
Pakistan says ‘onus on India’ to restart dialogue
Pakistani soldier stands guard at a hilltop post during a trip organised by the army, near the Line of Control (LoC), in Charikot Sector, Kashmir [F...
FALCONS TO BE EXPORTED TO UAE AS GOODWILL GESTURE, IHC INF...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Syed Mohammad Tayyab on Friday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that Pakistan had issued permit to the UAE govern...
PFIZER TO SUPPLY 40M COVID SHOTS FOR POOR NATIONS
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
In this Dec 13, 2020 file photo, boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazo...
PM MODI DISTRIBUTES LAND ALLOTMENT CERTIFICATES IN ASSAM,...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Assam today and distributed land allotment certificates to indigenous people under a state government programme...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 23 JANUARY
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
PICTURE OF THE DAYTAMIL NADU, INDIA
Villagers try to control a bull during a bull-taming festival, known as Jallikattu and is a part of south India's...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 23 JANUARY
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
PICTURE OF THE DAYTAMIL NADU, INDIA
Villagers try to control a bull during a bull-taming festival, known as Jallikattu and is a part of south India's...
OXFORD-ASTRAZENECA VACCINE GRANTED EMERGENCY USE APPROVAL...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has granted approval for the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covoid-19 in...
ANOTHER WEST BENGAL MINISTER RESIGNS FROM MAMATA'S CABINET
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
West Bengal forest minister Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress cabinet.
"I regret to inform you that I...
CHINESE COMPANY TO GIFT BANGLADESH CORONA VACCINE
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Chinese company Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical is to carry out third phase trials of the coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh. They also want to...
NAYPYIDAW COMMITTED TO TAKE BACK ROHINGYAS AS PER DEAL: MY...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar international affairs minister Kyaw Tin has said his country is committed to take back their people, the Rohingyas, under the agreement signed...
BSF DETAINS BANGLADESHI ALONG NAOGAON BORDER
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
India's Border Security Force (BSF) detained a Bangladeshi man from along Naogaon's Porsha Upazila border on Friday morning, reports UNB.
Naogaon 16...
McConnell privately says he wants Trump gone as Republican...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
As the House prepares to send articles of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, CNN has learned that dozens of influential Republicans around Washingto...
Lockdown will take toll on Malaysia’s already steep yield...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Malaysia’s yield curve has raced higher over the past year and is now near the steepest since 2017. The return to a strict lockdown and delays t...
Tough tests for Joe Biden in 'new' Middle East
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
"Folks, it's a time of testing." So said America's new president in Wednesday's inauguration speech before listing the tests the country faces and con...
Most dangerous battle tanks in Pakistani service: From Al...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
T-80UD, Al Zarrar, VT-4 and Al Khalid Tanks (clockwise from top left)
Faced by much larger armoured units deployed by the Indian Army on its bord...
Pakistan, India spar at UNGA over minority rights in each...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
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Pakistan and India sparred on Friday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) over the situation of minority rights...
Elections will be held in free and fair manner, says Nepal...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the upcoming midterm elections would be held in a fair, impartial and free manner.
"The country is g...
Sri Lanka to conduct investigation into war crime allegati...
January 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka will conduct an investigation into allegations its troops committed war crimes during a conflict with Tamil separatists, it said on Friday (...
EIGHT SECURITY FORCE MEMBERS KILLED IN BAGHLAN, NIMROZ
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
At least members of the Afghan forces were killed in Taliban attacks in Nimroz and Baghlan province on Thursday evening, sources and officials said....
Pakistan banks on ‘shared interests’ in US ties
January 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan on Thursday said it was looking forward to working with the new US administration, as US Secretary of Defence-designate termed Islamabad an "...
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