Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the government’s disaster management department said on Wednesday. Neighbouring Pakistan has also been hammered by spring downpours, with 65 people killed in storm-related incidents as rain falls at nearly twice the historical average rate, officials told AFP. Dubai’s flagship Read More
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is looking forward to playing a bi-lateral Test
A National Green Tribunal report says that close to 2,75,000 tyres are discarded in India every day, leading to disastrous consequences for the environment.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will make an official visit to Pakistan from Monday to Wednesday, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.During the visit, Raisi will meet the president and the prime minister of Pakistan, chairman of the Senate and speaker of the National Assembly, according to the statement.console.log("2390 BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){ console.log("2390 BODY. YES for anyclip script"); var script = document.createElement('script'); ...
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange that was banned by the government in January, is poised to return to India by paying a penalty of about $2 million, people aware of the developments told ET. The crypto exchange will come back as an entity registered with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the finance ministry, they added. FIU is tasked with oversight of trade in virtual digital assets (VDA). Binance will comply with all applicable laws, including the...
In his first in-depth interview with a U.S. network, Pope Francis called for peace in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and said a “negotiated peace” is better than an ongoing conflict. “Please. Countries at war, all of them, stop the war. Look to negotiate. Look for peace,” the Pope said in an interview with
India's EV sector still lacks competition, but entry from international automakers like Tesla will level the playing field, MG Motor India's CEO Emeritus.
And don’t forget to add the state capital gains tax: the Biden combined federal-state rate would exceed 50% in many states President Biden has formally proposed the highest capital gains tax in over 100 years. Here is a direct quote from the Biden 2025 budget proposal: “Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate
In the middle of the night on Easter Sunday, April 22, 1984, eight people — all religious pacifists — got out of two cars on a dark Orlando road ready to commit a sensational crime to make a faith-based statement against the dangers of nuclear weapons. Having previously been to this spot to case our More
Christophe Jaffrelot Narendra Modi has hollowed out institutions and targeted opponents, all the while sowing interethnic tensions.
Shafaqna Pakistan | by Kamal Khalid, Pakistan has reached a critical juncture in its debt cycle, where the fiscal strain is reverberating across various sectors, leading to a downturn in key indicators such as poverty, unemployment, and social discontent. The recent plunge to the bottom of the UN Human Development
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, arrived in the Pakistani capital this morning at the head of a high-ranking political-economic delegation. Iranian state-affiliated media reported on Monday, April 22nd, that this two-day visit focuses on developing and strengthening economic and trade relations, bilateral discussions, and regional negotiations with Pakistan’s highest […]