Kathmandu, Nepal’s apex business body has claimed that over 400,000 Nepalis lost their jobs in the last five months in the wake of the anti-Constitution protest in the Terai plains and the blockade of Nepal-India border entry points. The southern Terai region is considered the industrial heartland of the Himalayan nation with 70 percent of […]
Islamabad, Pakistan said on Wednesday it had arrested several Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) activists and sealed its offices as part of a crackdown following the terror attack on an IAF base in India. India has blamed the JeM, a terrorist group which is known to have links with the Pakistani security establishment, for the January 2 attack […]
Kolkata, Pakistani ghazal legend Ghulam Ali arrived in the city on Monday, a day ahead of his scheduled performance here. Ghulam Ali and his son would perform at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. The ghazal meastro was received at the NSC Bose International Airport by West Bengal Minorities Development and Finance Corporation chairman Sultan Ahmed, who […]
Washington, Satya Nadella, Indian-American Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, will be among the “many Americans who have inspired Barack” watching President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday from the First Lady’s Box. The 23 special guests attending Obama’s annual address to the Congress with first lady Michelle Obama “represent the progress we […]
New Delhi, For the first time ever, a foreign contingent will participate in the Republic Day parade — French troops will march down the Rajpath on January 26, official sources said. Sources from the defence ministry confirmed that a contingent of the French army will participate in the march. French President Francois Hollande is the […]
Tripoli, At least 50 people were killed on Thursday when a truck bomb exploded outside a police training centre in the western Libyan city of Zliten. The attacker struck the al-Jahfal training camp, BBC reported. The centre was a military base during the rule of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The UN Special Representative to […]
Washington, Defying global public opinion, reclusive North Korea has claimed to have detonated its first hydrogen bomb sending political shock waves around the world and even angering its ally China. China joined the US, Russia, the European Union and others in condemning the action as a breach of international law and the UN Security Council […]
Australia condemns in the strongest possible terms the provocative and dangerous behaviour of the North Korean regime, which claims to have detonated a nuclear bomb today. This will be the fourth time that North Korea has conducted a nuclear bomb test, in direct violation of unanimous United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), […]
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – Jan 6, 2016 – The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), an organization dedicated to best practices in professional publishing, is pleased to announce the call for entries for the “SOPA 2016 Awards for Editorial Excellence”. Entering its 18th year, the premier publishing awards represent the most outstanding […]
United Nations, Admitting that its consultation process with countries contributing troops to peacekeeping operations was flawed, the UN Security Council has called for regular and broader consultations, a demand India has consistently pushed throughout last year. These developments cap the tenure of Asoke Kumar Mukerji, who is retiring as India’s Permanent Representative. He had waged […]