India’s heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government’s top weather expert said on Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). “This has been the longest spell […]
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A famous name in the Urdu literature Munawwar Rana died due to cardiac arrest Sunday at the age of 71 in Lucknow according to his family as he was suffering from multiple health conditions alongside throat cancer. His family told Press Trust of India (PTI) Sunday that he breath his last at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute […]
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Social media is one of the major birthplaces of controversy because of its ability to promptly spread information worldwide where one picture could create chaos across nations especially if it is shared by a prominent figure. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently posted pictures of himself on X, formerly known as Twitter, snorkelling and walking […]
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday won an absolute majority and a fourth consecutive term in the general election, as many had predicted, despite poor voter turnout and a boycott by the main opposition. The primary opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which did not vote in 2014 but did so in 2018, abstained from […]
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The Supreme Court of India on Monday overturned the life sentence reduction given to 11 Hindu men who were found guilty of raping Bilkis Bano and killing her relatives in 2002 during anti-Muslim protests in India’s Gujarat state. The court ordered the men to appear before jail officials in two weeks, adding: “Their plea for […]
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Renowned Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, aged 83, has been sentenced to six months in prison for alleged violations of labour laws in Bangladesh, according to prosecutors. Yunus, along with three Grameen Telecom employees, was convicted on Monday in a case his supporters argue is politically motivated. Known for his groundbreaking work with Grameen Bank, which […]
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TEHRAN (Pakistan Post) – Iran s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called Israel “not a country, but a terrorist base” during a speech on Al-Quds Day, an annual show of solidarity with the Palestinians. Thousands massed for rallies across several Muslim-majority countries including Iraq, Yemen and Pakistan for the day, seen in Israel […]
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DUBAI (Pakistan Post)- A Saudi foreign ministry official said on Friday that talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran aim to reduce regional tensions, but added it was too early to judge the outcome and Riyadh wanted to see “verifiable deeds”. The comments by Ambassador Rayed Krimly, head of policy planning at the ministry, were the […]
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NEW DELHI (Pakistan Post) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummeled the country’s health system shows no signs of abating. Many medical experts, opposition leaders and even Supreme Court […]
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TEHRAN (Pakistan Post) – Iran’s president said Wednesday the leak of an audio recording of his top diplomat was aimed at creating “discord” in the Islamic republic during talks aimed at reviving a nuclear deal. “It was published right when the Vienna (talks) were at the height of their success, so that it creates discord […]
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