Lack of trust: US did not share Osama location with Pak: Ex-CIA chief
New Delhi: The US did not inform Pakistan about Osama bin Laden’s location due to lack of trust and past experiences of terrorists being tipped off after information was shared with Islamabad, former American defence secretary and ex-CIA chief Leon Panetta has said. Panetta, in an interview to WION TV, also said he finds it […]
Employers cannot deny humane working conditions to workers: SC
Says economic slowdown doesn't qualify as internal disturbance
New Delhi: Economic slowdown created by COVID-19 pandemic does not qualify as internal disturbance threatening the security of state, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while quashing the notifications of Gujarat government which exempted factories from observing certain obligations towards workers. The apex court said that economic hardships caused by the pandemic certainly pose unprecedented […]
Nawaz Sharif headed for tough days
Pak govt to push for his deportation from UK
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked relevant authorities to take steps to bring back PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif from London, where he has been staying since November 2019 on medical grounds, and to ensure that the former premier faces the corruption cases pending against him in various Pakistani courts, according to a media […]
Pak opens all educational institutions
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday opened all the educational institutions which remained shut for nearly six months due to the coronavirus pandemic that has infected over 3 lakh people in the country. Both private and public schools were opened under strict restriction and were told by the authorities to follow the standard operating procedures to contain […]
1 million Covid-19 deaths recorded worldwide
Baltimore (US): The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work. It’s not just a number. It’s human beings. It’s people […]
Frustration of one party at root of politics over farm bill: PM Modi
Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on those opposing the farm reform bills, saying they do not want farmers to have the freedom of selling their produce in the open market. Without naming the Congress, he said the frustration of a party, which ruled for four generations, was at the […]
