Centre forms National Council for Transgenders
New Delhi: The Centre has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons to formulate policies, programmes, legislation and projects regarding members of the community for achieving equality and full participation by them. The council was established by the Centre in exercise of the powers conferred by the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, according […]
BSF claims killing five Pak intruders on Punjab border
Chandigarh/New Delhi: The BSF shot dead five heavily armed Pakistani intruders along the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab early Saturday, the force said. This was the highest number of intruders killed in a single incident along the 3,300-km-long border with Pakistan in more than a decade, officials said. Punjab shares a 553-km-long frontier with Pakistan, […]
CPEC is of great importance to China-Pakistan ties: Xi tells Pak Prez
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Friday described the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and said it is of great importance to promoting in-depth development of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries. Xi, also General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China, […]
America would be lost if Trump is re-elected: Bloomberg
Urges countrymen to vote him out of power
New York: Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg has warned that America is in danger of being lost under President Donald Trump’s leadership and urged Americans to vote for Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris in the November presidential election. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City had entered the 2020 Presidential race but […]
India, China agree to resolve outstanding issues expeditiously: MEA
New Delhi: India and China on Thursday agreed to resolve outstanding issues in an “expeditious manner” and in accordance with the existing agreements and protocols, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said after the two sides held a fresh round of diplomatic talks to resolve the border standoff in eastern Ladakh. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava […]
Peace deal ends in weapons gain
UAE-Israel ties may get Abu Dhabi advanced weapons
Dubai: A US-brokered deal that saw Israel and the United Arab Emirates begin to open diplomatic ties may end up with Abu Dhabi purchasing advanced American weaponry, potentially upending both a longstanding Israeli military edge regionally and the balance of power with Iran. Despite public objections by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump […]
Pak, Saudi relations are firm: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has played down differences with longtime ally Saudi Arabia after his army chief visited Riyadh in a bid to ease a dispute over policy towards the Kashmir dispute. The dispute, brought on by Pakistani demands for Saudi Arabia to take a firmer line against India for what Pakistan says […]
Fighting Corona: Chinese company says vaccine ready by end of year
Beijing: The head of a major state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company said its coronavirus vaccine will be commercially available by the end of the year. Liu Jingzhen, the chairman of SinoPharm, told a Chinese Communist Party newspaper that the vaccine would cost less than 1,000 yuan ( 140) and be given in two shots, 28 days […]
