China asked to cancel debt to coronavirus-hit poor countries: Report
Beijing: China, the world’s largest creditor, is increasingly coming under pressure to cancel its huge debt to coronavirus-hit poor countries under the Group of 20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), according to a media report. World Bank President David Malpass on Monday called on China to cancel debt to coronavirus-hit poor countries, blaming Beijing’s well […]
Improving capabilities: Pak Navy aims to add over 50 vessels to its fleet
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy will add more than 50 vessels, including 20 major ships, to its fleet as part of an ambitious modernisation plan to improve its capabilities, the country’s outgoing Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) said on Wednesday. Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi said in his farewell address that the Navy will induct four Chinese […]
Opposition parties in Pak to corner PM Imran Khan
Will hold 1st major rally on October 16
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Opposition parties will hold their first combined rally against the Imran Khan-led government on October 16, weeks after launching an alliance to seek the “selected” prime minister’s resignation and an end to the role of the powerful military in the country’s politics. On September 20, the leaders of 11 major Opposition parties formed […]
Young women face online violence, abuse: Survey
58 per cent young women reported online harassment
New Delhi: A latest global survey carried out across 22 countries has revealed that girls and young women are one of the biggest targets of online violence and abuse. Carried out by UK-based humanitarian organisation Plan International, the survey, titled “State of the World’s Girls Report”, involved 14,000 women aged 15-25 from 22 countries including […]
Three scientists share Nobel Prize for physics
Trio awarded for their work on black hole research
Stockholm: Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe. Briton Roger Penrose received half of this year’s prize for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of […]
Modi only bothered only to protect his image: Rahul
Patiala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not bothered” about what is happening in the country and he only “protects his image”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday as he attacked the Centre on the new farm laws. Gandhi was in Punjab as part of his three-day ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra’, during which held a series […]
Pompeo shortens Asia trip; to visit only Japan for QUAD foreign ministers meet
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Tokyo to attend the second ministerial meeting of the four countries under the Quad — India, Japan, Australia and US — but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department has said. Pompeo was scheduled to visit Japan, Mongolia […]
Trump says he is ”starting to feel good” and vows ”to be back” soon
Washington: President Donald Trump, who was admitted to a military hospital for treatment of COVID-19, said he has started to “feel much better” and thanked the American people and global leaders for their support. I came here. Wasn’t feeling so well. I feel much better now. We’re working hard to get me all the way […]
Fazlur Rehman appointed as head of anti-government alliance in Pakistan
Islamabad: Firebrand cleric-cum-politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman has been unanimously appointed as the chief of the newly-formed Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an anti-government alliance launched by 11 Opposition parties to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan. The decision was taken on Saturday during a virtual meeting of the Opposition parties attended by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo […]
At Punjab rally, Rahul slams Centre over farm laws
Moga (Punjab): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Centre on Sunday over the three new agriculture laws, asking why were the farmers agitating if these were meant for them. Addressing a public meeting in Badhni Kalan in Punjab’s Moga district, Gandhi asserted that the contentious Acts would be revoked if the Congress was […]