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Pakistan’s ‘biggest feminist’ under fire after sexist tirade

He calls himself “Pakistan’s biggest feminist”, but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a national row this week after he hurled abuse at a women’s rights activist on live television. The invective-laden diatribe came just days before thousands of people are expected to march in cities across Pakistan to […]

Pakistan struggles to combat devastating locust plague

Pakistan’s farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country’s agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring. Heavy rains and cyclones sparked “unprecedented” breeding and the explosive growth of locust populations on the Arabian peninsula […]

Pakistan’s largest city shuts schools for two weeks over virus fears

KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh extended the closure of all educational institutions following the confirmation of a second coronavirus case in Karachi, the country’s largest city. Pakistan has confirmed four cases of coronavirus, three of them involving people who had traveled to neighboring Iran, one […]

Bangladesh police kill seven suspected Rohingya robbers in raid

DHAKA – Police in Bangladesh killed seven members of a gang of armed robbers on Monday during a raid on their hideout on a hillside overlooking a camp for Rohingya refugees in the southeast of the country, a police spokesman said. Crime and violence are on the rise […]

India-Myanmar Joint Statement during the State Visit of the President of Myanmar to India (February 26-29, 2020)

open view news desk At the invitation of His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India and Smt. Savita Kovind, the First Lady, His Excellency U Win Myint, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Daw Cho Cho, the First Lady […]

Pakistani court to hear petition terming women’s rights movement ‘anti-state’

LAHORE, Pakistan – A major women’s rights movement in Pakistan is facing a legal challenge over a march scheduled for next month over allegations that the organisers’ activities are “anti-state”. The event, known as the Aurat March, using the Urdu word for ‘women’, has been held in multiple […]

After huge welcome in India, Trump clinches $3 billion military equipment sale

NEW DELHI – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday India will buy $3 billion worth of military equipment, including attack helicopters, as the two countries deepen defence and commercial ties in an attempt to balance the weight of China in the region. India and the United States […]

Documents concluded during the State Visit of President Donald J. Trump of the USA

open view news desk Sl.No Title Nodal Entity on the India side Nodal Entity on the US side 1 Memorandum of Understanding on Mental Health Department of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of the Republic of India Department of Health and Human Services of the Government […]

Press Statement by Prime Minister during the State Visit of President of USA to India

open view news desk मेरे मित्र और अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति Donald Trump, अमेरिकी delegation के सम्मानित सदस्य गण, Ladies and gentlemen, नमस्कार। राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प और उनके डेलीगेशन का भारत में एक बार फिर हार्दिक स्वागत है। मुझे विशेष ख़ुशी है की इस यात्रा पर वो अपने परिवार के […]

Trump’s India visit prioritizes pageantry over policy

AHMEDABAD, INDIA — Prioritizing pageantry over policy, President Donald Trump basked in India’s welcoming embrace on a day that featured a mega-rally with cheering crowds, a mutual admiration show with his counterpart and a sunset tour of the famed Taj Mahal. Trump used Day One of his whirlwind […]

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