UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the “increasing erosion” of human rights in the country. In the latest blow to women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year, on Saturday the rulers […]
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PIDIE: The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) urged countries on Tuesday to help Rohingya Muslims stranded at sea as at least 20 reportedly died and hundreds more landed in Indonesia after weeks adrift in the Indian Ocean. Nearly 500 Rohingya have reached Indonesia in the past six weeks while “many others did not act despite […]
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Srinagar, Dec 28: Four terrorists were killed in an encounter with police and security forces in Sidhra area of Jammu on Wednesday morning, police said. Speaking to media, ADGP Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said that the encounter broke out at 7 AM when the QRT team of Jammu and Kashmir Police stopped a truck at […]
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DUBAI: With foreign workers making up the vast bulk of private sector jobs in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf’s second-largest economy wants to boost opportunities for its own citizens. The UAE — like other oil-rich Arab Gulf states — has often used the public sector as an employment vehicle for its nationals. But times […]
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A 17-year-old from the Shalhar area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has written “Some Black Pages” – a story of a girl who shares everything with a diary as she has no one to talk to. Sania Zahra, daughter of Ghulam Mohammad Mir, is a 12th-class student at Higher Secondary School in the Sumbal area […]
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Srinagar: The government Monday constituted a 16-member committee to oversee the preparations related to G20 event in Jammu and Kashmir. According to on order, the committee would be headed by Financial Commissioner Home Department, J&K, R K Goyal. “In view of the visit of officials from G20 participating countries and organisations to J&K, sanction is […]
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Taiwan will extend mandatory military service from four months to one year, President Tsai Ing-wen has said. The decision comes amid growing tensions with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its territory. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, President Tsai announced new plans to bolster Taiwan’s defence in the event of an attack […]
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A Myanmar junta court will give its verdicts on five remaining charges in the 18-month trial of jailed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, a legal source told AFP. Suu Kyi has been a prisoner since the military toppled her government in February last year, ending the Southeast Asian nation’s brief period of […]
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Srinagar: Brand Kashmir is soaring high after the famed Pashmina shawls were gifted to thousands of VIP guests during the recently concluded FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Sources said reputed Kashmiri Handicrafts Company `Khazir Sons’ made these specially designed shawls for the FIFA World Cup. Pashmina Shawls were official souvenirs of Qatar. Officials were presenting […]
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KARACHI: The ongoing political unrest and smuggling of US dollars to Afghanistan continue to put pressure on Pakistani currency, foreign exchange dealers said on Monday. “Pakistan is currently dealing with problems on several fronts, the political crisis being the first and biggest one. The dollar crisis is also connected with it,” said Malik Bostan, the […]
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