Myanmar’s military-controlled election commission has announced that the party of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be dissolved for failing to re-register under a new electoral law, according to state television. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party was among 40 political parties that failed to meet the ruling military’s registration deadline for an […]
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BERLIN: Transport staff across Germany staged a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation, bringing commuter lines to a halt in many cities. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe’s top economy heeded a call by the Verdi and EVG unions […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday chose to skip the US convened Democracy Summit taking place in Washington this week, saying that Pakistan would engage with the US on a bilateral basis to encourage democratic values. The virtual summit has been co-sponsored by the US Department of State and USAID on the theme of ‘Global Declaration of […]
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A start-up from Indian-administered Kashmir has raised funding on reality show Shark Tank India, boosting hopes for other budding entrepreneurs from the region. Auqib Javeed met the men behind the company. FastBeetle – a courier delivery service based in Kashmir – raised 9m rupees ($109,295; £90,000) on the Indian version of the show, where entrepreneurs […]
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan Monday said empowering women and youth was his government’s top priority, which had taken many initiatives in that regard. He said along with other programmes, the government had started an interest-free loan scheme in which special priority was given to women for shared prosperity. […]
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Pakistan is facing a severe economic crisis. Essential fuel, food and raw materials cannot be imported due to its foreign exchange crisis. Thousands of factories have been closed down and millions of workers have been laid off. Inflation stood at 31.55 percent in February 2023 – the highest ever. Prices of staple foods like wheat […]
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New Delhi – As Dubai’s Emaar Group prepares to construct a mall and office complex in Jammu and Kashmir’s largest city, local authorities and business leaders expressed that the first foreign investment has sparked hopes for future chances in Kashmir. On March 19, the UAE-India Business Council and the local government hosted an investment summit […]
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Scottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader on Monday after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign. The 37-year-old practicing Muslim succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the governing Scottish National Party (SNP) and will take over as head of […]
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A female shooter killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday before police shot her dead. The assailant appeared to be a teenage girl, police said. Police began receiving calls at 10:13 a.m. of a shooter at The Covenant School, which teaches children up to 6th grade. […]
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next parliamentary sessionIn an address to the nation, he said the country had been facing a crisis that posed a threat to national unity and offered further talks Mass protests have been taking place over the plans, which have angered nearly all sections of Israeli society, including military reservists The delay has been welcomed by […]
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