Fault lines in Chinese pension system create challenges for elderly populationChina's pension system faces challenges with demographic shifts and slow reforms, impacting senior citizens like Hao Pengfei. Issues includ...
28 Mar, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan's 14th PresidentAsif Ali Zardari takes oath as Pakistan's 14th President. The ceremony is attended by Qazi Faez Isa, Shehbaz Sharif, General Asim Munir, Ge...
10 Mar, 2024, 07.27 PM IST
Pakistan, IMF commence negotiations for release of $710 mn second tranche of $3 bn loanPakistan and the IMF have initiated discussions to secure the second tranche of a $3 billion bailout package, beginning on a positive note....
03 Nov, 2023, 02.21 PM IST
Russian regional vote delivers strong result for Putin amid claims of riggingRussia concluded regional and municipal elections on Sunday, with President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party receiving strong support. ...
11 Sep, 2023, 08.20 AM IST
India-Sri Lanka to focus on petroleum line to boost tiesIndia and Sri Lanka will conduct feasibility studies on petroleum line and land bridge connectivity between the countries in what could boo...
22 Jul, 2023, 04.17 PM IST
View: Political instability weighs heavily on Pakistan's economyWith Pakistan’s economic condition in shambles and inflation touching an all-time high, the political instability can have dire consequence...
13 Oct, 2022, 09.19 PM IST
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by forceZalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy, traveled to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office, to tell the group that there was ...
10 Aug, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
India abstains during vote on resolution at UNHRC; urges Sri Lanka to fulfill its commitmentsThe resolution titled 'Promotion of Reconciliation Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka' was adopted by the UNHRC after 22 members ...
23 Mar, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Stepping off the poll wheel: Why simultaneous elections make senseConducting elections simultaneously in India is not a new idea. The very first general elections to the Lok Sabha and the state legislative...
10 Jan, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
Jaishankar discusses role of provincial councils with Tamil leaders in Lanka"Glad to meet the TNA delegation led by Thiru Sampanthan. Discussed issues pertaining to development & devolution and the role of Provincia...
07 Jan, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
China says it has 'noted' Pak move to accord 'provisional provincial status' to Gilgit-Baltistan in PoKAsked for his reaction to Pakistan's decision on Gilgit-Baltistan and India's reaction to it at a media briefing here, Chinese Foreign Mini...
05 Nov, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
Tumult after Telangana: Demands for new states are in, but only a few have any meritThe creation of the state of Telangana has had a snowball effect. The govt has got demands that, if conceded, would lead to at least 50 sta...
23 Aug, 2013, 05.24 AM IST
- Bodyguard kills Afghan prez Karzai’s half-brother
Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated on Tuesday by a senior and highly trusted aide at his home.
13 Jul, 2011, 06.49 AM IST
- On terrorism & Af-Pak, China agrees to disagree
Joint statement with India, Russia has no direct reference to Pakistan.
28 Oct, 2009, 05.26 AM IST
- Cambodia's longtime PM expected to coast to election victory
Longtime Cambodian PM Hun Sen was widely expected to extend his 23-year tenure with a victory in Sunday parliamentary elections.
27 Jul, 2008, 05.05 PM IST
- Annan works to break Kenyan deadlock as violence grows
Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan was set Saturday to push to break the deadlock in Kenya's political crisis a day after fresh ethnic ...
26 Jan, 2008, 10.07 AM IST
- Bilawal Bhutto inherits blood-stained dynasty
The party of Pakistan’s murdered opposition leader Benazir Bhutto named her 19-year-old son as its new leader on Sunday and announced it wo...
31 Dec, 2007, 01.26 AM IST