Kathmandu, April 6 (IANS) The Nepali government on Monday announced a series of immediate and long-term measures to strengthen transparency, accountability, and governance in the country's mountain rescue operations, amid allegations that fake rescue missions for climbers have been conducted to secure large insurance claims.
Kabul, April 6 (IANS) Taliban on Monday claimed that it has captured a Pakistani border post in Eastern Afghanistan after a clash with the soldiers of the neighbouring country, local media reported.
Ottawa, April 6 (IANS) Canada's recent legislation, Bill C-9, the 'Combatting Hate Act', directly addresses the kinds of incidents promoted by Khalistani extremists that have caused concern among Indian diaspora communities by criminalising the intimidation or obstruction of individuals seeking to access religious or cultural spaces, a report said on Monday.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The launch of 5G services in select parts of Pakistan is a milestone, but the county's structural financial and infrastructural bottlenecks makes the technology rollout "closer to a marketing story than a working reality," a new report has said.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The reduction of Rs 80 per litre in petrol prices in Pakistan is nothing but a “populist move” by a government struggling to balance emerging economic constraints and domestic political compulsions, a new report has said.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to eliminate, at the earliest, distortions in the pricing of petroleum products due to the subsidy extended by the federal government to consumers amid the surge in global prices triggered by the Iran war, local media reports said on Monday.
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Residents in Peshawar and other parts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been facing difficulties due to acute shortage of natural gas as CNG stations remained shut across the province, local media reported on Monday.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan's total public debt rose from Rs 71 trillion to Rs 80.5 trillion in 360 days, a government fiscal summary shows -- a Rs 9 trillion increase across a period the government has described as one of economic stabilisation -- a new report has said.
Tokyo, April 6 (IANS) India's Ambassador to Japan, Nagma Mallick held a meeting with Japanese MP and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Executive Acting Secretary General Koichi Hagiuda on Monday, discussing ways to further strengthen Special Strategic and Global Partnership between the two nations, including through parliamentary exchanges.
Tel Aviv, April 6 (IANS) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday claimed to have killed Majid Khatem-Hosseini Khadami, Chairman of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' (IRGC) intelligence organisation, in an air strike in Tehran on Sunday night.
