B’desh: Finance Adviser confined inside office over allowance demand

IANS | December 10, 2025 7:06 PM

Dhaka, Dec 10 (IANS) Officials and employees from various ministries and divisions working at the Bangladesh Secretariat confined Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed inside his office on Wednesday as they have long been demanding various allowances, local media reported.

'Very important and strategic': Oman envoy on PM Modi's upcoming visit

IANS | December 10, 2025 6:10 PM

New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Oman's Ambassador to India Issa Saleh Abdullah Saleh Alshibani on Wednesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Oman "important and strategic" and stated that it gives a strong signal towards the bilateral relations between both nations.

Sindhi leader appeals to PM Modi over Pakistan’s extremist-controlled nuclear arsenal

IANS | December 10, 2025 6:00 PM

Berlin, Dec 10 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the issue of what he described as Pakistan’s “extremist-controlled nuclear arsenal” at international forums and draw global attention to Islamabad’s state-sponsored terrorism and radicalisation.

UAE announces $550 million support for UN's Global Humanitarian Overview

IANS | December 10, 2025 3:19 PM

Abu Dhabi, Dec 10 (IANS) Under the directives of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the middle-eastern nation has announced that it will provide $550 million to support the UN’s Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO), which aims to raise $33 billion in 2026 to support approximately 135 million people across 23 humanitarian operations across the world, including programmes supporting refugees and migrants.

Pakistan's Lahore ranked world's most polluted city

IANS | December 10, 2025 1:35 PM

Islamabad, Dec 10 (IANS) Lahore has been ranked at the top of global pollution charts with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of more than 300, according to the Swiss air quality monitor IQAir, which labelled it as an extremely unhygienic and polluted air prevails in various cities of Pakistan, local media reported on Wednesday.