New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Trump administration's announcement to suspend Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program, the core pathway to employment-based green cards, for eight major technology and outsourcing companies, including India's Infosys, Tata, Wipro and HCL, will serve as a disadvantage for US itself, a media report said.
Kathmandu, Oct 11 (IANS) Five people have gone missing after a massive landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki River and triggered a debris-laden flood in Nepal’s western Gorkha district on Sunday, disaster management authorities said.
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) A large number of people in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province took to the streets and are staging protests on Sunday as the Federal government declared a state of emergency, which suspends the provincial government led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, media reports said.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Many academicians and scholars of Pakistani origin, working in the universities of United States and the United Kingdom have raised their voices regarding detention of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS): While China may not be the largest provider of development finance to the Pacific island nations, it has positioned itself as the region’s integral development partner, which has helped it to increase its influence in the region.
Dubai, Oct 11 (IANS) A total of 22 Indian crew members were rescued from crude oil tanker MT Gem No. 2, off the Ras Al Khaimah coast, after an accident, the Consulate General of India in Dubai said on Sunday.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Months after Pakistani security forces launched a brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), families of victims continue to seek answers amid allegations of human rights violations, wrongful detentions, and extrajudicial killings, according to a recent report.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Pakistan has planned a 2025-35 roadmap for the power sector requiring a massive $58 billion investment in electricity generation and transmission even though the country is saddled with substantial unused generation capacity in a loss-making sector, according to a report.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Bangladesh is grappling with mounting stagflationary pressures as persistently high inflation, weak economic growth, subdued private investment and declining household purchasing power combine to weigh on the economy, with experts warning that the ongoing Middle East conflict has amplified, rather than caused, the country's underlying structural weaknesses, a report has said.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Iran has stepped up criticism of the Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey defence pact after it became operational, warning that any intervention in Yemen could have undesirable consequences for the region.
