London, March 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s increasing reliance on China raises concerns over Islamabad's ability to retain operational autonomy and military sovereignty in a major conflict amid Beijing's apparent involvement in its Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) programme.
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) A government school was destroyed in an explosion in Ghora village of Bannu city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, local media reported.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Periasamy Kumaran, presently Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, the MEA announced on Thursday.
Abu Dhabi, March 26 (IANS) One Indian national was killed and another injured as two people died and three suffered injuries after the debris of a ballistic missile fell in UAE's Abu Dhabi on Thursday following a successful interception by the country's air defence systems.
Kathmandu, March 26 (IANS) The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Nepal on Thursday elected senior leader Balendra Shah as its parliamentary party leader, paving the way for him to be the country’s new Prime Minister.
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) More than 669,000 people are affected by Tuberculosis in Pakistan which causes 51,000 deaths in a year, local media in the country reported citing the latest stats revealed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on World Tuberculosis Day. Pakistan holds a 73 per cent share of the TB burden within the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region and is the fifth most affected in the world. Each day, more than 1,800 new cases are reported in Pakistan and 140 people die from tuberculosis, Pakistan's leading daily Dawn reported.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) As the Gulf conflict continues, the disruption in global fertiliser markets has again exposed the weaknesses of Pakistan’s farm input security, according to local media reports.
Kathmandu, March 26 (IANS) Although China congratulated Nepal and the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) for its sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections held on March 5, the results have emerged as a setback for Beijing, analysts reckon.
Paris, March 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar arrived in France on Thursday to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, on the sidelines of which he is also expected to hold significant bilateral discussions with many of his counterparts.
Jerusalem, March 26 (IANS) Israel's former Ambassador to Germany, Jeremy Issacharoff, has said that removal of enriched uranium remains key to the 15-point ceasefire proposal sent by the US to Iran from the proliferation point of view.
