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Pakistan: Six new patients raise dengue cases in Rawalpindi to 76

IANS | August 27, 2025 6:24 PM

Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) A total of six dengue cases were reported in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi on Tuesday, raising the total number of cases reported from the city to 76, local media reported on Wednesday. As many as 41 patients are undergoing treatment in three government-run hospitals. These include 13 dengue patients, while the dengue serology reports of 28 patients are still pending.

New Delhi hopes US will review 25 pc additional tariff, to meet exporters

IANS | August 27, 2025 5:26 PM

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India is hopeful that the United States will reconsider the additional 25 per cent tariff it imposed on Indian goods as a penalty for India’s Russian oil purchases.

China dismantling Tibet's cultural identity, eliminating organised dissent: Report

IANS | August 27, 2025 5:18 PM

Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) China has intensified a campaign of digital authoritarianism in Tibet since 2019, effectively severing ties of Tibetans from each other, their diaspora and the wider world. This has caused erosion of cultural identity, with technology being used to suppress faith, speech and dissent, a report detailed on Wednesday.

On passage to India, INS Tamal makes port call in Saudi Arabia

IANS | August 27, 2025 3:44 PM

Jeddah, Aug 27 (IANS) Saudi naval and Indian officials accorded a warm welcome to INS Tamal as the Indian Navy’s newest stealth frigate arrived at Saudi Arabia's Jeddah for a port call on Wednesday.

Religious intolerance and Islamist mobilisation rising at an alarming rate in Bangladesh: Report

IANS | August 27, 2025 3:12 PM

Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Since the fall of the Awami League government in Bangladesh last year, the country's Hindu minority has faced a surge in violence, land grabs, temple desecrations, and forced resignations. Islamist groups like Hefazat-e-Islam and Hizb ut-Tahrir have grown bolder, pushing for Islamic statehood, a report has highlighted.

Bangladesh: BNP says parties opposing general elections will be 'politically sidelined'

IANS | August 27, 2025 2:54 PM

Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has warned that anyone opposing the upcoming general elections would be sidelined from the future politics of the nation.

India, South Korea bolster strategic ties around security, trade, supply chain

IANS | August 27, 2025 2:12 PM

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun's recent visit to India enhanced bilateral cooperation in areas like technology, security and economic collaboration, as both countries marked 10 years of their Special Strategic Partnership.

Trump tariffs a shock therapy India needs to break free of dependence: Economists

IANS | August 27, 2025 1:53 PM

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The extreme US tariffs are nothing less than "economic blackmail", but they may also be the shock therapy India needs to break free of complacency and dependence, economists have stressed.

Pakistan: 802 dead, over 1,000 injured amid torrential rains, flash floods

IANS | August 27, 2025 1:52 PM

Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Relentless monsoon rains and flash floods have claimed at least 802 lives and left 1,088 others injured across Pakistan since June 26, according to the latest figures released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Tensions rise in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan as Islamabad tightens grip on natural resources

IANS | August 27, 2025 1:43 PM

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) There is a growing unrest in Pakistan’s resource-rich regions like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan as Islamabad is riding roughshod over the rights of these states to their natural minerals.

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Pakistan: Six new patients raise dengue cases in Rawalpindi to 76

New Delhi hopes US will review 25 pc additional tariff, to meet exporters

China dismantling Tibet's cultural identity, eliminating organised dissent: Report

On passage to India, INS Tamal makes port call in Saudi Arabia

Religious intolerance and Islamist mobilisation rising at an alarming rate in Bangladesh: Report

Bangladesh: BNP says parties opposing general elections will be 'politically sidelined'

India, South Korea bolster strategic ties around security, trade, supply chain

Trump tariffs a shock therapy India needs to break free of dependence: Economists

Pakistan: 802 dead, over 1,000 injured amid torrential rains, flash floods

Tensions rise in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan as Islamabad tightens grip on natural resources

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