Global index shows corruption is on the rise in Pakistan

IANS | January 1, 2026 9:17 PM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The widely quoted Corruption Perceptions Index, prepared annually by Transparency International, has ranked Pakistan 135 out of 180 countries for 2024, according to an article in the Pakistan media.

Door-to-door anaemia prevention drive launched in J&K's Ramban

IANS | January 1, 2026 8:50 PM

Ramban, Jan 1 (IANS) The Health Department, on Thursday, intensified the 'Anaemia Mukt Bharat' campaign in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district by organising a special awareness and training programme involving trained doctors, ASHA workers, and other female health staff.

Pakistan surviving on IMF reviews but economy remains vulnerable as ever: Report

IANS | January 1, 2026 8:46 PM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Pakistan is witnessing the institutionalisation of a "survivalist" economy where every policy choice is dictated by the need to pass the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) review, regardless of whether that policy erodes the tax base for the next decade, while the economy remains vulnerable as ever -- headed nowhere except, most likely, into another IMF programme, as per a news report.

B’desh: Farmers, fishermen lose land and livelihoods to big power plants

IANS | January 1, 2026 6:44 PM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A recent photo exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Noor Alam at a gallery in Tokyo depicted the sad story of the fishing and farming communities in the Matarbari region of southeastern Bangladesh are struggling to survive after losing their land and livelihoods to coal and gas-fired power plants that are being set up in the region.