Minority girls face abductions, forced conversions in Pakistan

IANS | August 24, 2025 8:28 PM

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The plight of religious minorities in Pakistan is once again under sharp focus, as fresh cases of abductions and forced conversions of Christian and Hindu girls highlight what rights groups call a "systematic crisis".

'US needs to follow UK approach to forge trade deal with India'

IANS | August 24, 2025 2:20 PM

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s recent executive order imposing a 50 per cent tariff on Indian imports for India’s purchase of Russian oil threatens to unravel decades of carefully nurtured US-India strategic ties with this punitive approach risking alienating India, a democratic powerhouse and key ally in countering terrorism and balancing China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific, according to an article.