Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Leading international human rights organisation Amnesty International has urged Pakistani authorities to immediately release Kashmir poet and journalist Ahmad Farhad and refrain from coercive actions that curtail his right to freedom of expression.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) With Ukrainian drone attacks on its oil refineries creating major supply chain disruptions in its energy sector, Russia, looking to keep its energy trade running, has turned to India as a partner with both the demand and the industrial capacity to help absorb the shock, according to an article.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) China's April 2026 guidelines for platform workers and its switch to consumption-led growth mark early steps in an era of slower growth, but they do not resolve the precarity facing the Communist country's poor underclass, according to an article in East Asia Forum.
Tashkent, Aug 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Sunday jointly planted a tree at the Presidential Palace in Tashkent under India's 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative and Uzbekistan's 'Yashil Makon' green efforts.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) China is deleting videos showing the devastation caused by catastrophic flash floods and mudslides in Tibet, following the glacial collapse on August 26, claimed a report by noted international daily.
Tashkent, Aug 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that India and Uzbekistan will work together to preserve Uzbekistan's Buddhist heritage sites. He also announced scholarships for promoting the Hindi language in Uzbekistan.
New Delhi , Aug 30 (IANS) Shanghai, once regarded as one of China’s most prosperous, vibrant and internationally connected cities, is showing growing signs of a prolonged economic slowdown, raising concerns about the depth of the country’s broader economic challenges, a report has said.
Tashkent, Aug 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that Uzbekistan lies at the heart of India's engagement with Central Asia, noting that there is deep similarity between the aspirations and thinking of both nations.
Tashkent, Aug 30 (IANS) Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Sunday said the people of Uzbekistan and India share "deep historical ties", adding that it was "heartening to see these relations continuing to flourish today" and emphasising that the two nations, as strategic partners, have "immense potential" to further expand their cooperation.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) India has succeeded in rebalancing its economic partnership with both the US and China during 2026 with a negotiated settlement of the tariff dispute that escalated in 2025 with Washington and a calibrated easing of restrictions on Chinese capital for the first time since the border clashes in 2020, according to an article.
