New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) While the United States and Europe have been reducing their oil refining capacity, India is expanding into a global refining hub which gives it a strategic advantage as an exporter of petroleum products despite being a large crude importing country, according to an article in India Narrative.
Macau, Nov 7 (IANS) A Macau court has sentenced former pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San to 12.5 years in prison in the casino hub’s first national security case following a closed-door trial, a report said.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Growing cooperation between China and Pakistan in the space sector highlights emerging gaps in international space governance and the need for India to play a leading role in reforming laws for responsible space activities, a new report has said.
Quetta, Nov 7 (IANS) Pakistani military operations in Balochistan's Quetta district have forced around 300 Mashwani tribal families to flee their ancestral homes, with the displaced people facing severe difficulties in finding food and shelter amid rain and cold weather, local media reported on Saturday, citing sources.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS): While China extended the maturity of $2 billion in loans to Pakistan in 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided $2.3 billion in fresh financing under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) to strengthen the country’s long-term economic stability, according to Bangkok-based Page 3 News
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Efforts by China and Pakistan to improve the image of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) through the newly launched China Pakistan Information Corridor (CPIC) are unlikely to reverse growing public scepticism about the initiatives’ viability and may instead attract greater scrutiny on other programmes under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a new report has said.
Dhaka, Nov 7 (IANS) The Bangladesh Coast Guard has renamed five vessels, removing ‘Joy Bangla’ and eliminating the names of four prominent leaders from the 1971 Liberation War, who were killed in Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975, according to local media reports.
Dhaka, Nov 7 (IANS) In yet another disturbing act of vandalism, miscreants have defaced a mural of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on the boundary wall of Bangladesh's Khulna Railway Station by smearing it with black ink, according to local media reports.
Paris, Nov 7 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation has strongly condemned the arrest and imprisonment of a senior Bangladeshi journalist, describing the move as an act of political persecution and an abuse of the criminal justice system to punish him for his political identity and professional background.
Riyadh, Nov 7 (IANS) Union Minister for Parliamentary and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju visited the iconic Al Rahmah Mosque in Jeddah, widely known as the Floating Mosque, a historic landmark reflecting Saudi Arabia’s rich Islamic heritage and architectural grandeur.
