Bangladesh EC rejects NCP’s demand for Shapla electoral symbol

IANS | October 27, 2025 9:10 PM

Dhaka, Oct 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) on Monday refused to allocate the Shapla (water lily) symbol to the National Citizen Party (NCP), citing its absence from the official list of symbols under the election regulations, local media reported.

ETGE urges Trump to raise issue of Uyghur repression during upcoming meeting with Chinese counterpart

IANS | October 27, 2025 9:09 PM

Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has called on US President Donald Trump to use his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea to publicly condemn Beijing's ongoing genocide of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic people in occupied East Turkistan and make clear that America will never compromise its values or interests with a genocidal Communist regime.

Hundreds of children living behind bars alongside incarcerated mothers in Pakistan: Report

IANS | October 27, 2025 9:01 PM

Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) The cruelty of Pakistan's justice system is demonstrated through hundreds of children sleeping behind bars not for crime but because their mothers have nowhere else to go. At least 140 children under the age of six are growing up behind bars alongside their incarcerated mothers in the province of Punjab alone, a report has revealed.

IASV Triveni completes first leg of global expedition, reaches Australia

IANS | October 27, 2025 8:27 PM

Canberra, Oct 27 (IANS) In a significant milestone, the Indian Army Sailing Vessel (IASV) Triveni, crewed by six women officers from the Indian Armed Forces, reached the Australian city of Perth on Monday after completing the first leg of its global circumnavigation expedition under mission Samudra Pradakshina.