Assam launches initiative to boost healthcare for tea garden workers

IANS | December 27, 2025 7:19 PM

Dibrugarh, Dec 27 (IANS) In a major step towards strengthening healthcare delivery for the tea garden community, Assam Health Minister Ashok Singhal on Saturday launched the state-level pilot project of the “Swasthaban Shramik Yojana” at Jutlibari Tea Estate in Dibrugarh district.

Pakistan central bank chief's warning hints clock has run out: Report

IANS | December 27, 2025 7:16 PM

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) State Bank of Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmad's warning that Pakistan’s growth model is "unsustainable" for a population of 250 million comes at a time when business cycles in the country shorten, and each recovery is weaker than the one before, a report said on Saturday.

No hurdles in BJP-Shiv Sena alliance for municipal polls: Maha CM

IANS | December 27, 2025 7:13 PM

Amravati, Dec 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that there are no obstacles in the alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for the upcoming municipal corporation elections.

Violence and persecution normalised, Bangladesh faces grave democracy crisis (IANS analysis)

IANS | December 27, 2025 7:06 PM

Dhaka: As Bangladesh gears up for its 13th national election slated in February 2026, Dhaka's political climate is marred with challenges the country has never faced before. Since August 2024, communal violence, mobocracy, ethnic attacks, the rise of Islamist extremism, systemic target of dissident voices and aggressive attempts at historical revisionism have become akin to 'new' Bangladesh. The Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, however, promised this election to be Bangladesh's first 'free and fair' democratic transition after 15 years.