Tag: October

ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than $400 million is needed for western Afghanistan to recover and rebuild after a devastating earthquake last October that killed around 2,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday. The magnitude 6.3 quake on Oct. 7, one of the most destructive in the country’s recent history, ...

November 09, 2023 09:43 pm | Updated November 10, 2023 01:51 am IST - JAMMU/SRINAGAR BSF personnel pay tribute to BSF head constable Lal Fam Kima during a wreath laying ceremony at BSF’s Paloura Camp in Jammu on November 9, 2023. Kima was killed in unprovoked firing by Pakistan ...

CAIRO: Saudi Arabia’s venture capital landscape has profoundly influenced the regional ecosystem, with startups attracting investments from the Kingdom’s speculators. One of these startups is Emirati-based SpiderSilk, which raised $9 million from Aramco’s venture capital arm Wa’ed Ventures with participation from Saudi-based STV and the UAE’s Global Ventures. Founded ...

New Delhi: The country’s power consumption grew nearly 22 per cent to 138.94 billion units (BU) in October, showing a surge in electricity demand due to festivities and increased economic activities. In the year-ago period, power consumption stood at 113.94 BU, higher than 112.79 billion units recorded in October ...

washington - Wife of Uyghur in Critical Condition in Xinjiang Prison Appeals for Medical Care Mexmutjan Memet, a Uyghur man serving a 20-year prison sentence in Xinjiang, is reportedly in critical condition due to poor prison conditions, according to his wife. Memet had returned to Xinjiang in 2016 to ...

Washington:Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit the US on Thursday for a three-day visit and hold talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a part of the Biden administration’s efforts to maintain an open channel of communications with Beijing. Blinken will host his Chinese counterpart in Washington from ...

An extremist group that triggered fury after its members were filmed shouting 'jihad' at a pro-Palestine demonstration in London is led by a man who said Hamas were 'heroes' for killing Israelis.Luqman Muqeem, the leader of Hazib ut-Tahrir said the Hamas attack on October 7 'made us all very, very happy'. He ...

Hangzhou , October 21 (ANI): Ace shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam kickstarted their Para Asian Games campaign with wins on Saturday. Pramod Bhagat, who will be defending his Asian gold medal, started his campaign with an easy win over Chinese Taipei's Hsing Chih Huang. The game lasted 31 ...

Islamabad:A special court in Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned till October 23 the indictment of former prime minister Imran Khan and his close aide Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case for allegedly violating the secret laws of the country. The case pertains to a secret diplomatic document that Pakistan ...

LONDON/ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will reach Pakistan in a chartered plane from Dubai on October 21, ending his four-year-long self-imposed exile in the UK, according to a media report. The flight carrying Nawaz will have the name “Umeed-e-Pakistan” which can carry approximately 150 passengers, Geo ...