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Pakistan, India exchange prisoners list

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged lists of prisoners in each other's custody as required by the agreement on consular access signed between...

High enrollment have not been accompanied by proportionate improvements in learning levels in South Asia

Student learning in South Asia: challenges, opportunities Islamabad: "High enrollment in primary schools of South Asian countries have not been accompanied by proportionate improvements in...

Indian political party leader arrested for raising slogans in favour of Pakistan

  LUCKNOW: A leader of a regional political party based in the Indian northern Uttar Pradesh state was charged with sedition for raising slogans in...

US drone strike kills three Afghan Taliban militants near Pak-Afghan border

KABUL: A US drone strike was carried out in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on early Monday, killing at least three suspected Taliban militants. The...

India launches five foreign satellites, Modi asks scientists to develop SAARC satellite

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched a PSLV-C23 rocket carrying five satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in...

UN starts probe into war crimes in Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON: The United Nations will start an investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes during the civil war...

Pakistan, India commerce ministers to meet in Bhutan next month

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani commerce minister Khurram Dastgir Khan and his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman will meet in Bhutan next month to discuss means to...

One kill, 70 trapped after building collapses in Chennai

CHENNAI: An 11-storey under-construction building collapsed in Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leaving one persons dead and 70...

12 killed in flash floods in India’s Assam state

GAUHATI, India: At least 12 persons were killed in flash floods and mudslides caused by monsoon rains in several parts of Gauhati, the capital...

Sri Lanka cancels on-arrival visa facility for Pakistani nationals

ISLAMABAD: The Sri Lankan government has cancelled the on-arrival visa facility for Pakistani nationals, a move taken in view of the rising number of...

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