Lahore: Usman Buzdar, the former chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, on Friday, became the latest leader of ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to quit politics in the aftermath of the May 9 violence. Several PTI leaders, including former human rights minister and ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s close aide Shireen Mazari, have…
Cape Town: The BRICS nations on Friday underlined the need for using local currencies in international trade and financial transactions besides committing themselves to supporting rule-based open and transparent global trade. A joint statement issued at the end of the meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, also pressed for a robust…
Islamabad: Pakistan will release 200 Indian fishermen and three civilian prisoners on Friday as a humanitarian gesture, foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has announced. Last month, Pakistani authorities released 198 Indian fishermen, languishing in a prison in Karachi after being arrested for allegedly fishing illegally in the country’s waters. They were handed over to India…
Washington: Dev Shah, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Florida, who correctly spelled the word “psammophile” has won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee, a prestigious contest where children of Indian origin have ruled the roost. Shah correctly spelled the word to win the 95th national bee and the USD 50,000 prize on Thursday. “It’s surreal,” Shah…
Washington: In the last nine years, the country has “polarised” and a very small per cent of people have really concentrated power and wealth, senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda has alleged. Pitroda is the chairperson of the Indian Overseas Congress and he is accompanying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his six-day US tour. “I think…
Washington: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Opposition is pretty well united and a lot of good work is happening on the ground as he asserted that there is a hidden undercurrent building and it will “surprise” the people in the next general elections. Gandhi, who is in the US for a three-city US…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog has told the satellite TV channels to boycott “hate mongers, perpetrators and their facilitators” and advised them to refrain from giving airtime to “zealots” of a political party following the May 9 mayhem, a media report said on Thursday, hitting former prime minister Imran Khan’s party. The Pakistan Electronic Media…
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s central bank on Thursday slashed the policy interest rates by 250 basis points, the first since the “historic contraction” of the island nation’s economy in 2022, saying it will reduce high inflation and provide an impetus for growth. The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka decided to cut the policy…
Capetown: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and discussed issues of bilateral and global interests. Jaishankar, who is here to participate in a conclave of five-nation grouping BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), held talks with Lavrov on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. “Good to meet FM Sergey Lavrov…
Houston: Taral Patel, a 29-year-old Indian-American policy expert has announced his candidacy to serve as Fort Bend County Commissioner for Precinct 3 in 2024 in the US state of Texas. Patel, who worked as a former Chief of Staff for Fort Bend County Judge KP George, took to Twitter to announce his candidacy on Tuesday where…
