Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced on Tuesday that diplomatic efforts have been initiated with China to convert a loan for Pokhara International Airport to a grant as it failed to garner income, instead piled up more debt.This came after opposition lawmaker Chanda Chaudhary raised questions about the increasing loss and piling debt, Nepal Prime Minister said that talks

Hong Kong: One thing conspicuously absent from China’s defence budget–announced on March 5 and amounting to a 7.2 per cent year-on-year increase to CNY1.66554 trillion (USD231.4 billion) – was its military space spending. It is notable that the real power behind China’s space program is the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).Last year was a record for Chinese space launches, with 67 rockets putting

Washington: US State Secretary Antony Blinken is set to visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt to meet with government leaders this week and discuss efforts to reach an "immediate ceasefire agreement" between Israel and Hamas, the US State Department said in a statement.The deal will safeguard the release of hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, the State Department also

Geneva: A large number of Pashtuns organised an anti-Pakistan protest in front of the United Nations office to denounce the crackdown on workers and leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).The protest, held during the 55th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), was organised by PTM Europe and joined by many Afghan Pashtuns.Fazal Ur Rehman Afridi, a member of PTM Europe,

Geneva: Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, the central spokesperson for the United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP), highlighted the issues and adversities faced by the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (Pok) adding that they were deprived of jobs and industries.While speaking to ANI, Khan emphasised that PoK is not truly free and independent as it is ruled by the colonial mindset of the Pakistani