Gilgit-Baltistan: People in Pak-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have been protesting for months now. All political, religious and social organisations are demonstrating against the government’s decision to increase the wheat price and end subsidies.On the other hand, the provincial government is saying that setting the price of wheat artificially low encouraged smuggling, hoarding, and black

Islamabad: The Defence of Human Rights (DHR), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) focusing on enforced disappearances in Pakistan since 2004, released a report on Saturday stating that 51 additional cases in 2023 took the overall figure to 3,120 cases, Dawn reported.The report revealed that psychological assistance was provided to 120 families of the disappeared, and eight new cases were filed

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is planning to launch three additional spy satellites next year, Yonhap news agency reported, citing Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The announcement comes after the successful launch of the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite last month.North Korean leader set forth the goal as he wrapped up five days of the plenary meeting of the

During EAM Jaishankar’s visit to Russia, the two sides discussed the opening of northern sea routes in wake of Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in Red SeaIndia and Russia have decided to expand their civilian nuclear cooperation, with Moscow willing to share technology for a small modular reactor used in power generation, even as both sides are pushing towards the completion of Phase 1 the

EAM Jaishankar in talks with Russian President Putin, Sergey Lavrov and team in MoscowNew Delhi: On his visit to Russia, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar signed three documents relating to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plants, an MoU on cooperation in pharmaceuticals and healthcare and a Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations according to a release of the Ministry of External affairs.The

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday (Dec 29) that the country’s defence exports would touch $2.88 billion (around ₹24,000 crore) in the financial year (FY 24), according to media reports. Speaking at an event at the AM Jain College in Chennai, Finance Minister Sitharaman said that defence exports were to the tune of $2.4 billion so far in the current financial year.The