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Topic: Pakistan

Move over Melania Trump, PTI supporters now think Kate is crushing on handsome Imran Khan

For a party whose leader wants to transform Pakistan into a Medina-like welfare state, celebrating its PM’s playboy past is a bit contradictory.

China heads FATF, but India won’t lose any opportunity to isolate Pakistan

The reviews conducted by the FATF over the last one year have exposed Pakistan’s so-called fight against terror financing.

India slips behind Pakistan and North Korea in latest global hunger report

Although India’s hunger levels improved across various indicators, Global Hunger Index report calls it a “serious” problem. India’s ranked 102 of 117 countries.

General Rawat hails Army for innovatively handling challenges along border with Pakistan, China

Speaking at a conference of Army commanders, Gen. Bipin Rawat spoke about how the forces had dealt with Pakistan's Border Action Team as well as terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir.

British royal couple William and Kate in Pakistan, Imran Khan discusses India & Afghanistan

The 'complex' visit by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their first to Pakistan, comes more than a decade after the last royal visit to the region.

Islamabad condemns Rajnath Singh’s statement on ‘disintegration’ of Pakistan

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, during a rally in Haryana, asked Pakistan to forget Kashmir and fight an 'honest battle' against terrorism, warning that no power can stop its disintegration if it did not mend its ways.

William-Kate’s Pakistan visit hardly matters to Modi but India will follow it closely

The royal trip shatters all the illusions about Pakistan being isolated over Kashmir.

Imran Khan wants to forge Iran-Saudi peace — goal Pakistan has failed to achieve in 48 yrs

Pakistan PM Imran Khan said Sunday he was in Iran 'not as a mediator but as a facilitator' to establish a dialogue between Tehran and Riyadh.

Now, Imran Khan is on a mission to facilitate talks between Iran, US and Saudis

Pakistani PM Imran Khan says Trump also asked him to help aid a dialogue between Iran and the US over the 2015 nuclear deal.

Jaishankar defines India’s place in new world: Open for business, but conditions apply

For India, globalisation as a mantra is past its due date, a rebalancing is underway and old mechanisms are no longer sufficient to align national and global interests.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.