A photograph of U.S. Presidential-elect Donald Trump is displayed by activists belonging to ‘Hindu Sena’ in New Delhi on Wednesday. Pakistanis fear the business magnate will forge closer ties with their arch-rival India and not be so favourably poised towards their country. Donald Trump’s surprise election as the 45th United States President has Pakistanis wary
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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sacked Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid for the “lapse” on his part to stop a “false” report on a rift between the government and the powerful army from being published in national interest, a senior minister said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference a day after Mr. Rashid was fired by
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With Islamic State claiming responsibility for the police academy attack in Pakistan’s Quetta on Monday, is IS firmly in position in the Indian subcontinent or Khorasan as it terms the region? In an interview to The Hindu , Islamic State expert, Amarnath Amarsingam, a Fellow of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism in the US,
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The Prevention of Terrorism Act was enacted in 1979, under President J.R. Jayawardene, primarily to crush the emerging armed struggle of Tamil youth. — THE HINDU PHOTO ARCHIVES Even as Sri Lanka drafts a new law to counter terrorism, human rights activists and lawyers here fear it might be worse than the Prevention of Terrorism
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Anil Kumar, the Democratic congressional candidate for Michigan, who has attracted support from both Indian and Pakistani community members. Photo: Facebook Rabab Quamar was one of the three volunteers on shift on Monday afternoon, canvassing voters over the phone at the Democratic Party campaign office on the outskirts of the city, which is considered the
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Rekha Gupta will take the oath as Chief Minister at a ceremony held at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on February 20. She will become the fourth woman to hold this position in the city, continuing a tradition of female leadership that has seen women from the BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party serve as Chief
World’s largest content consumption platform YouTube’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Neal Mohan has highlighted five things digital entrepreneurs and content creators should think about amid a surge in short-form content online. Also Read | ‘Data may be misleading…’: Nithin Kamath on talks of retail investors influx In a recent podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath,
Aggregators are putting many food businesses at risk and the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) is mulling stepping up its legal action against them, especially after Swiggy and Zomato launched sperate quick-delivery services with self-branded items. “There have been so many restaurants who have been in the business for years and they have still
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Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025 on Saturday, February 1. Reacting to her speech, political leaders have now shared their responses. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as a “people’s budget” that puts more money in the hands of people and said
New Zealand’s Minister of Immigration, Erica Stanford, has come under significant criticism for remarks perceived as racially insensitive towards Indians, following a parliamentary exchange that likened emails from Indians seeking immigration advice to spam. The comments provoked a strong response, notably from Indian-origin Labour Party MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan, who was born in Chennai. Also Read
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