Wed 23 August 2023: Around 100,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The Sutlej river breached its banks on Sunday, inundating several hundred towns and thousands of acres of cropland in the central region. Residents and livestock have been evacuated to higher ground by emergency services. “We have rescued 100,000 […]
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Wed 23 August 2023: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) ambitious third Moon mission, Lander Module (LM) of Chandrayaan 3, is all set to land on the lunar surface today evening. The Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft comprises a propulsion module (weighing 2,148 kg), a lander (1,723.89 kg), and a rover (26 kg). “Chandrayaan 3 Mission: The […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: A committee of the Ministry of Higher Education said it is working on a plan to reopen universities for girls and will share it with the public if finalized, Tolo News reported. Lutfullah Khairkhwa, the deputy minister of Higher Education, said during the annual reporting of the ministry that the finalization […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: The Chinese territory has issued its first licenses for retail crypto trading amid push to cash in on virtual assets. Hong Kong, China – Cryptocurrencies have had a rough ride in recent years, with prices spiralling through periods of boom and bust and the industry threatened by stunning downfalls as well as […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: The launching ceremony of the book “Nelson Mandela on Kashmir” written by Salman Khan, the Chairman of Kashmiri Action Group based in South Africa, was held on Saturday in Rivonia, South Africa. The book covered the causes and consequences of the occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and the Kashmiris’ demand for […]
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Mon 21 August 2023: Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is under constant CCTV watch in the jail where he is serving a three-year prison term in a graft case, his party claimed on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. Citing a court document, which was not verified by either the party’s lawyer or Anadolu, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
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Mon 21 August 2023: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday responded to a social media user who claimed that his great grandfather was a Hindu Brahmin. It all started after a user on X, previously known as Twitter, alleged that the great grandfathers of Farooq Abdullah, Asaduddin Owaisi, […]
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Sun 20 August 2023: The Kashmir Walla, an independent news website based in Kashmir, has been blocked in India by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the IT Act, 2000, said the news portal. “When we contacted our server provider on Saturday morning to ask why thekashmirwalla.com was inaccessible, they informed us that […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the leader of the opposition in Pakistan, was taken into custody on Saturday, according to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, just hours after he announced legal action if the election was delayed. Party spokesperson Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan’s […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: When Arnaz Banu arrived for a function organised by her school to honour Class 10 and Class 12 on Independence Day, she expected to be the first to be called on stage. After all, with a score of 87% in Class 10, she was the topper. That was not to be. […]
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