PAKISTAN RANKED AS MOST VULNERABLE COUNTRY TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN 2022

Wed 12 February 2025: Pakistan has been ranked as the most vulnerable country to climate change in 2022, followed by Central American country Belize and Italy, the latest data showed. According to data in the Climate Risk Index (CRI) for 2025 report released by European think-tank Germanwatch on Wednesday, Pakistan’s ranking has been mainly due […]

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MONKEY BUSINESS CAUSES NATIONWIDE BLACKOUT IN SRI LANKA

Wed 12 February 2025: A mischievous monkey sparked a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka over the weekend, after it wandered into a key grid substation in Panadura, a city west of the capital. According to Energy Minister, the curious creature’s intrusion caused a power system imbalance, plunging the entire country into darkness. “A monkey […]

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CHINA WARNS TRUMP AGAINST TRADE WAR, SAYS PROTECTIONISM LEADS NOWHERE

Tue 11 February 2025: China on Monday warned US President Donald Trump that trade protectionism “leads nowhere,” urging him to avoid escalating tensions into a trade war, according to state media reports. “There are no winners in trade wars or tariff wars,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters in Beijing. Beijing’s comments came in […]

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BANGLADESH LAUNCHES ‘OPERATION DEVIL HUNT’ AGAINST PRO-HASINA RIOTERS

Mon 10 February 2025: Bangladesh has launched a major security operation after protesters were attacked by gangs allegedly connected to the ousted regime of ex-PM Sheikh Hasina. A government statement on Sunday said the operation began after gangs “linked to the fallen autocratic regime attacked a group of students, leaving them severely injured”. Jahangir Alam […]

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INDIA: UP GOVT BULLDOZES MADNI MOSQUE AFTER HIGH COURT’S STAY ORDER EXPIRES

Sun 09 February 2025: The Uttar Pradesh government launched a bulldozer action on Sunday, February 9, against a mosque in the Kata area of Kushinagar district. The demolition followed allegations by Hindutva workers that the mosque had been built on encroached government land. The action came after the expiration of a high court stay order […]

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MODI’S BJP ROMPS TO DELHI POWER AFTER 27 YEARS, IN BIG BLOW TO OPPOSITION

Sat 08 February 2025: Narendra Modi’s BJP finally takes Delhi, India’s political heart, which until now has remained out of its reach. New Delhi, India – Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have stunningly lost the Delhi assembly election in a major turnaround for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is now […]

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‘INHUMAN’: AS MODI VISITS TRUMP, OUTRAGE OVER SHACKLED INDIAN DEPORTEES

Fri 07 February 2025: On Wednesday, the US deported 104 Indians on the longest such military flight used so far, before Modi’s visit to Washington. New Delhi, India – Kulvinder Kaur had tried and tried again to call her husband in the United States. After two weeks of the connection not going through, she was consumed […]

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