Wed 19 August 2026: Pakistan’s government on Wednesday filed a review petition against a top court ruling to transfer imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a hospital for medical treatment, local media reported. The review petition was filed through the Islamabad chief commissioner a day after the Supreme Court ordered prison authorities to move […]
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Wed 19 August 2026: New accounts on X and Instagram calling itself the ‘Dimagi Naxal Janta Party’ has emerged amid the political controversy surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent ‘dimagi naxal’ remark in his Independence Day address on Saturday. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country has largely eliminated a Maoist rebellion which it […]
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Tue 18 August 2026: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be transferred from prison to a hospital for medical care, granting a persistent request from his political party and relatives who have voiced worries about his condition. The 73-year-old cricket star turned politician has been held at a jail […]
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Tue 18 August 2026: At the UN in Geneva, Adivasi rights groups challenged India’s refusal to recognise Adivasis as Indigenous Peoples globally, raising violations involving land, consent, language and international representation. Organisations representing Adivasi and Indigenous communities have urged the United Nations to address India’s refusal to formally recognise Adivasis as Indigenous Peoples under international […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: From Victory to Victory” produced by Afghan outlet Misaq, which chronicles the Islamic Emirate’s history from its 1996 founding through the 2001 US invasion, two decades of conflict, the 2021 return to power, and five years of governance, security, and reconstruction efforts. The film presents the Taliban perspective on key events, […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Myanmar has, for the first time, acknowledged nearly 309,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as former residents of Rakhine state, saying they would be allowed to return once security conditions improve in the conflict-hit region. The Foreign Ministry said 308,975 displaced people had been verified as former residents of Rakhine, marking a […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: More than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries are set to compete in Beijing this month, quadrupling participation from last year’s inaugural event, according to state-run Xinhua news agency. The second edition of the World Humanoid Robot Games, scheduled for Aug. 22-26, has attracted 666 teams and 2,056 robots, it said. Participants include […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: New Delhi: The top five family businesses have held more than 60% of income share in corporate India in the past two decades, even as markets have become more competitive since liberalisation, showed a study in the World Bank Economic Review. The study, titled ‘Business Groups, Concentration and Market Power in India’, published […]
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Sat 15 August 2026: Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly 1.2 metric tons (2,630 pounds) of illegal elephant ivory and about 80 kilograms (176 pounds) of animal bones hidden inside timber crates shipped from Africa, VietNamNet reported Friday. The shipment, which arrived from the Republic of Congo in three containers, was intercepted at Quy Nhon Port […]
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Sat 15 August 2026: Russia has initiated unprecedented gasoline imports from India to mitigate a severe domestic fuel crisis stemming from relentless Ukrainian strikes on its oil refineries. The inaugural shipment from the South Asian nation arrived in Russia on August 5. Ship-tracking data from Kpler indicates the lengthy transit route highlights an increasingly critical […]
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