India launches meteorological satellite into space

India today successfully put into the designated orbit its INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite to ensure continuity of services for monitoring land and ocean surfaces for weather forecasting and disaster warning as well as for providing satellite-aided research and rescue services
17 February 2024, 13:21 PM

Japan announces successful launch of next-gen H3 rocket

Japan's space agency announced the successful launch of its new flagship rocket on Saturday, making it third time lucky for the H3 after years of delays and two previous failed attempts
17 February 2024, 03:17 AM

Pakistan Election: Imran Khan’s PTI to sit in opposition

As the political uncertainty about who will form the government in light of the February 8 general election continues, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) yesterday announced that it would form the opposition in the Centre and Punjab as per party founder Imran Khan’s directives.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Ethnic Violence: Two dead, scores hurt after police open fire in Manipur

At least two people were killed and scores injured in India’s northeastern Manipur state after security forces opened fire at a mob in Churachandpur district late on Thursday, a police official said, as sporadic violence continued in the region.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM

$25m frozen by tax dept ahead of polls

India’s main opposition Congress party said yesterday its bank accounts with 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3 million) in deposits had been frozen by the income tax department in connection with a dispute, months before national elections.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Leaving India after expulsion threat

A French journalist said yesterday she was leaving India, where she had worked for more than two decades, after authorities threatened her expulsion for what they termed “malicious and critical” reporting.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Manipur violence: 2 dead, scores injured after police open fire

At least two people were killed and scores injured in India's northeastern Manipur state after security forces opened fire at a mob in Churachandpur district late on Thursday, a police official said, as sporadic violence continued in the region
16 February 2024, 05:57 AM

11 killed in New Delhi factory fire

At least 11 people died and four others were injured when a building collapsed during a massive fire that broke out at a paint factory in the northern part of India's capital New Delhi on Thursday, a fire department official said
16 February 2024, 05:35 AM

PTI picks Ayub as Pak PM candidate

A key aide of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan said yesterday that the jailed leader had nominated Omar Ayub Khan as a candidate in a parliamentary vote to elect a new premier following last week’s national elections.
15 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Scientists develop ‘meaty rice’

Scientists in South Korea have developed a new type of sustainable hybrid food -- a “meaty” rice that they say could help solve food crises and climate change.
15 February 2024, 18:00 PM

India SC scraps opaque election funding system

India’s Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a seven-year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without any limits, calling it “unconstitutional”. 
15 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Will not contest Lok Sabha polls

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday announced that she will not run in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India due to health and age issues, capping a nearly two-decade career in electoral politics.
15 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Will not contest Lok Sabha election due to health, age issues: Sonia Gandhi

Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi today announced that she will not run in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections due to health and age issues, capping a nearly two-decade career in electoral politics
15 February 2024, 11:41 AM

Imran's party nominates Omar Ayub as Pakistan PM candidate

The Pakistan Tehreek-Insaaf (PTI) party run by former Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated party general secretary Omar Ayub as its candidate for prime minister, another party leader said on Thursday
15 February 2024, 09:56 AM

India top court scraps opaque election funding system, calls it 'unconstitutional'

India's Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without any limits
15 February 2024, 06:12 AM

Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city

Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai capital on Thursday
15 February 2024, 05:02 AM

Turncoats to be disqualified

Former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party yesterday warned that the incoming government was being formed through “horse-trading”.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Indonesia Polls: Prabowo claims victory after vote counts

Indonesia Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto yesterday declared victory in a presidential election after unofficial vote counts showed him with a huge lead that could see him win in a single round.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

N Korea fires several cruise missiles off east coast

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul’s military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Maldives deports 43 Indians for illegal businesses

Maldives has deported 43 Indians who were allegedly found to have committed crimes, Male-based news outlet Adhadhu reported on Tuesday.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM