Refusal of the Centre to consult farmers, its reluctance to have a dialogue and the use of military tactics by Haryana Police to stop farmers marching to Delhi have precipitated the crisis.

KABUL:Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war welcomed by the United Nations and Washington.

Ever since Vidya Balan announced the film Sherni on Valentine’s Day, the film has been attracting attention for all the wrong reasons.

ISLAMABAD:China and Pakistan on Monday again showed the resolve to expedite work to meet revised deadlines of Gwadar projects as almost all schemes in the port city - the kingpin of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - remain behind schedule.

KARACHI:Pakistan’s former spy chief Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani has said that “India is no longer a big threat to Pakistan", as it has got itself entangled in a mess created by the illegal annexation of the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir.

This means that even if Pfizer partners with an Indian company now it will take sometime for the vaccine to be available in the country.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is considering a plan to build a 10 gigawatts (GW) hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following reports that China could construct dams on a section of the Brahmaputra river.

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan on Tuesday completed reclaiming territory held by Armenian forces for more than a quarter-century after a peace deal ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.

The farmers’ unions from Punjab and Haryana have started sending new batches of young farmers to join the protestors camping at Singhu and Tikri borders of Delhi.

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan and China on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further deepen cooperation between the two countries’ armies as the latter’s defence minister met army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi.