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Beijing has pledged to make employment a top priority of its economic policies. (Photo: Bloomberg)

China targets 55 million jobs, better worker rights in new plan

The unemployment rate will be capped at 5.5%, wages as a share of gross domestic product will be increased

30 Aug 2021 12:11 PM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard outside the airport after Thursdays deadly attacks, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Taliban seals off Kabul airport, stops people as evacuation process...

US President Joe Biden has warned that another terror attack at Kabul airport is -'highly likely in the next 24-36...

29 Aug 2021 12:07 PM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

Suicide bombers kill dozens of civilians, 10 U.S. troops at Kabul...

There was no complete death toll of Afghan civilians but video images uploaded by Afghan journalists showed bodies of...

27 Aug 2021 4:48 AM IST

In this image provided by the Department of Defense, two paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct security while a C-130 Hercules takes off during a evacuation operation in Kabul, Aug. 25, 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)

What is the Islamic State threat in Afghanistan?

President Biden said there is -'an acute and growing risk-' of an attack at airport by the group-'s regional chapter -...

26 Aug 2021 10:08 AM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabuls international airport killed several Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Talibans takeover of the country. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1; Taliban mass near Panjshir

The Taliban have pledged amnesty to those who worked with the U.S., NATO and the toppled Afghan govt, but many still...

23 Aug 2021 1:55 PM IST

Afghanistans most popular film personalities Sahraa Karimi. (AFP Photo)

The world was silent: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi on Taliban...

The world was silent and didn-'t believe that the Taliban would come to the town and take over the capital of the...

22 Aug 2021 7:34 PM IST

Indian nationals gather at Dubai airport before leaving the Gulf nation on a flight back to their country (AFP)

UAE to accept Indian passport holders with 14-day rider

Presently, only UAE citizens and transit passengers are allowed to fly to the UAE, due to the coronavirus outbreak

22 Aug 2021 3:54 PM IST

Shrine of Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan. (PTI)

Pakistan to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur...

Pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara was suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 outbreak

22 Aug 2021 3:16 PM IST

The risk factors considered in the study included flooding, cyclones, heatwaves, water scarcity, air pollution, lead pollution, and infectious diseases. (AFP Photo)

Nearly 1Bln children at -'extremely high risk-' globally due to...

The UN agency called on governments and other relevant bodies to invest more in climate adaptation and resilience for...

20 Aug 2021 8:24 PM IST

In May this year, the ruling Communist Party of China approved a relaxation of its strict two-child policy to allow all couples to have up to three children. (Representational image: AP)

China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to...

China permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-child policy

20 Aug 2021 11:36 AM IST

Taliban fighters stand on a vehicle along the roadside in Kandahar on August 13, 2021. (AFP)

Taliban seize province near capital, attack northern city

The Taliban captured all of Logar province, detained its provincial officials and reached a district in the neighboring...

14 Aug 2021 1:23 PM IST

Taliban fighters are seen in a vehicle along the roadside in Herat, Afghanistans third biggest city, after government forces pulled out the day before following weeks of being under siege (AFP)

Taliban close in on Kabul as US scrambles to evacuate

With the country-'s second- and third-largest cities having fallen into Taliban hands, Kabul has effectively become the...

14 Aug 2021 11:13 AM IST