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People are silhouetted on vehicles headlights on a dark street during widespread power outages in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Pakistans national power grid experienced a major breakdown late night on Saturday, leaving millions of people in darkness, local media reported. (AP)

Pakistan hit by nationwide power blackout

Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan said the frequency in the power distribution system suddenly dropped from 50 to zero,...

10 Jan 2021 1:05 PM IST

Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore Judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar sentenced UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi to five years of rigorous imprisonment each on three counts with a fine of PKR 100,000 (approximately USD 620) each on three counts. (Photo:PTI)

Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Lakhvi gets 5-year jail...

The US had welcomed Lakhvi-'s arrest last week but said Pakistan should try him for the Mumbai attacks also

9 Jan 2021 4:08 AM IST

China to start opening vaccination programme to general public

China to start opening vaccination programme to general public

Sichuan is the first province to outline a timeline of its vaccination plans for the general public

18 Dec 2020 11:06 AM IST

Members of a Chinese surveying team head for the summit of Mount Everest, also known locally as Mt. Qomolangma. China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (AP)

Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres tall: Nepal & China after...

The revised height of Mt. Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between the two neighbours

8 Dec 2020 10:16 PM IST

In this photo released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace, workers register boxes containing coronavirus vaccines made by Chinese company Sinovac, after arriving at a facility of state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on Monday, December 7. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)

Chinese Covid-19 vaccine maker gets $500 million funding boost

Beijing has largely brought the virus under control, with only 281 active cases still receiving treatment, according to...

7 Dec 2020 12:30 PM IST

Pakistans deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (L) with his brother Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

FIR filed against Nawaz Sharif-'s brother, others in multi-billion...

PM Khan-'s friend Jahangir Tareen and son Ali Tareen are also booked under charges of money laundering and cheating of...

17 Nov 2020 2:03 PM IST

Through that so-called Order exactly two years ago in May, 2018, the then Pakistan government had seized more authority from the local council in the Gilgit-Baltistan region to deal with the affairs of that region

Gilgit-Baltistan assembly election gets under way amid tight security

India has slammed Pak-'s decision to hold election in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any action to alter its status has no...

15 Nov 2020 1:49 PM IST

$Official Myanmar vote count affirms Suu Kyi\s party control$ World

Official Myanmar vote count affirms Suu Kyi-'s party control

The NLD won 346 seats in the combined lower and upper houses of the legislature, far above the 322 needed to secure a...

13 Nov 2020 1:03 PM IST

The two sides announced a mini-deal on Friday to reduce some tariffs. (Representational Image)

China declines to congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden

China has not yet come out with an official reaction to Biden and Kamala Harris-' victory

9 Nov 2020 4:54 PM IST

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives to cast an advance vote at a polling station in Naypyidaw on October 29, 2020. (AFP)

A look at Myanmar-'s election and Suu Kyi-'s expected victory

Suu Kyi-'s party has lost the cooperation of many ethnic minority parties, which are popular in their border-area...

7 Nov 2020 3:22 PM IST

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. (Twitter/@AbdulRe81179573)

Pakistan leader likely to be booked for treason over Abhinandan...

Posters of Sadiq have also appeared in Lahore, dubbing him a -'traitor-'

1 Nov 2020 9:19 PM IST

Census workers collect information from a woman in Lianyungang, in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province on November 1, 2020, as millions of census-takers began knocking on doors for a once-a-decade head count of the worlds largest population that for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch the massive numbers. (AFP)

China begins once-a-decade census of world-'s largest population

After implementing the decades-old one child policy, China is facing a demographic crisis with a rapidly ageing...

1 Nov 2020 8:58 PM IST