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India goes on back foot on Kashmir: Fakhar Imam

Kashmir Committee Chairman Syed Fakhar Imam said that India had gone to back foot on Kashmir issue as it was not allowing anyone to enter it after turning it into the world's biggest jail

Table of IMF economic growth forecasts

Here are the IMF's latest economic growth projections for 2020 and 2021, published Monday in a quarterly update to the World Economic Outlook

IMF trims global growth estimates for 2020-21 but sees improving outlook

Improving US-China trade tensions have eased uncertainty and the world economy may have hit bottom but a sharp slowdown in India is creating a drag worldwide, the International Monetary Fund said Monday

India badly failed to put Kashmir issue under carpet, Raja Farooq Haider

Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan stated that India has badly failed to put Kashmir issue under carpet and today it is under-debate at United Nations and other international fora

World's 22 Richest Men Wealthier Than All Women in Africa - Report

Women doing most of unpaid care work are the "hidden engine" of the global economy, yet all women in Africa own less wealth than the world's 22 richest men, a report out Monday estimated

Informal BRICS Summit to Be Held in Riyadh on G20 Sidelines in November - Ryabkov

The traditional informal BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit will be held on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Riyadh in November 2020, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Monday

Prime Minister to attend World Economic Forum in Davos

Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) being held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 21 to 23, at the invitation of Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of WEF

DCT Abu Dhabi participates in 28th New Delhi World Book Fair

Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs (HR&MA) Ijaz Alam condemns growing aggression in held Kashmir

Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs (HR&MA) Ijaz Alam Augustine has condemned growing Indian aggression in occupied Kashmir

Russia-India Cooperation in Arctic Region Has Great Potential - Foreign Ministry

Russian-Indian cooperation in the Arctic has good prospects, Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for international Arctic cooperation, Nikolai Korchunov, told reporters on Monday

DMCC partners with Dubai companies to boost sustainability

India's South Gets 1st Su-30 MKI Jets Modified to Carry BrahMos Missiles - Reports

The southern units of the Indian Air Force (IAF) have received on Monday the first squadron of Su-30 MKI fighter jets that have been modified to launch BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, media reported, citing the chief of the IAF air staff, Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

World's 22 richest men have more than all women in Africa: Oxfam

The number of billionaires has doubled in the past decade and the world's 22 richest men now have more wealth than all the women in Africa, Oxfam said Monday in an appeal to the Davos elite to get serious about inequality

Literary luminary 'Jamiluddin Aali' remembered on his birth anniversary

Renowned poet, lyricist, scholar columnist, creator of several popular national songs including "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan" and scholar Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan commonly known as Jamiluddin Aali was remembered on his 95h birth anniversary Monday

India's new citizenship law unnecessary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed as "internal matters" of India the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), but at the same time said the act was "not necessary"