The social media outlet formerly known as Twitter, now X continues to remain inaccessible to users in Pakistan following reports from internet watchdog groups regarding outages last Saturday. NetBlocks, an organisation that monitors accessibility issues on the internet, confirmed on the 17th of February 17 that a “national-scale disruption” has hit X in Pakistan in […]
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Image by Altaf Hussain/Reuters The Indian National Congress party says its bank accounts with 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3m) in deposits have been frozen by the Income Tax Department months before the national election. The main opposition party on Friday called the action “a deep assault on India’s democracy”, adding that an income tax tribunal has
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Image by Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters Haris Rauf (pictured above) has had his contract terminated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as he refused to join the Test team for the tour of Australia, which coincided with his stint at Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL). In a statement released yesterday the PCB said: “Haris’ central contract has
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Image by EPA Police in northern India have fired tear gas to prevent thousands of protesting farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on Delhi. The capital is ringed by razor wire, cement blocks and fencing on three sides to keep protests at bay. The government looks to avoid a repeat of the long protests
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Image by Abdul Majeed/ AFP Thousands of protesters blocked highways and started a daylong strike to demonstrate against the results of last week’s general election in Pakistan. The demonstrations yesterday follow the announcement of the final results from the February 8th vote, with tensions high amid claims of vote rigging and tampering, and intense uncertainty over
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Image by Reuters The potential sale of 31 armed drones, missiles and other equipment to India for nearly $4 billion has been approved by the US State Department. The MQ-9B Predator drones deal had been announced during PM Narendra Modi\’s visit to US last June. In December, it was put on hold by a Senate
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Image by EPA Sri Lanka\’s draconian law to regulate online content has come into force, in a move rights groups say is aimed at stifling freedom of speech. The Online Safety Act gives a government commission board powers to assess and remove \”prohibited\” content. Authorities say this law will help fight cybercrime, but critics have
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Image by Joanne Coates/The Guardian Two Delhi restaurants have gone to court as they claim that they have right to say they’re the home of one of India’s favourite dishes: butter chicken. The lawsuit to decide the matter was brought by the Gujral family who run Moti Mahal who say the dish was the creation
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Image by Getty Images India has dismissed allegations by Pakistan that its agents killed two Pakistani citizens on its soil in 2023. Pakistan\’s claims come months after Ottawa alleged that India was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada but India has denied this. Last week, Islamabad said it had \”credible evidence\”
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Image by Adnan Abidi/Reuters India’s Tata Group and Europe’s Airbus have signed an agreement to manufacture civilian helicopters together. Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra confirmed last Friday that the deal was signed during the state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured above). Tata and Airbus are already cooperating on making the C-295 transport aircraft
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