LAHORE: Up to 39 universities in Pakistan have made it to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2024.
Quaid-i-Azam University is the sole Pakistani university on the list, ranking among the top 500 institutions. Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Air University, Capital University of Science and Technology...
In a radical step, a group of lawyers has knocked on the doors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against China's increasing atrocities toward Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim populations in the Xinjiang region. Subjecting minority groups to genocide, including mass arbitrary detention, forced labour, torture, forced sterilization, separation...
Kathmandu , November 13: Nepal government Minister of Information and Communications, Rekha Sharma, said on Monday that a cabinet meeting of the Nepal government has decided to ban the social media app TikTok and a complete technical ban will come into effect later.
While confirming the development over the phone...
China has long been the engine of global growth.
But in recent weeks, its economic slowdown has alarmed international leaders and investors who are no longer counting on it to be a bulwark against weakness elsewhere. In fact, for the first time in decades, the world’s second economy is itself the problem.
Hong...
The latest data from China show the slowdown in the world’s second largest economy, reflected in significant deflationary trends, is not abating. Moreover, it is in danger of missing the already low official target of 5.5 percent growth this year.
According to official figures released on Monday, the economy grew...
Kabul , November 20: A group of women in Afghanistan's Takhar province have demanded the release of women's rights activists currently detained by the Taliban-led administration.
These activists have been champions of gender equality and women's empowerment in Afghanistan, calling for women's fundamental rights and opportunities. However, their recent arrest...
My neighbour in Ram Vihar, on seeing me all packed and cheerful over my holiday enquired where I was headed. “To escape Delhi’s smog, I am off to Nepal” I replied. “But Nepal is reverberating with earthquakes” he said, referring to two massive tremors (magnitude 6.3 and below) on...
Cape Town , November 25: Expressing his view on recent developments in India-Maldives ties, former president Mohamed Nasheed said the future of the island country lies with an ever-stronger relationship with India and he believes the new government will understand its intricacies.
"We had presidential elections and there is a...
French software firm OVHcloud has launched its first data centre in India as it expands in the Asia-Pacific region aiming to capitalise on growing cloud adoption amid heightened concerns over data privacy, it said on Monday.
The new data centre in Mumbai will provide Indian businesses with local computer and...
Tel Aviv , November 25: Fourteen more Israeli hostages are poised for release on Saturday, as confirmed by an Israeli official acquainted with the list received on Friday night. Simultaneously, the Israel Prison Service revealed that it received a list comprising 42 Palestinian terror convicts, slated for release today.
This...
