The government of India’s Karnataka state has removed the 4.0 per cent reservation for backward Muslims in jobs and education. The state has distributed the 4.0 per cent quota offered for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims among the Vokkaligas and Lingayats, the dominant communities of the
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the country's finance ministry has no funds to hold elections. The minister made the revelation while addressing the international media in a joint press conference in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, according to India-based news outlet
India finance ministry has asked state-run banks to assess various financial health parameters amid turbulence across the global banking sector. After a meeting with chiefs of state-run banks in New Delhi on Saturday, the finance ministry said in a statement that lenders have been asked to identif
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he is not bothered by the disqualification from parliament, adding he will continue to defend the democratic voice of the Indian people. Congress party leader Gandhi was disqualified as a lawmaker on Friday, a day after he was found guilt
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited army engineers on Saturday and reviewed their training, saying that defending democracy is the armed forces' "great" mission, ahead of a trip next week to the United States and Central America. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up its
The United States on Friday announced further sanctions against Myanmar, targeting the supply of jet fuel to Myanmar's military following air strikes in civilian populated areas, the US Treasury Department said. The Treasury in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two people and six entities c
A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a US contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria, and US forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the Pentagon said. Activists said the US bombin
Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, a step that would mark a leap forward in Damascus's return to the Arab fold. Contacts between Riyadh and Damascus had gathered momentu
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh canceled the manufacturing licence of the pharmaceutical firm, Marion Biotech, whose cough syrups were linked to the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan, officials said Thursday. "Marion Biotech's licence was canceled as the company couldn't
China threatened "serious consequences" Friday after the U.S. Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row, in a move Beijing claimed was a violation of its sovereignty and security. The warning comes amid growing tensions between C
Maritime issues between the Philippines and China remain a "serious concern", a Philippine official said on Friday, as the countries pledged to use diplomacy to resolve differences peacefully during high-level talks. The Philippines hosted this week the first in-person meeting between diplomats fr
India's parliament on Friday disqualified the leader of the main opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, a day after a court jailed him for two years in a defamation case loosely linked to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, parliament said in a statement. Gandhi "stands disqualified from the membe
Hong Kong's government announced a series of measures on Friday to attract wealthy family offices to set up in the financial hub as authorities try to restore business confidence and investor allure after three years of severe COVID-19 rules. A revamped investment migration scheme, new tax c
