Modi’s party retains Indian mega-state

Lucknow, India, March 10 (AFP/APP): A firebrand monk and poster boy of Hindu nationalism retained power in India’s most populous state Thursday, in a triumph for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. Partial results gave the BJP 202 seats, a majority in the Uttar Pradesh […]

ASER report launched

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (APP): The 19 percent of children remained out of school in 2021 while the 40 percent of government and 23 percent of private schools imparted multi-grade teaching till grade 8 while multi-grade in grade 2 and 8 has been dropped in government […]

Braley returns for Italy against Scotland in Six Nations

Rome, March 10 (AFP/APP):Scrum-half Callum Braley returns for Italy with hooker Giacomo Nicotera set for his first start in Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Scotland in Rome with the hosts attempting to end their 35-match losing streak in the tournament. Braley, 27, missed out on […]

MQM’s zonal office reopened

HYDERABAD, Mar 10 (APP): The zonal office of MQM Hyderabad, which was sealed 6 years ago on Thursday reopened. MQM offices had been sealed in 2016 after a controversial speech by the party’s founder and the present government had recently ordered for reopening of the […]

Pakistan committed to empower women: Ambassador Akram

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (APP): Pakistan remains committed to empower women in all walks of life; Ambassador Munir Akram told a virtual event held to celebrate the achievements of Pakistani women in leadership at the United Nations. “We are proud that today Pakistan’s women participate […]

Int’l E-Conference on ecolinguistics and ecological narratives concluded

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (APP): A two-day international e-conference on Ecolinguistics and Ecological Narratives concluded here Thursday at the Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Riphah International University. At the conference, 28 international speakers from 16 countries presented their research on much-needed topics of ecology. More […]

G7 calls on oil, gas producers to boost deliveries

Berlin, March 10 (AFP/APP): The G7 club of the most industrialised nations on Thursday urged big energy-producing countries to boost deliveries to blunt the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on prices. “We call on oil and gas producing countries to act in a […]

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