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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on course Thursday for a major victory in the world’s largest election, with early trends suggesting an even bigger win for his Hindu nationalist
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Shaheen-II is capable of carrying both conventional, nuclear warheads up to range of 1,500 kilometers, says military PKONWEB Report — Pakistan on Thursday conducted successful training launch of surface-to-surface ballistic
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PKONWEB Report — The government’s National Security Committee (NSC) Wednesday held an exceptionally significant meeting in capital Islamabad at the Prime Minister Office (PMO). Backdrop: volatile situation in the region
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TASNEEM NOORANI — THE PTI government is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. When they procrastinated on signing up with the International Monetary Fund, there was unanimous
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Aramco doesn’t currently produce LNG; Its trading arm sold its first LNG cargo on the spot market in late March to an Indian buyer; In April an Aramco team was
Continue readingSaudi Aramco Signs U.S. LNG Deal, Eyes Global Market Including Pakistan, India
DESPARDES News Monitor — President Donald Trump has been warned by the west’s most influential economics thinktank that further escalation of the US-China trade war would unleash significant damage for the
Continue readingTrump’s China Trade War Could Hit Global Economy By $600B: OECD
Employment optimism among workforce is highest since 2000; Most Americans are feeling optimistic about their finances; Majorities of Americans rate economy positively and say it’s improving DESPARDES — Amid trade war
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Pakistan currently has largest percentage of young people in its history PKONWEB — The PTI-led government on Tuesday approved a massive youth employment initiative dubbed “Kamyab Jawan Program” meant to
Continue reading100Bn Youth Loan Program Could Create 1m Successful Entrepreneurs, 5m Jobs
DESPARDES News Monitor — Bahrain, which is hosting the rollout of the first part of the US administration’s Middle East peace plan, on Monday reiterated its principled support for the
Tweets from UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said there are around 6,800 investors eligible for the first batch of visas BE2C2 Report — The United Arab Emirates has launched today
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Kashmir rights group seeks UN probe into torture by India troops (UPI) — A rights group said Monday it wants the United Nations to look into the ways India responds to
Continue readingRights Group: India Controls Kashmir Rebels With Torture, Demands UN Probe
DESPARDES News Monitor — The foreign minister of Oman, which in the past helped pave the way for negotiations between Iran and the United States, visited Tehran on Monday as
Continue readingOman’s Top Diplomat Visits Tehran, Talks on Gulf Issues