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NAWAZ SHARIF, BHUTTO TO FORM GOVT IN PAKISTAN
Suspense Ends, Nawaz Sharif & Bilawal Bhutto To Form Coalition Government In Pakistan

Ending the political suspense, Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan People's Party (PPP), agreed to form a coalition government in Pakistan.

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  • Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Pakistan's two major political parties agree to form coalition govt
Pakistan's two major political parties agree to form coalition govt

"Both the parties have agreed on a power-sharing formula as we have the required number of seats in the National Assembly (NA) to form the government," PML-N President and former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday evening during a joint press conference in Islamabad.

  • Wednesday, 21 February 2024
World Car Person Of The Year Finalists
Maruti Suzuki’s CV Raman in race with Red Bull’s Adrian Newey & 3 others for World Car Person of the Year Award

Having spent 4-decades at Maruti-Suzuki, Raman leads development for global models. After years of transferring technology and engineering created in Japan to the Indian operation, he has now developed in-house teams and capability in India.

  • Saturday, 17 February 2024
Russian opposition leader and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison
Russian opposition leader and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Seen as President Vladimir Putin's most vociferous critic, Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term for offences widely considered politically motivated.

  • Saturday, 17 February 2024
Joe Biden
Attacks on Indian students: Biden admin working very hard to thwart untoward incident, says US

Deaths of at least four Indian American students have been reported in the last several weeks.

  • Friday, 16 February 2024
Qatar court releases 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel; 7 back in India: MEA
Qatar court releases 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel; 7 back in India: MEA

India on Monday has welcomed the decision of the Qatar court to release the eight former Indian Army personnel, who were previously sentenced to death, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement.

  • Monday, 12 February 2024
Pakistan Elections: No Clear Majority Of Any Party; Both Imran Khan & Nawaz Sharif Claim Victory
Pakistan Elections: No Clear Majority Of Any Party; Both Imran Khan & Nawaz Sharif Claim Victory

The Pakistan Election seems no less than a movie. The action-packed political drama is still continuing with a question. The question of who will prevail the contest? With counting of votes underway and no clear winner emerging, the parities are arranging meetings to establish majority to form government in the centre.

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emergency declared in Peru
Emergency declared in 96 districts in Peru due to heavy rains

The government's decision, which will be in force for 60 days, allows for "the execution of immediate and necessary emergency measures and actions for response and rehabilitation as appropriate," Xinhua news agency reported.

  • Sunday, 11 February 2024
Landslide in Philippines
Landslide in Philippines: Death toll climbs to 35, 77 missing

The Maco municipal government said on Saturday that 32 have been rescued from the landslide, which occurred on Tuesday night near a mining site in Maco town

  • Sunday, 11 February 2024
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Pakistan heading for hung parliament, Nawaz Sharif calls for unity government
Pakistan heading for hung parliament, Nawaz Sharif calls for unity government

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday called for a unity government as the cash-strapped Pakistan appeared to be heading towards a hung parliament, with independent candidates backed by jailed ex-premier Imran Khan's party springing a surprise by winning 92 out of the 224 seats for which results were declared so far.

Artificial Intelligence
US bans AI-generated robocalls to protect consumers from scams

The unanimous judgment on Thursday recognises the calls made with AI-generated voices as "artificial" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, according to FCC.

Deepfake
Deepfakes: European Union prepares 1st guidelines for digital platforms ahead of election

The draft guidelines include recommendations to avoid “democratic risks from generative AI and deepfakes”, along with content moderation and political ads transparency.

  • Friday, 09 February 2024
Pakistan General elections 2024
Voting begins for Pakistan general elections; mobile services temporarily suspended

Minutes before polling began, mobile internet services were temporarily suspended across the country, Dawn reported.

Indian student brutally attacked, robbed in Chicago
Indian student brutally attacked, robbed in Chicago; horrifying video goes viral

He was walking towards his apartment when a bunch of robbers attacked him. The miscreants held him at gunpoint and robbed him at Campbell Ave, Chicago.

Chile's ex-President Sebastian Pinera
Chile's ex-President Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash

Chile's Interior Minister said that four people had been involved in a helicopter crash on Tuesday. While three people survived, the former President was killed.

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