SRINAGAR ( MEDIA REPORT ) Former J&K CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti spoke to India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai, explaining her warning to the ruling party BJP about diluting or removing Article 370, which confers a special status to Kashmir. She also spoke about how Section 35-A was integral toRead More →
BEIJING ( MEDIA REPORTS ) The crisis in India-controlled Kashmir, which is reeling from New Delhi’s shock decision this week to revoke its autonomy, is likely to dominate the talks between India’s foreign minister and Chinese officials. India’s Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar is on a three-day visit toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Facebook Inc announced on Monday it has taken down 103 “assets” ─ pages, groups and accounts ─ of Pakistani-origin that the company said were linked to employees of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and involved in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. The social media giant — which todayRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) Pakistan needs to abandon short term security driven policy frameworks for connectivity for a long term approach that privileges domestic economic interests and commerce. This was the key takeaway from a Jinnah Institute Roundtable themed “The New Frontier: Exploring East-West Connectivity” held on 30th October, 2018. Economists, formerRead More →
ODISHA, INDIA (MEDIA REPORT) A teenager Indian girl, 18-year-old, died after her mobile phone exploded while she was talking on it, causing her serious burn injuries on chest, hand, and leg. The shocking incident took place in Kheriakani village in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district in India last week. The girl UmaRead More →
Gaurav Sungvani (Guest writer) Digital Marketer | Writer | Aspiring Entrepreneur | Free Market Liberal While Silicon Valley is still the epicenter of entrepreneurship and the destination for college grads who need to build a company, the venture capital that fueled the startup economy in the past couple ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan is working on a massive project with China as part of the USD 55-billion CPEC project to develop a communications system which is not routed through India and the US, a media report said today. The road map of the Long Term Plan (LTP)Read More →
KARACHI/OSLO ( PRESS RELEASE ) Telenor Group today released the findings of its regional online survey that assessed the attitudes of Asia’s millennials towards technology and social impact, as well as the support they feel necessary to become future leaders committed to peace. Organized to support Telenor Youth Forum 2017Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Telenor announced an agreement to sell its Indian operations to Bharti Airtel, in a deal that will see the Norwegian operator exit the country. In a statement, Telenor confirmed a definitive agreement with Airtel, giving the current Indian market leader full ownership of its IndianRead More →
NEW DELHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) Apple is to start making iPhones in India this year, a local government official said Friday, as the firm looks to tap a booming middle class as sales in China slow. The US giant has not confirmed the move, but chief executive Tim CookRead More →
NEW DELHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Supreme Court of India, on Monday, issued notice to tech giants Google India, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook on their role in curbing rising cybercrimes in India. The top court, in November, had sought response from the Centre on what actions it had taken inRead More →
MUMBAI ( MEDIA REPORT ) In what can rightly be called bizarre ‘conspiracy theory’, Indian Yoga teacher, known as ‘Baba Ramdev’ has ‘divulged’ to his followers that ‘China makes money out of India and helps Pakistan,’ cautioning Indians to stop using Chinese products so that Indian money doesn’t go to PakistaniRead More →