New Delhi, Aug 17 — China’s once-coveted technology jobs are facing growing uncertainty as artificial intelligence reshapes the software industry, with programmers and other highly skilled workers confronting layoffs, shorter careers and mounting financial pressures, according to a report.According…
New Delhi, Aug 17 — Pakistan’s economic policy debate has long centred on inflation, public debt, taxation, exports and the energy crisis. But beneath these recurring challenges lies a deeper problem that could have lasting consequences for the country’s economic future -- widespread childhood…
Dhaka, Aug 17 — Over 1,660 women and girls in Bangladesh faced different forms of violence between January and July this year, local media reported on Monday, citing a rights organisation. According to the rights body, at least 1667 females faced different crimes, including the killing of 83 girls…
New Delhi, Aug 17 — Foreign investors continued their sharp withdrawal from Bangladesh’s stock market in FY26, citing policy uncertainty, weak corporate earnings, banking‑sector stress and currency risks, a new report has said.The report from Bangladesh-based The Daily Star said net foreign…
Colombo, Aug 17 — Sri Lanka has emerged as the country with the most positive perception of India, local media reported citing a new survey across 36 countries which shows how people all over the world continue to have a favourable view of India. "Sri Lanka gave India the strongest rating, with 79…
New Delhi, Aug 17 — The US is pushing for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), a planned undersea electricity link connecting Greece, Cyprus and Israel, to be taken up as a top priority in Greece’s Eastern Mediterranean strategy, according to a report in Greek City Times.The recent agreement in…
New Delhi, Aug 17 — Expressing serious displeasure, the World Bank has warned the Pakistan government that redirecting funds from a multi-billion-rupee resilient housing programme for the flood-affected population in Balochistan to infrastructure projects would further aggravate poverty in the…
Seoul, Aug 17 — South Korea's presidential office said on Monday it expects the friendship between the leaders of North Korea and the United States to help lead to bilateral talks on peace on the Korean Peninsula, following President Donald Trump's reported order to scale back joint military…
Jakarta, Aug 17 — The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province has risen to 54, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Monday. BNPB chief Suharyanto said authorities were continuing to assess casualties and damage, while…
Melbourne, Aug 17 — Researchers in Australia have predicted a new type of quantum matter, challenging decades of thinking about how ultracold particles behave. The study shows that under the right conditions, mixtures of two fundamentally different types of quantum particles -- bosons and fermions…
Seoul, Aug 17 — More than 800 millimetres of rain has pounded South Gyeongsang Province, including Geoje, over the weekend, triggering a landslide in the city that killed a resident, authorities said on Monday. The city of Geoje, more than 300 kilometres southeast of Seoul, received 805.7 mm of…
New Delhi, Aug 17 — India and Turkey should focus on dividing production tasks across shared value chains rather than competing to own entire factories, a new report has said, pointing to the lost opportunity when both countries pursue the same industry and compete for multinational orders.The…
New Delhi, August 17 — There has been a rise in the Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) related activities in West Bengal in the past couple of months. The agencies have busted several terror modules that were planning major strikes in the state. Officials say that there has been a renewed interest…
Los Angeles, Aug 17 — Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs of the United States on the Colorado River, have both fallen to record-low levels since they were filled, according to federal data. US water officials and experts said the declines are increasing risks to water supplies,…
New Delhi, Aug 17 — The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has announced to launch one of its ‘biggest’ campaigns against the Pakistani security forces. The BLA and its supporters have vowed to step up the heat on the security forces and not stop until Balochistan becomes independent from Pakistan.…
New Delhi, Aug 17 — An Indian Army contingent left for Thailand on Monday, where it will participate in 15th edition of India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-XV, slated to be held from August 18 to 31 at Vibhavadi Rangsit Camp in Surat Thani. The bilateral military exercise is aimed at…
Quetta, Aug 17 — Two civilians were killed and two others injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on a civilian logistics vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, police sources said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday at around 3 p.m. local time in the…
San Francisco, Aug 17 — Gujarat Chief Minister, Bhupendra Patel, arrived in San Francisco on Monday with a state delegation, beginning the United States leg of his overseas outreach aimed at attracting investment and strengthening participation in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2027.Patel was…
Seoul, Aug 17 — More than 30 Chinese nationals have been caught after illegally entering South Korea via the west coast in Taean over the past eight years, the South Korean Coast Guard said on Monday. From September 2019 through May this year, 31 Chinese nationals were apprehended in waters off…
Paris, Aug 17 — A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the Bangladeshi authorities over the arbitrary arrest of 15 lawyers, including five women associated with the Chattogram District Bar Association, under Bangladesh’s Anti-Terrorism Act following their participation…
New York, Aug 17 — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani stayed away from the city’s main India Day parade, breaking a tradition of the metropolis's top leader joining the tens of thousands celebrating the nation’s freedom. While he was not at the parade on Sunday, he participated in a smaller…