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India's All Customs Duties Should Be Consolidated Into Fewer Transparent Slabs: GTRI Chief

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- India should simplify its customs duty framework by reducing the actual number of duty slabs rather than merely tweaking Basic Customs Duty (BCD) rates, the Global Trade Research... Read More


How to eat and move through each phase of your menstrual cycle

India, Jan. 21 -- That first hit of the lower back feeling tighter and the rest of the body feeling sluggish feels all to familiar as you approach 'that time of the month'. Now while most already have... Read More


Weaponising Afghan Mines and MineralsPublished on: January 21, 2026 4:38 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 21 -- Power in Afghanistan today is not measured by public consent or institutional authority, but by control over revenue streams that operate beyond law and scrutiny. Nowhere is this ... Read More


NC must clarify stand on divisional status for Pir Panjal, Chenab valley: PDP chief

Jammu, Jan. 21 -- People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday, asked the National Conference (NC) to make its stand clear on the long-pending demand for divisional status for t... Read More


Post Mark-e-Haq: New Strategic Consolidation in Pak-China RelationsPublished on: January 21, 2026 4:37 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 21 -- The Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue held in Beijing on Sunday, 4 January 2026, took place at a moment when regional peace and global stability once again appe... Read More


Punjab CM orders province-wide fire safety audit immediatelyPublished on: January 21, 2026 4:36 PM

Pakistan, Jan. 21 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced a comprehensive province-wide audit of fire safety systems following the tragic blaze at Karachi's Gul Plaza. She stated that the ... Read More


New lift standards for PwDs to force redesigns for India's property, infrastructure developers

NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 -- India is set to notify revised and stricter national standards for elevators used by people with disabilities, designed to make buildings safer for them, more accessible and easi... Read More


No garbage user fee in Gurugram for 6 months as MCG resets system

India, Jan. 21 -- Residents in Gurugram will not have to pay any user fee for door-to-door garbage collection for the next six months, according to the recent notice by the Municipal Corporation of Gu... Read More


Govt empowering LG institutions for prompt public relief: Nasir ShahPublished on: January 21, 2026 4:33 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 21 -- An important and policy-oriented meeting of Pakistan Peoples Party Town Chairmen was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Minister for Local Government, Housing and Town Planning,... Read More


After EV scooties, Sindh plans to launch EV taxis nowPublished on: January 21, 2026 4:32 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 21 -- Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport, and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the Sindh government introduced electric buses for the... Read More