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Lawmaking success lies in facilitating trade, reducing costs: Top leader

Hanoi, Oct. 17 -- The true measure of a law's success is that goods circulate more smoothly, businesses reduce operating costs, citizens across all regions receive better services with better guarante... Read More


PMDC imposes Rs 20m fine on FJ Medical University over student's deathPublished on: October 17, 2026 1:22 AM

Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has fined Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) Rs 20 million over the death of a student, Fariha Ibrahim, inside the university h... Read More


India eyes new export opportunities in lab-grown diamonds, heritage jewellery under FTAs

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- India is looking to expand exports of lab-grown diamonds, coloured gemstones and heritage jewellery by tapping preferential market access under its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), ... Read More


Influencer's 218-km overnight dash to Nepal hours before murder FIR under scanner

India, Oct. 17 -- LUCKNOW Even before social media influencer Shraddha Dubey was formally named as an accused by the family of deceased cafe owner Shiva Sharma, her hurried overnight escape to Nepal-c... Read More


Liberia: LAA Unveils $59 Million Modernization Plan Under Hughes' Leadership

Liberia, Oct. 17 -- Five-Year Strategy Targets Aviation Safety, Airport Security, Financial Reforms and Domestic Connectivity By Gerald C. Koinyeneh Monrovia - The Liberia Airport Authority (LAA), u... Read More


Argentine Demonstration Over President Javier Milei's Education Spending Ends In Clashes: Police Fire Tear Gas At Buenos Aires University Protesters

India, Oct. 17 -- A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires protesting severe higher education budget cuts under Argentine President Javier Milei descended into violent clashes on Thursday afternoon. W... Read More


Authorities raze parts of Ajay Devgn's Mumbai bungalow

Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- Mumbai's civic authorities have demolished parts of Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn's bungalow in the Juhu area over alleged unauthorised alterations. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporat... Read More


A Week After a Rating Upgrade, Vietnam Raises Its Foreign Debt Cap to 50%

HANOI, Oct. 17 -- Vietnam has raised the limit on how much it may owe abroad, a week after Japan's Rating and Investment Information became the first agency, by the government's account, to rate the c... Read More


Kazakhstan Gets a Caspian Data Route, but No Price or Traffic Figure

BAKU, Oct. 17 -- Kazakhstan gained an additional route for its data to Europe on Thursday, and the governments that built it have not said what it finally cost or how much traffic it will carry. Presi... Read More


"Our shared ground exceeds our differences": India calls for balanced climate action ahead of COP31

New York, Oct. 17 -- India has called for balanced and equitable climate action ahead of COP31, stressing the need for greater climate finance, technology transfer and capacity-building for developing... Read More