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J&K govt planning to establish golf academy in Kashmir: Omar

Srinagar, Aug. 5 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that government is mulling to establish a golf academy in Kashmir to identify and groom young talent from an ear... Read More


UAE resumes issuing visit visas to Pakistani citizens through registered travel agentsPublished on: August 5, 2026 8:32 AM

Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has resumed issuing visit visas to Pakistani citizens applying through registered travel agents, easing months of uncertainty and lengthy processing ... Read More


Hanoi seeks to expand trade, tourism ties with French businesses

Paris, Aug. 5 -- Hanoi promoted new opportunities for trade and tourism cooperation with French businesses at a conference held in Paris on August 4. The event brought together around 60 participants... Read More


{Centre in Lok Sabha} Over 60L unorganised workers from Punjab registered on e-Shram portal

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- More than 60 lakh unorganised workers from Punjab, including 22,272 gig and platform workers, have registered on the Centre's e-Shram portal, with the industrial hub of Ludhiana ... Read More


One Kashmir builds, another boils: How the LoC is revealing two diverging development stories

India, Aug. 5 -- The Line of Control (LoC) has long been one of South Asia's most closely watched fault lines. But in 2026, the contrast emerging on either side is increasingly visible not only throug... Read More


A tale of two Kashmirs: As J&K rises with integration, PoK sinks deeper into crisis

India, Aug. 5 -- For decades, the international discourse surrounding Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was trapped in a repetitive, predictable cycle of rhetorical posturing and diplomatic theatre. Every year,... Read More


Article 370 abrogation anniversary: Jammu and Kashmir surges ahead as PoJK faces crisis

Pahalgam, Aug. 5 -- Six years after the abrogation of Article 370, a stark contrast has emerged between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). While Jammu and Kashmir is wi... Read More


Indonesia's economy grows 5.29 percent despite global uncertainty

Jakarta, Aug. 5 -- Indonesia's economic performance continues to outpace global trends despite persistent geopolitical tension and technological disruption, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs ... Read More


Why the EU's big covid-recovery fund lost steam

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- NOT SINCE the great flood of 1966 has Florence known such disruption. A tramway extension has turned the road fringing the city centre into a construction site. Costing €500... Read More


"Socialist communes/wards" concretise Vietnam's new development orientation: Chinese scholar

Beijing, Aug. 5 -- The pilot rollout of "socialist communes/wards" in Hanoi is an important step concretising the development orientations set out at the Communist Party of Vietnam's 14th National Con... Read More