US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States is monitoring what he describes as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of the South Asian nation’s rights record.

Dr. Amjad Saqib is a Pakistani philanthropist who is praised for his efforts in poverty alleviation. His organization Akhuwat was established in 2003 with USD 100.

Tesla is developing a vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals, with a "volume production" deadline of 2024. Elon Musk, the company's CEO, discussed the "dedicated robotaxi" during the company's Q1 results call on Wednesday.

Google, Meta and other large online platforms will have to act to better protect their users. Europe has made clear that they cannot act as independent digital islands.

Mr. Bin Salman suggested what his thinking maybe when he approved a US$2 billion investment by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), in a controversial private equity fund against the advice of the PIF’s screening panel.

Ismail said his immediate goal was reining in double-digit inflation -- a target complicated by lifting fuel subsidies -- and kickstarting job creation.

The NSC meeting concluded that “there has been no foreign conspiracy” to oust Imran Khan’s government. However, it also reaffirmed the decisions of the last NSC meeting.

Crude exports grew by 300,000 barrels a day in April

The energy-starved country was forced towards this decision as two major commodity trading companies defaulted on their agreements to supply LNG cargoes for the months between April and June.

As a result of such policies, the second quarterly report of FY22 depicted encouraging growth in digital banking. The state bank reported that the “overall e-banking transactions volume grew by 10.7% to 400mn whereas value by 22.8% to over Rs33tn.

Once completed, the Kurram Tangi Dam, which has a capacity of 83. 4 MW, would control floodwater and irrigate the barren 35,000-acre land, and make North Waziristan self-sufficient in agricultural production.

UK and India had agreed to work together in defence procurement to meet threats across land, sea and air, space and cyber, including partnering on new fighter jet technology, maritime technologies to detect and respond to threats in the oceans.