Author: Mike Harrison

The armed men opened fire on Zaman Khan check-post which resulted in the death of four Frontier Corps soldiers. Unidentified armed men opened fire on a security check-post in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, killing at least four paramilitary soldiers.The attack took place on Thursday in Kahan area of Kohlu district. The armed men opened fire on Zaman Khan check-post which resulted in the death of four Frontier Corps soldiers. One soldier was injured in the attack, sources said.Baluchistan has been battling an insurgency for more than a decade by separatists demanding complete autonomy or a larger share of the province’s…

The precious salt is extracted from the Salt Range in Punjab which extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north of the Jhelum River. Pakistan has decided to register Himalayan pink salt as Geographical Indications (GI) to prevent its unauthorised use by other countries.A GI tag is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess origin-based qualities and reputation in the region.  The precious salt is extracted from the Salt Range in Punjab which extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north of the Jhelum River.The decision was taken…

The number of asylum-seekers coming in initially will be very limited, beginning Friday at a border crossing in San Diego and expanding to Brownsville, Texas, on Monday and El Paso, Texas, next Friday. After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country starting Friday as they wait for courts to decide on their cases, unwinding one of the Trump administration’s signature immigration policies that President Joe Biden vowed to end.Also read: U.S. appeals court restores partial blockage of Trump’s anti-asylum ruleThe number of asylum-seekers coming in initially will…

Blinken tells EU that the U.S. would re-enter the deal if Iran returns to compliance. The Biden administration has said that it will participate in talks with Iran with a view to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the ‘Iran nuclear deal’, which has been unravelling since the U.S.’s departure from the deal in 2018.“The United States would accept an invitation from the European Union high representative to attend a meeting of the P5+1 and Iran to discuss a diplomatic way forward on Iran’s nuclear program,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday.In 2018, Mr Trump…

Police investigation finds criminal negligence by duo. An FIR has been registered at the Bhandara police station against two nurses for a fire incident at a hospital on January 9, in which 10 infants were killed. “After investigation in the case, it was found that there was criminal negligence on the part of two nurses, Shubhangi Sathavane and Smita Ambildhuke. Further investigations are on,” DGP, Maharashtra, Hemant Nagrale said.The FIR is registered under Section 304 part 2 of the IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). Sub divisional police officer Arun Waykar from Sakoli is the complainant in the case.The…

“It was obviously a mistake. In hindsight, I wouldn’t have done it,” the 50-year-old Republican told reporters as he returned to Houston. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz flew into a storm of criticism on February 18 after leaving his home state of Texas in the grip of a deadly deep freeze, for a family holiday jaunt to the Mexican resort of Cancun he said he took to please his young daughters.“It was obviously a mistake. In hindsight, I wouldn’t have done it,” the 50-year-old Republican told reporters as he returned to Houston.Mr. Cruz said he had planned to stay through the…

A select list of stories to read before you start your day. The spacecraft’s self-guided descent and landing during a complex series of maneuvers that NASA dubbed “the seven minutes of terror” stands as the most elaborate and challenging feat in the annals of robotic spaceflight. The primary aim is to search for possible fossilized signs of microbes that may have flourished on Mars some 3 billion years ago, when the planet was warmer, wetter and potentially hospitable to life.The strong response from the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Anurag Srivastava, came soon after the experts connected the Indian policy…

The 24-day-old PSC rank holders agitation for government jobs turned violent on Thursday. Kerala Students Union (KSU) activists, voicing support for the striking rank holders, clashed with the police in front of the Secretariat. At least five law enforcers and several student activists were injured in the violence. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the violence. KSU workers had attacked the police. They had singled out an officer for assault. However, the police had exercised maximum restraint, he said. KSU State president K.M. Abhijith said Mr. Vijayan had tasked the police to unleash violence on KSU workers. Law enforcers without nameplates…

The Jaganmohan Reddy government has rejected Odisha’s contempt petition in the Supreme Court accusing Andhra of “infringing” on disputed inter-State border villages to conduct polls.The Andhra government said Odisha’s claims were “grossly misconceived”.“The State of Andhra Pradesh has not taken any step in violation of any agreement/direction. The State of Andhra Pradesh has been duly administrating its own territories and has not infringed upon the territory of the petitioner [Odisha],” Andhra government, represented by advocate Mahfooz A. Nazki, clarified.Old disputeOdisha has sought contempt action against its neighbour for allegedly violating a status quo order of the Supreme Court in the…

Rush Limbaugh, a popular radio commentary host who dominated the “conservative airwaves” in the U.S., died at the age of 70 on Wednesday. Limbaugh was a powerful voice for the conservative movement and a strident and rabid critique of liberalism and progressivism. His four-decade-old radio stint took a turn towards hardline political commentary in the late 1980s after the Reagan administration revoked the Fairness Doctrine, a decision that opened the floodgates for unbalanced opinion on controversial issues on broadcast channels. Limbaugh’s no-holds-barred commentary continually pressed for hardline policies on issues such as welfare, promoted slander and diatribe against Democrats, liberal…