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Photo: Adobe StockOn April 21, Facebook announced a $5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms Limited, India’s largest—and the world’s third-largest—mobile network operator, with over 370 million subscribers. In their official announcement, representatives of Facebook wrote, “India is in the midst of one of the most dynamic social and economic transformations…

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway connecting the Kashmir valley to the outside world is one of the most treacherous roads in South Asia. In 2019, more people died on the highway than in Kashmir's regional conflict. The mayhem started around midnight. The whimpers intensified into screams, as rocks began tumbling down…

The Associated Press has won a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for images made during India’s clampdown on KashmirBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated PressMay 5, 2020, 1:35 AM5 min readNEW YORK -- The story of India’s crackdown on Kashmir last August was difficult to show to the world. The unprecedented lockdown…

The Associated Press has won a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for images made during India’s clampdown on KashmirBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated PressMay 4, 2020, 7:43 PM5 min readNEW YORK -- The story of India’s crackdown on Kashmir last August was difficult to show to the world. The unprecedented lockdown…

By Jennifer PeltzThe Associated PressMon., May 4, 2020timer4 min. readNEW YORK - The story of India’s crackdown on Kashmir last August was difficult to show to the world. The unprecedented lockdown included a sweeping curfew and shutdowns of phone and internet service.But Associated Press photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and…

By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 2, 2020 5:03:19 pm Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday April 22, 2020. (House of Commons via AP)During his first dialogue with the Labour Friends of India (LFI) group on…

ISLAMABAD: A slight upward tick has been observed in casualties in militant attacks in Pakistan during April though the number of such assaults remained the same as compared to March. Militants appear to be trying to get back some territory in North Waziristan tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where most…

Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused by the scourge deepened in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government said it…

Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused by the scourge deepened in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government said it…

Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused by the scourge deepened in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government said it…