Category: South Asia

Eight killed, five injured in Nepal traffic accident

Kathmandu, Nov 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A sports utility vehicle fell off a highway in Nepal on Friday morning, leaving eight dead…

1 month ago

Voting begins in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election

Colombo, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Voting in Sri Lanka's parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the Parliament…

1 month ago

16 killed after coach falls into river in Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 16 people were killed and two others injured after a passenger coach fell into…

1 month ago

Lahore schools ordered closed as city remains blanketed by smog

Islamabad, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) As residents of Lahore gasp for breath under persistent smog with the air quality index mark…

2 months ago

Pakistan makes biometric verification mandatory at airports

Islamabad, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan government has made biometric verification mandatory at airports across the country in a step…

2 months ago

Border guards of India, B’desh exchange sweets on Diwali

Agartala/Guwahati, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the occasion of Diwali, sweets were exchanged on Thursday between the troops of Border Security…

2 months ago

Mizo group urges govt to set up shelter homes for refugees from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Manipur

Aizawl, Oct 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mizoram’s most influential civil society organisation, the Young Mizo Association (YMA) on Wednesday requested the state…

2 months ago

Yahya Afridi takes oath as Chief Justice of Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Yahya Afridi took oath as the 30th Chief Justice of Pakistan on Saturday, according to a…

2 months ago

Pakistan religious leader writes letter to President Zardari, expresses concern at Zakir Naik’s ‘anti-Christian’ remarks

Sahiwal (Pakistan), Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reverend Azad Marshall, President Bishop of the Synod, the Church of Pakistan, Reverend Azad Marshall,…

2 months ago

1,092 climbers allowed to scale 41 peaks in Nepal

Kathmandu, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal has permitted 1,092 climbers to summit 41 mountains in the country during the fall climbing…

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Justice Yahya Afridi appointed next Chief Justice of Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari appointed Supreme Court Justice Yahya Afridi as the next Chief Justice…

2 months ago

Nepal gifts two elephants to Qatar

Kathmandu, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal has decided to gift a pair of male and female elephants to Qatar, the government…

2 months ago

Four arrested, 33 kg illicit drugs seized in Afghanistan

Charikar, Afghanistan, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four people were arrested along with 33 kg of illicit drugs from Afghanistan's Parwan province,…

2 months ago

Afghanistan gets access to 900 MW electricity: Energy Minister

Kabul, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Afghan caretaker government's acting Energy and Water Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor has said that his…

2 months ago

Pakistan’s economic paradox: Taxing the poor, exempting the powerful (IANS Analysis)

New Delhi, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan's economy is seemingly trapped in a cycle of decline, with little hope for immediate…

2 months ago

Afghanistan exports saffron, ferula asafoetida worth $77.5 million in 6 months

Kabul, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Afghanistan exported saffron and ferula asafoetida worth $77.5 million over the past six months, Ministry of…

2 months ago

Fuel train derails in Sri Lanka after collision with wild elephants

Colombo, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) A train transporting fuel derailed in Sri Lanka's North Central Province after colliding with a herd…

2 months ago

Sri Lanka withdraws flood warnings related to two main rivers

Colombo, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka's Irrigation Department on Friday withdrew flood warnings issued on October 11 for areas around…

2 months ago

US Congressman seeks briefing on ‘plight of Hindus’ in Bangladesh

Washington, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has requested a briefing from the State Department on reports of "the…

2 months ago

SCO must lead push for UNSC reform: EAM Jaishankar in Islamabad

Islamabad, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Wednesday used the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting…

2 months ago



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