The Indian smartphone market has experienced a lot of ups and downs in recent times. According to Counterpoint Research, the market hit 158 million units in 2019 after experiencing a steady growth within the preceding five years. However, the market saw a minor dip of four per cent in 2020 (from 158 million in 2019 […]
In three years to 2017–when the coalition government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in power in Jammu and Kashmir–31,085 people were certified as disabled in the 10 districts in Kashmir valley, up 74% from 17,898 people in the three preceding years, information based on RTI shows. According […]
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has warned Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over his “sinful projects”, in a bulletin released today, reports said. Prince Mohammed has spearheaded a string of policy changes in Saudi Arabia, including reinstating cinemas and allowing women to drive. “The new era of Bin Salman replaced mosques with movie […]
A Muslim tailor died of injuries in hospital after a Hindu mob attacked him and a friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district on suspicion of cow slaughter, reports said. Police identified the tailor as Riyaz, 45. His friend, Shakeel, 38, was injured in the alleged assault and admitted in a hospital in Jabalpur. They were […]
India has sent to Bangladesh its second relief consignment to help tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar following a military crackdown, triggering one of the world’s worst refugee crises, reports said. Over 600,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar’s violence-hit Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh since August when the military intensified crackdown against […]
US designates MML as ‘terrorist outfit’ The US Department of State amended its designation of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on Monday, identifying Milli Muslim League (MML) and Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir (TAJK) as LeT affiliates, making it impossible for them to register as political parties. The Department of State amended the designation of LeT to include the aliases MML and […]
The inspector general of police (traffic) in Jammu, Basant Rath and the son of an IPS officer have filed police complaints against each other. Rath, who is known as an upright officer, took to social networking site Facebook to narrate the incident, according to Outlook online. “I made a complaint today. A first. In personal […]
Nearly 40 geologists from China and Pakistan have teamed up to survey the Makran Trench in Balochistan following Beijing’s concerns over the possibility of a massive earthquake affecting the strategic Gwadar port in the province, a media report said Saturday. The trench is the meeting point for two tectonic plates and is close to the […]
Traffic police has seized over hundred two-wheelers over the past few days and fined violators as part of a drive “aimed at safeguarding the life and property of residents,” according to officials (Pictures by Zargar Zahoor)