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London [UK], Feb. 1 : Thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of offences that once criminalised homosexuality have been posthumously pardoned under a new law.A clause in the Policing and Crime Bill, which received royal assent on Tuesday, extends …

Washington D.C., Feb. 1 : U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he will nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.Introducing Gorsuch, Trump said he had committed as a candidate to “find the very best judge in the country for …

Washington D.C., Feb. 1 : U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he will nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.Introducing Gorsuch, Trump said he had committed as a candidate to “find the very best judge in the country for …

Lahore [Pakistan], Feb. 1 : The Ministry of Information announced that the Government has decided to continue the existing policy to display all international films, including Indian films, in Pakistani cinemas.”Federal government is pleased to continu…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 31 : The ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have submitted the names separately of five people each they want as members of the next Election Commission to the Cabinet Division on Tuesday.The names f…

Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan. 31 : Nepal’s parliament has approved the Bill on Election (Offence and Punishment). The bill is the third poll-related law introduced over the last week’s time the Bill to Amend and Integrate Laws Related to the Election Commiss…

Washington [United States], Jan. 31 : The Trump Administration has introduced a legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to USD 130,000, making it dif…

New Delhi [India]/Astana [Kazakhstan], Jan.31 : Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced plans to devolve some of his powers to the country’s parliament and cabinet.In a brief televised address to the nation in the week gone by, Presid…

Gilgit [PoK], Jan.31 : Journalists in Gilgit took to the streets and staged a protest against issuance of notices to various local newspapers by Gilgit-Baltistan bureaucracy for publishing stories ‘critical’ of the regional government.About two dozen j…

New Delhi [India]/Astana [Kazakhstan], Jan.31 : Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced plans to devolve some of his powers to the country’s parliament and cabinet.In a brief televised address to the nation in the week gone by, Presid…