Kabul [Afghanistan], January 16 (ANI): The Taliban members fired tear gas and used pepper spray against the Afghan women who were protesting for their rights in Kabul on Sunday, reported local media.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): On the occasion of the National Startup Day, BJP MP and the party's Yuva Morcha national president Tejasvi Surya on Sunday said India is currently the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world housing eighty-two unicorns.
Chandigarh [India], January 16 (ANI): Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) on Sunday extended its support to the demand of postponing assembly polls in Punjab by a week in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 16.
Chandigarh [India], January 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's brother Manohar Singh Bassi on Sunday announced that he will be contesting as an independent candidate from Bassi Pathana assembly seat in the upcoming polls after Congress did not give him a ticket.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): One of the sweetest Punjabi on-screen couples, Ammy Virk and Tania, loved by audiences for their film 'Sufna', are back together in the new song 'Teri Jatti'.
Imphal (Manipur), January 16 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly elections in Manipur, Alhaj Mohammed Nasiruddin Khan, son of former state Minister Mohammed Allauddin Khan from Congress Party, joined the National People's Party (NPP) on Sunday at Mayon Complex, Iroisemba here.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch portrays a grim picture of civil rights abuses in Pakistan and the increasing persecution of religious minorities and marginalised groups.
Beijing [China], January 16 (ANI): A North Korean freight train arrived in China's border city of Dandong on Sunday following a long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the resumption of full-fledged trade between the two countries still remains uncertain, a media report said.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): As India marks one year of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on Sunday, Dr Balram Bhargava, DG ICMR said that the country was able to provide vaccines to over 100 countries in line with our philosophy of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Kim Kardashian is upset over a recent Kanye West interview, where he claimed that she prevented him from entering her home with their kids because Pete Davidson was over.
Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Pakistan staged a protest against the fertiliser crisis, unavailability of irrigation water and the "precarious" law and order in Sadiqabad Tehsil, local media reported on Sunday.
Tehran [Iran], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Sunday reported 2,292 new COVID-19 daily cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,221,033.