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Pakistan's APC held for concocting future strategy

Islamabad (Pakistan), Aug 02 (ANI): Another all-party conference (APC) meeting was held by the opposition to concoct a strategy to decide the future course of action with regards to alleged rigging of elections. The agenda of the meeting includes finalising the names of the opposition's candidates for the posts of prime minister, speaker, and deputy speaker as well as finalise a strategy regarding the oath-taking of the MNAs-elect. The opposition also devises a strategy in connection with holding protests inside and outside the parliament.

No foreign dignitaries invited to Imran Khan's swearing-in

New Delhi, Aug 02 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) confirmed that no foreign dignitaries have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-in-waiting, Imran Khan. "We will not invite any foreign dignitaries," Geo News quoted PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, as saying. As per Chaudhry, Khan has decided to keep the ceremony 'extremely simple' and not 'ostentatious', and will be a 'purely national event'. However, the PTI spokesperson said only select friends of Khan have been invited to the swearing-in, such as former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot Singh Sidhu, and actor Aamir Khan. Khan will be the 20th Prime Minister of Pakistan and the swearing-in ceremony will be held at President's House in Islamabad.

Nissei can supply most satisfactory sweet in hot summer

Tokyo (Japan), Aug 02 (ANI): The number of foreign tourists coming to Japan increases every year and many hopes to enjoy the moment of travel even in a very hot summer season. With such heat, frozen dessert companies are finding an opportunity to promote their products as a measure to face the summer heat. "Dolci cafe Silkream" is located in Shibuya, a popular place among foreign tourists. It is the flagship shop of "Nissei Company" which first introduced soft serve ice cream into Japan in 1951. "Nissei Company" has strived with pride of the pioneer to penetrate soft serve ice cream in Japanese market for about half a century. Today, it is the only company in Japan which can supply all products related to soft serve ice cream, including cone cups, soft serve mix, and freezers. Customers can enjoy new styles of ice cream at this cafe. The menu is also available in English for foreign customers."Cremia" is great-tasting type of soft-serve ice cream made with high milk fat content which g

Kyocera develops full-spectrum LED lights to conserve energy

Kyoto (Japan), Aug 02 (ANI): The market for LED lighting has rapidly grown during the last few years due to awareness of energy conservation and long-lasting electricity. Kyocera Corporation announced that it has developed world's first full-spectrum LED lighting for aquariums. Its high-color-rendering LED lighting combines its proprietary violet LEDs and RGB (red, green and blue) phosphors to create lights close to natural sunlight at specific underwater depths. Kyocera's new LED lighting is ideal for growing various water creatures as it reproduces the light close to natural habitats of corals and water plants. By combining violet LEDs and RGB phosphor blending technology, its high-color-rendering LEDs produce light extremely close to natural sunlight. As each LED element emits full-spectrum light close to natural sunlight, it produces light with luminance uniformity without color separation making it ideal for growing corals and other sea creatures for a long period of time. Kyocera

India's invitation to US President Donald Trump has been extended: Sarah Sanders

Washington DC (USA), Aug 02 (ANI): White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders assured that India's invitation to US President Donald Trump to be the chief guest for India's Republic Day has been extended. She said, "Invitation (US Pres as chief guest for India's Republic Day) has been extended, but I don't believe if decision has been made. Secretary Mattis and Secretary Pompeo will be in India next month and will begin discussion for a potential visit next year."

Ready to settle my dues: Vijay Mallya after receiving bail

London, Jul 31 (ANI): Liquor baron Vijay Mallya was granted bail by London's Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. This was the concluding stage of a final hearing in his extradition case, where the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on behalf of India and the defence presented their final submissions. Next hearing in the extradition case against Mallya will be held on September 12. Speaking to mediapersons, Mallya said, "I have not included any clemency plea in my unconditional offer to the Karnataka High Court. All that we have said to the court is, here are my assets worth 14,000 crores, please tell them under judicial supervision to pay the banks and the other creditors. That's it. There are no further requests at all."

Quake hits Indonesia: Nearly 700 hikers trapped on volcano

Lombok (Indonesia), Jul 31 (ANI): In a deadly earthquake more than a dozen people died and over 680 people are trapped on a volcano on the famous tourist island of Lombok in Indonesia. Currently, a rescue operation is underway to save those trapped tourists in landslides on Mount Rinjani, an active volcano. In the 6.4 magnitude quake that struck off eastern Indonesia, thousands of houses were damaged.

Indian pilgrims throng Nepal's Pashupatinath to mark Hindu festival

Kathmandu (Nepal), July 30 (ANI): Hindu devotees from across Nepal and India thronged various shrines of Hindu Lord Shiva as part of 'Bol Bom', a holy pilgrimage ritual that is observed every year in the month of Shrawan. During this pilgrimage, devotees walk for miles barefooted before offering the water to Lord Shiva. Nepal every year welcomes thousands of Indian pilgrims in the month of Shrawan. The annual month-long yatra in the fourth month of Nepali calendar .i.e. Shrawan sees saffron-clad Shiva devotees walk barefoot with pitchers of holy water from various water sources filled in decorated slings known as Kanwars. It is believed that wishes of devotees participating in Bol Bom rally come true. As per the latest data published by Department of Immigration Nepal, the number of Indian tourists flowing to Nepal stood at 96,372 out of the total 460,304 foreign tourists hosted by Nepal in between January and June, 2018.

Trump threatens US government shutdown

New Delhi, Jul 30 (ANI): The United States (US) President Donald Trump said he was willing to shut down the government if the promises made by the Congress to fund his border wall were not fulfilled by September. "I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch and Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!" Trump tweeted. This comes in the light of similar threats that Trump has issued in the past, with him saying in March that he would be open to "closing up the country for a while" if he was not to get his wall, the CNN reported.

Baloch Republican Party protests in Frankfurt against Pakistan atrocities

Frankfurt (Germany), Jul 29 (ANI): Baloch Republican Party Germany chapter activist staged a protest in Germany's Frankfurt on Sunday. The agitators protested against Pakistan to raise issue of human rights violations and persecution of Baloch people in Balochistan. Protestors gathered in Frankfurt city and raised anti-Pakistan slogans by calling Pakistan a terrorist state. They accused Pakistan Army and spy agency, the ISI for supporting terrorist groups like ISIS, Al-Qaeda and the Taliban who are engaged in the enforced disappearances and killings of Baloch people. The protesters urged the European Parliament and United Nations to take immediate note on the worsening human rights situation in Balochistan. People of Balochistan have been protesting across the world seeking help from international community and human rights organisations.

Protests against Anti-Terrorism Act in Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan(POK), Jul 29 (ANI): Hundreds of people in Gilgit Baltistan took to the streets of Ghizer town on Sunday morning, denouncing the flagrant violation of Anti- Terrorism Act by Islamabad. Local leaders accuse Islamabad of using the Act as a tool of extra-judicial killing and repression, and orchestrating similar circumstances to what it has done previously in Balochistan and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). Shafqat Inqlabi, Karakoram National Movement leader accused Islamabad of designing "schedule IV to instill a sense of fear in us," while addressing to the hundreds of people gathered to protest the Anti-Terrorism Act. Another nationalist leader calling the updated fourth schedule of Pakistan as "atrocious" said, "Names of peaceful citizens have been placed under the Fourth schedule of the Act; some are businessmen and others are teachers." He further added, "If establishment doesn't want this then we'll be forced to choose a different path."

Pak military establishment is behind Imran Khan's dubious election win: Nadeem Nusrat

Washington DC (US), Jul 28 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi chairman Nadeem Nusrat has slammed the results of recent elections in Pakistan, who he said the elections were engineered by Pakistani military authorities. In a statement issued from the US capital Washington DC, Nadeem Nusrat said, "The entire world is aware of the massive levels of the rigging that took place in the election as most of the observers have mentioned in their reports after the elections. The whole election campaign was not transparent by any means. Pakistani military establishment gave the special preferential treatment to Imran Khan and his political party".

ANP workers stage protest over allegedly rigged Pak election results

Mansehra (Pakistan), Jul 29 (ANI): The Awami National Party (ANP) had rejected the election results and protested over allegedly rigged results. The workers of party staged protest against the election results in Pakistan's Manshera. The party president, Asfandyar Wali Khan had earlier announced that the party will hold protest. The elections in Pakistan were held on July 25. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will be sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan before August 14.

Pakistan's multi-party conference demands re-election

Lahore (Pakistan), Jul 28 (ANI): A multi-party conference (MPC) was called for by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to concoct a strategy over the alleged rigging of the General Elections 2018. Chaired by PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the MPC rejected the poll results and demanded a transparent re-election. "We reject this election as it's not a true mandate of the people,' said Fazlur Rehman.

Pakistan Election Results 2018: PML-N's Saad Rafique challenges Imran Khan's victory in NA-131

Lahore (Pakistan), Jul 28 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khawaja Saad Rafique said that he has submitted an application to the returning officer of the NA-131 constituency to recount ballot papers. The Election Commission of Pakistan had declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan won from the same constituency.

Digital devolution has created new possibilities for us: PM Modi at BRICS

Johannesburg (South Africa), Jul 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday during the BRICS Summit 2018 at South Africa said, "The Digital Devolution has created new possibilities for us." He appealed to the other leaders of BRICS to prepare for change about to occur due to automation, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics. PM Modi addressing the BRICS Summit said, "The 2008 Global financial crisis had affected those countries the most who couldn't take benefits of industrial growth during the colonial period." He added, "We are here again at an historical turn. Digital devolution has created new possibilities for us, and that is why we should prepare ourselves for the change about to occur because of automation, artificial intelligence and big data analytics."

Death toll in Nepal landslide rises to eight

Kathmandu (Nepal), Jul 27 (ANI): At least eight people died in a landslide in Nepal's Rasuwa district in northern Nepal. Search for one more person is underway. People died when their houses got buried in the landslide. The landslide obstructed the Syafru-Rasuwagadhi highway and disrupted electricity, telephone and customs duty task in the area. It also buried a temporary police post at Timure, the gateway to Gosainkunda Municipality. Monsoon rains, which start in June and continue through September, are important for farming-dependent Nepal, but they also cause heavy loss of life and property damage each year.

Watch: PM Modi attends BRICS leaders meeting

Johannesburg (South Africa), Jul 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended the BRICS leaders meeting with Africa outreach. The 10th BRICS Summit, as a milestone in the history of BRICS, was held under the theme 'BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the fourth Industrial Revolution'. The three-day summit began July 25 with the BRICS Business Forum Meet.

India, China reaffirm commitment towards border tranquility: MEA

Johannesburg (South Africa), Jul 27 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials held a press briefing in South Africa's Johannesburg on Friday. The press briefing was held after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. While addressing the press briefing Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said that India and China have reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border areas. He also informed that an Indian delegation will visit China on August 1 and 2 to examine ways to enhance trade and exports.

PM Modi meets Russian President on sidelines of BRICS Summit

Johannesburg (South Africa), Jul 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of BRICS Summit. PM Modi addressed the 10th BRICS Summit before his meeting with the Russian President. In his address the PM referred to terrorism and extremism as the biggest threats. The theme of this year's summit is, 'BRICS in Africa - collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial revolution'. The three-day summit began yesterday, with the BRICS Business Forum Meet. PM Modi is on a 3-nation tour to Africa and has completed delegation level talks in Uganda as well as Rwanda