Tuesday, September 8th, 2020
India says situation along Chinese border in Ladakh ‘very serious’
NEW DEHLI : India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday said that the situation along the border with China in Ladakh was “very serous” and called for “deep conversations between the two sides at the political level”. The ties between the world’s two most populous nations are tense since April where the troops have been in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation in the disputed region. “If you look at the 30 years, because it was peace and tranquillity at the border, it allowed relation to progress,” said Jaishankar while addressing an event.Read More
CM Buzdar approves launching Punjab Rozgar Scheme this month
LAHORE : Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has approved launching of Punjab Rozgar Scheme for providing soft loans programme worth Rs30 billion for new and running businesses. Punjab CM Usman Buzdar said that businesspersons and entrepreneurs could acquire up to Rs10 million loan under the new scheme. He added that transgender persons could also avail the easy loans facility, whereas, the government finalised plan for low mark-up to women. The chief minister directed relevant authorities for launching the employment scheme this month. He said that the provincial government is providingRead More