Seoul, March 4 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will preside over an extraordinary Cabinet meeting this week to discuss response measures to the mounting crisis in the Middle East shortly after returning from his Southeast Asia trip, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday.The extraordinary meeting, set for Thursday, will be attended by top officials from the finance and foreign ministries, as joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran have triggered military responses from countries across the region,…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 21 (IANS) The final electoral roll for Kerala has been published on Saturday evening, following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with the total voter strength standing at 2,69,53,644.In the first phase of the SIR exercise, 2.78 crore forms were distributed across the State.After detailed scrutiny, hearings and corrections across all 140 Assembly constituencies, the rolls were finalised.According to the Chief Electoral Officer’s office, 9,06,211 na…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The current regime in Pakistan is outdoing even those that preceded it in accumulating short-term debt, promoting conspicuous consumption, and engaging in resource grabs, a new report has said.There is actually a bigger gap between how the ruling class projects its ‘successes’ and the actual conditions of working people than the inordinate focus on foreign remittances, says the report in Dawn.As per figures, remittances reached a record high of $34 billion in 2024 –…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday called for reimagining the State as a ‘Global Kerala’, underlining that Keralites living abroad have played as decisive a role as those within the State in shaping Kerala’s society, culture and progress.Addressing the Loka Kerala Sabha, the Chief Minister said the creation of a New Kerala requires all Keralites, at home and overseas, to move forward together in unity.Chief Minister Vijayan said the Loka Kerala Sabha ha…