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NEW DELHI: Supporters of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement were caned by police on Monday as they sought to march on parliament in the capital New Delhi, despite authorities denying permission for the protest. The months-old movement and the planned protest are seen as the biggest public challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term in office, drawing millions of supporters on social media before broadening its appeal. A police decision to forcibly move hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk to hospital on Saturday has galvanised the movement, with thousands of supporters arriving through the night at the protest site of…

 At least 25 people died in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain across northern and northeastern India over the weekend, officials said on Monday, with more rain ‌predicted over the next few days. At least 15 people were killed in separate rain-related incidents in Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts of Indian-occupied Kashmir, while several others were reported missing, a senior police official said. In the northeastern state of Nagaland, multiple landslides triggered by persistent ⁠rains killed nine people, and rescue teams have recovered four bodies, a senior district official told Reuters. In the neighbouring state of Assam, one person…

 US forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said ‌two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday they had targeted US aircraft at Jordan’s Aqaba airport with ballistic missiles, as well as US military assets and equipment at Kuwait’s Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, and in Syria. Sirens sounded in Bahrain on Monday morning, the country’s interior ministry said, while the Kuwaiti army said it was intercepting hostile drones in an Iranian attack. The…

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar met Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand in Islamabad on Monday, with both sides agreeing to expand cooperation in priority sectors and hold annual meetings to review progress on their agreed Joint Statement. The two foreign ministers reviewed recent developments in Pakistan-Canada bilateral relations and exchanged views on regional and international developments of mutual interest, the Foreign Office said in a statement issued on X. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the mutually beneficial partnership between the two countries, agreed to expand cooperation in priority sectors, and…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has inaugurated a Mother and Child Healthcare Centre in Raiwind, Lahore, providing accessible primary healthcare services to approximately 15,000 people living in the surrounding communities. Implemented within the framework of the Year of the Family, declared by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye in 2025, the project aims to strengthen maternal and child health services while improving access to preventive and community-based healthcare for vulnerable families. The opening ceremony was attended by the Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Lahore, Mehmet Eymen Şimşek, TİKA Pakistan Coordinator…

Strong global demand for artificial intelligence has boosted China’s integrated circuit exports, with the export value of integrated circuit products denominated in yuan increasing 88.7% year on year in the first half of the year, official data showed Monday.

Kimi K3, a large artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Chinese company Moonshot AI, was launched on Friday, marking a new milestone in open-source AI development and highlighting efforts to foster more inclusive and collaborative innovation. With 2.8 trillion parameters, Kimi K3 has become the world’s largest open-source AI model to date, according to Moonshot AI. The model has shown strong performance across multiple evaluations, placing it among the leading AI systems globally. Within hours of its release, Kimi K3 topped the Arena rankings for AI coding tools, becoming the first Chinese AI model to reach the No.1 position on…

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms economies and societies, governments around the world are grappling with a common challenge: how to harness the technology’s enormous potential while managing its growing risks. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward a comprehensive suite of proposals aimed at advancing a more inclusive and coordinated global AI governance framework. From strengthening AI capacity building in developing countries to initiating the establishment of the World AI Cooperation Organization, Xi outlined what many international observers describe…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : LOLC Microfinance Bank Pakistan marked a significant milestone in its growth journey with the relocation to its new Head Office premises in Gulberg Greens, Islamabad. The new facility was formally inaugurated, reaffirming the Bank’s long-term commitment to expanding financial inclusion and supporting Pakistan’s micro and small business sector. The inauguration ceremony was graced by H.E. Admiral Fred Seneviratne (Retd.), High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan, and Mr. Krishan Thilakaratne, Chairman of LOLC Microfinance Bank Pakistan, as the Chief Guests. The event brought together the Board of Directors, the management team of LOLC Microfinance Bank Pakistan,…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged efforts to carry out search and rescue operations in a scientific manner after a mountain collapse struck a county in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, leaving people trapped and missing. The mountain collapse occurred at about 9:10 a.m. on Friday in Hanjia subdistrict of Pengshui County, bringing down multiple residential buildings at the foot of the mountain. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed the need to prevent secondary disasters, provide proper medical treatment to the injured, and effectively handle…