Report by Committee on Public Accounts submitted to Parliament

ICRC advocates for mechanism to seek answers on Sri Lanka’s missing

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is advocating for a mechanism that provides answers on the fate and whereabouts of the missing in Sri Lanka. The ICRC implements an island-wide support programme in Sri Lanka that addresses the emotional, economic, legal and administrative needs of families of missing persons. On the International Day of the Disappeared which falls today the ICRC remembered the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are missing or separated from

30 Aug, 2022

Political party conspiring against IMF deal: Pakistan PM Sharif

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, without naming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said that it was unfortunate that a political party was doing politics over the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and self-centered politics could cause irreparable damage to the country as an IMF board was scheduled to hold its meeting, local media reported. “I have never seen such self-centered politics; it will be a huge injustice with Pakistan and a big conspiracy against the countr

30 Aug, 2022

Chinese company ?sneaking? voice samples of Indians in border states, US think tank claims

Voice samples from ?military sensitive regions of India?, including Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab, are being collected by a Beijing-based AI company via an Indian intermediary and then sold to agencies in China for ?use and analysis?, a US-based think tank has claimed. In a report, New Kite Data Labs, which researches how China uses and leverages data, has alleged that the Beijing-based company, Speechocean, has close links with Chinese security agencies and the People?s Liberation Army. Data col

29 Aug, 2022