Last year Pakistan bought 1.1 million tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia

Tensions between India and Pakistan have spiked since India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August last year

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells said they have been pleased to see progress by Pakistan towards fulfilling FATF obligations

Mood of the Nation survey: 42% believe India can become $5 trillion economy by 2025Less than half - 42 per cent - of respondents in the Mood of the Nation survey believe that India can become a $5 trillion economy by 2025. The survey conducted by India Today and Karvy Insights surveyed 12,141 people from across the country. A majority - 58 per cent - are either not hopeful or are doubtful of the target. Out of the 58 per cent, around 34 per cent believe that India won't reach the ...

India is yet to send formal invitations to all eight member nations, including Pakistan; Khan could skip the meet but may send a ministerial-level delegation

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday urged United Nations to help mediate between the two nuclear nations India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. He said that he discussed the possibility  of war with India, with US President Trump and the US President offered to mediate between the two. Watch the video for more.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that India and China should not be considered developing nations by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He made the remarks during a press conference on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum 2020 at Davos. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the world will realise the true strategic and economic potential of his country when the relationship with India becomes normal, but that has \"unfortunately\" not been great. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet Inc and its subsidiary Google, said on Wednesday that healthcare offers the biggest potential over the next five to 10 years for using artificial intelligence to improve outcomes, and vowed that the technology giant will heed privacy concerns. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also read: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos responds after reports of phone hacking by Saudi Crown Prince MBS Also Watch: Quantum computing and AI can solve the biggest problems: Sundar Pichai

'India, China should not be considered developing nations by WTO,' says Donald Trump at DavosUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that India and China should not be considered developing nations by World Trade Organisation (WTO). He made the remarks during a press conference on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum 2020 at Davos. Donald Trump has made similar comments before. He had said that these two Asian countries were \"taking advantage\" of the 'developing nation'...

In a special address at the WEF 2020, Khan said Pakistan has decided to partner any other country only for peace and named the partnership with US as the one

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday met United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meet in Davos. As per the official statement, the two leaders discussed 'issues of mutual interest, regional security, Kashmir issue and the Afghan peace process' during the meeting. Donald Trump said Imran Khan was a good friend and that the two countries had never had better relations. Watch what they discussed at the meeting.

From India, two union ministers Piyush Goyal and Mansukh Mandaviya as well as three chief ministers -- Amarinder Singh, Kamal Nath and B S Yeddyurappa -- are expected to participate in the prestigious WEF summit

A senior Indian police official said five soldiers were among the 10 killed near the border between India and Pakistan.

Gurdwara Nankana Sahib attack: Protesters raised slogans against Pakistan outside the embassy. The Foreign Office of Pakistan had denied the incident

Gurdwara Nankana Sahib attack: The veteran off-spinner shared on Twitter two videos of Mohammad Hassan, who was leading the mob and threatening to build a mosque in place of the historic Sikh shrine

Imran Khan said he had told army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa about the threats from India and the General 'told me that Pakistan is prepared for them'

The two leaders decided to designate 2020 as Year of India-China Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges and hold 70 activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-India ties

Imran Khan's rise to power in August 2018 prompted an exchange of pleasantries between the cricketer-turned-politician and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Saeed, who was indicted on similar charges in another case on Dec 11, was presented in an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore

The world's biggest cryptocurrency Bitcoin extended losing streak, slipping below the psychological $7,000 mark once again, wiping millions of dollars from the cryptocurrency market capitalization. The International Monetary Fund is set to join other downbeat analysts and cut the growth estimate for India \"significantly\", its India-born chief economist Gita Gopinath said. The Finance Ministry aims to bring in Rs 1.1 lakh crore as monthly GST collection for the next four months, sources said. The ministry wants one of these four months to have a GST mop-up of Rs 1.25 lakh crore. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that millions of Muslims could flee India due to the curfew in the disputed territory of Kashmir and India's new citizenship law and more news on News Blast.

Crypto markets lose millions as Bitcoin slips below $7,000The world's biggest cryptocurrency Bitcoin extended losing streak on Tuesday, slipping below the psychological $7,000 mark once again, wiping millions of dollars from the cryptocurrency market capitalisation. The cryptocurrency has fallen more than 50 per cent from its 2019 high of $13,879.21 touched in June.IMF economist Gita Gopinath hints India's dream to achieve $5 trillion economy doubtfulThe International Monetary Fun...