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UN special rapporteur visits Sri Lanka's Tamil political detainees for first time

a special UN rapporteur today visited the Tamil political prisoners arrested under Sri Lanka's anti-terrorism laws in the Northern Province to get a first-hand information on their human rights situation.

India-Chile to implement expanded PTA from Tuesday

India and Chile will implement a bilateral expanded Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA)from 16 May, it was announced on Sunday.

India, Nepal sign power trade agreement for exchange of electricity

India and Nepal inked a Power Trade Agreement (PTA), allowing exchange of electricity and opening up new vistas of cooperation in the hydropower sector.

Pressured by hardliners and lawmakers, Pakistan bans SMS and chat packages

As if the ban on YouTube wasn’t enough, Pakistan has gone ahead and banned chat packages for cell phones, including...

VPN banned in Pakistan to aid security

Private internet browsing, popularly referred to as VPN has been blocked in Pakistan