• The top Afghan peace negotiator is on a five-day visit to India as part of the efforts to build a regional consensus and support for the Afghan peace process

• India is in favor of an 'independent, democratic, sovereign and peaceful Afghanistan, where no terrorists can operate', Abdullah said.

• Qureshi says extrajudicial killings of innocent people of Kashmir are tactics used to break the will of the people fighting for their right to self-determination

“The IAF is ready for any possible conflict, including a two-front,” says RKS Bhadauria.

The new missile is capable to strike the target at a range of around 800 kilometers

“Nawaz Shairf is playing dangerous game against Pakistan and I’m 100 percent sure that India is supporting him,” says the Prime Minister.

A larger bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Amir Farooq, and Justice Mian Gull Hassan Aurangzeb will hear the case next week.

• FO said this is another manifestation of the pliant judiciary under the extremist Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) RSS regime.

• The acquitted includes two former presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) L. K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

• “This is latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organizations by the government of India over unfounded and motivated allegations,” Amnesty said in a statement.

• While Modi’s government promises a free market-run agriculture sector, farmers in India protest against the new farm bills, deeming them as exploitative.

• India has no claim to Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) than that of a military occupier, Pakistan's permanent mission to the UN said.
• "India has used terrorism against each of 'its neighbors, its own people and against the innocent Kashmiri people".

• Coming back to India, banks i.e. Punjab National Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, Kanara Bank, Indusland Bank were also included in the list of money launderers.

• India has committed 2,340 ceasefire violations to date, resulting in 18 casualties and serious injuries to 187 innocent civilians

• He said Kashmiris have no love for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• Five nations -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- exercise vetoes on the world body's most powerful institution.

• ISPR states that Pakistan Army responded and target those posts which initiated fire. Reports of substantial damage to Indian post and men and material.

• The report said that an inward turn in economic policy was already underway in Asia before the arrival of the coronavirus (COVID-19), but the global disruption caused by the pandemic has accelerated this shift.

• The developing world will be hit hard by the economic fallout as levels of informality are high in these regions.
• The crisis may wipe over USD 6 trillion globally.
• Any premature measures in the road to recovery may prompt a “double-dip recession a real possibility in many countries in 2022.”

• They also agreed to "avoid misunderstandings and misjudgements" and hold the next meeting "as soon as possible".

• A new report says that Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 approaches are working better than India, making it easier for these countries' economies to recover quickly.

• Indian government maintains their stance on “status quo ante”, stating that Chinese troops must return to their positions prior to the onset of the dispute in April.

• However, the garment sector in the country is facing a severe shortage of yarn due to a shortage of cotton.

• It reported 75,083 new cases.

• The group said that India should urged to implement the UN Security Council resolutions.

• The bond takes New Delhi's total pledged financial assistance to the Maldives to over $2 billion since Solih came to power, according to India's foreign ministry.

• More than 300 Kashmiris have been extra-judicially killed by the Indian forces in fake 'encounters' and staged 'cordon-and-search' operations in IoK during the past one year, the FO said.

• Paytm, through which users can exchange money with one another, disappeared from the Play Store in India on Friday.

• The T20 league will be played behind closed doors at three UAE venues, including Dubai and Sharjah.