Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif rejoiced over the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) exclusion of Islamabad from its grey list after four long years, the group which combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

Accra [Ghana], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday urges member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take concerted efforts to root out terrorism in West Africa.

Lucknow Mar 30 PTI Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia leader Shivpal Singh Yadav was sworn in as an MLA on Wednesday amid speculation that he delayed the oath-taking to indicate a strained relationship with Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav Three other MLAs too took oath on the occasion Shivpal Yadav had contested the Assembly elections from Jaswantnagar seat of Etawah on the symbol of the Samajwadi Party headed by his nephew Akhilesh Yadav He had on Tuesday skipped a meeting here between Akhilesh Yadav and SP allies Earlier he did not attend the oath ceremony in the state Assembly When contacted Assembly officials did not say anything about his taking oath late The three other MLA who took oath on Wednesday were Fateh Bahadur Singh from Caimpiyarganj Gorakhpur Surendra Maithani from Govindnagar Kanpur and Ashish Kumar Singh from Bilgram-Mallawa Hardoi Six MLAs including senior SP leader Azam Khan and Kairana legislator Nahid Hasan are yet to take oath After remaining at loggerheads since 2017 Akhilesh Yadav and Shivpal Yadav had decided to mend fences just before the recently concluded state Assembly elections Their estrangement had resulted in Shivpal Yadav launching his own party before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections In the just-concluded Assembly polls the two had put up a united front PTI NAV RDK RDK

New Delhi Mar 27 PTI Several organisations have decided to set up a united front to strengthen the movement on the issue of employment and will organise employment parliaments in all states in May The decisions were taken at a two-day National Employment Conference organised here by the Desh ki Baat Foundation of Delhi minister Gopal Rai Our country is currently experiencing a severe unemployment issue Even with advanced degrees young people are knocking on doors for work Instead of generating new employment several lakh of government positions are vacant and the youth on the other hand are being lathi-charged said Rai who was the chief guest at the conference He said the need of the hour is to formulate a national employment policy More than 200 organisations of students youths teachers trade unions farmers women LGBTQ journalists dalits and tribals attended the conference and formed a united front -- the Sanyukt Rojgaar Andolan Samiti SRAS Rai said all these organisations are struggling in different ways on unemployment issues and economic problems but the central government doesnt pay any heed to this concern The conference passed a resolution for initiating a national movement against unemployment from August 16 in Delhi It was also decided that employment parliaments on the lines of the one organised at Jantar Mantar in Delhi last year will be held in all states from May 1 to May 26 The employment parliament at Jantar Mantar saw the participation of 30 students outfits including the AISA AISF CYSS and the DSF Awareness campaign on the matter will be organised at universities and colleges and at tehsil and district levels across the country in July PTI VA SMN

New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Congress leaders from Haryana met party leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday to discuss party's future course of action amid party's decline across the country.

Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): Nearly a dozen countries, including the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands, have begun to further tighten the grip on Confucius Institutes and other related activities over the dubious nature of the Chinese organizations.

Beijing [China], December 21 (ANI): China is relying on its links with scores of US universities to collect sensitive information that helps the nuclear and cyber-espionage programs of its military-industrial complex, according to reports.

Jaipur: Ashok Gehlot’s new-look cabinet was revealed today with 15 new faces. Five Sachin Pilot loyalists are among the 30 state ministers as the big revamp aims to put the differences – that became a public spectacle last year – to rest.  In a balancing act, the Chief Minister told party workers at a meeting: “The contribution to the governance of those who could not be inducted in the cabinet is no less than those who have been made ministers today.”  Sachin Pilot whose open rebellion had pushed the ruling Congress into trouble last year today presented a united front and insisted that “there are no factions in the party”.

Jaipur: Ashok Gehlot’s new-look cabinet was revealed today with 15 new faces. Five Sachin Pilot loyalists are among the 30 state ministers as the big revamp aims to put the differences – that became a public spectacle last year – to rest.  In a balancing act, the Chief Minister told party workers at a meeting: “The contribution to the governance of those who could not be inducted in the cabinet is no less than those who have been made ministers today.”  Sachin Pilot whose open rebellion had pushed the ruling Congress into trouble last year today presented a united front and insisted that “there are no factions in the party”.

Jaipur: Ashok Gehlot’s new-look cabinet was revealed today with 15 new faces. Five Sachin Pilot loyalists are among the 30 state ministers as the big revamp aims to put the differences – that became a public spectacle last year – to rest.  In a balancing act, the Chief Minister told party workers at a meeting: “The contribution to the governance of those who could not be inducted in the cabinet is no less than those who have been made ministers today.”  Sachin Pilot whose open rebellion had pushed the ruling Congress into trouble last year today presented a united front and insisted that “there are no factions in the party”.