Pakistan’s Interior Ministry opposed registration of Milli Muslim League (MML), the political wing of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, as a political party, citing international pressure and refusal of intelligence agencies to grant it a security clearance.
As per a letter to Pakistan’s Election Commission, JuD and its charity wing Falah-i-Insaaniyat are under sanctions.
The MML was launched last month and even fielded a candidate in the byelection conducted following the disqualification of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, for the NA-120 seat in Lahore. Its candidate, Qari Yaqoub Sheikh, came third.
Flight Ban on Kurdistan
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has given leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan 72 hours to hand over control of airports in the autonomous region or face a ban on international flights.
The Cabinet also decided to assert control over all border checkpoints in Irqi Kurdistan and to close all unofficial crossings.
Iraq will not negotiate with Kurdistan on the basis of the results of the unilateral and unconstitutional referendum.
Sanctions on Banks and Representatives
The US Department of Treasury issued sanctions on 8 banks and 26 individuals linked to North Korea's financial networks in response to the country's ongoing development of weapons of mass destruction.
The individuals sanctioned are North Korean nationals operating in some foreign countries who act as representatives of DPRK banks.
As per US Treasury Secretary, the US is targeting North Korean (DPRK) banks and financial facilitators acting as representatives for North Korean banks across the globe.
Archaeologists have discovered a city in Iraq, believed to be lost for more than 2,000 years and thought to have been founded by Alexander the Great.
The archaeologists stumbled across the lost city while poring over declassified spy satellite photographs taken by the US government for military purposes in the 1960s but made public only in 1996.
As FMCG major Dabur looks to further strengthen its international play, it has partnered with e-commerce giant Amazon to make more than 30 of its products available to customers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
The home-grown ayurvedic products maker, which gets about 30% of its revenues from international operations through offline distribution network, has a presence in more than 120 countries.
India in Global Competitiveness Index
India has been placed at 40th spot among 137 countries in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2017-18.
Among the BRICS countries India is ranked 3rd.
Switzerland, United States, and Singapore continue to be the world’s top three competitive economies.
Rupee Hits 6-month Low
The rupee weakened to its lowest in six months as concerns over weak economic growth and uncertainty over the government`s implementation of reform measures hit foreign investor sentiment.
Google Assistant has received a small but useful update that allows users to search specific information or service through a search bar.
The new search bar in Google Assistant replaces the previous scrolling through (feature) a list in the app to try to find the right integration.
Mangalyaan Completes Three Years
Launched in September 2014, with an intent to probe the Red Planet, India's Mangalyaan spacecraft that was estimated to last for 6 months has now completed 3 years.
The spacecraft is expected to circle the planet for another five years as it has still got about 15 kg of fuel left.
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