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WASHINGTON: Pakistan is half way through the construction of its fourth nuclear reactor at Khushab, which will give it the capability to speed up plutonium manufacturing, latest US satellite imagery has revealed. On completion, the reactor would enable Islamabad to build a large number of...

NEW DELHI: Indian state-run refiners will import 11% less oil from Iran, the government told Parliament on Tuesday, a day when a US emissary arrived in a bid to wean New Delhi away from Teheran's fuel. "The target fixed for import of crude oil from Iran for 2012-13 is approximately 15.5...

CHENNAI: The sharp depreciation of the rupee has spooked the parents of students studying abroad. With the rupee on Friday plunged to a new low of 54.89 vs dollar, many of them are an anxious lot. Most parents preferred to pay the term fees in installments and now are literally paying the...

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee plumbed new depths on Friday, sinking to a record low against the dollar for the third successive day amid turmoil on global markets. The Indian unit fell to 54.82 against the dollar in early trade, below its previous low of 54.58 hit a day earlier, before clawing...

MUMBAI: One video shows police beating protesters with sticks. Another shows two lifeless, dirty bodies dragged from their workplace in the sewers. In a third, a man explains why his hand was slashed. The disturbing clips and personal stories have a common thread: all the victims are...

NEW DELHI: India's crude oil imports from Iran declined by about 34 percent in April compared with March, deeper than expected and the first evidence of New Delhi implementing cuts in supplies from the sanctions-hit nation under annual deals that began last month. State-run buyers are at the...

http://http://tribune.com.pk/story/356940/indias-lost-tribe-dreams-of-return-to-israel/ india is not our country CHURACHANDPUR, INDIA: In a synagogue in northeast India, a group of men pray for the chance to “return home” to a country they have never seen and which their ancestors...

http://http://tribune.com.pk/story/356360/leaked-letter-reveals-indias-military-weaknesses/ NEW DELHI: India’s tank fleet lacks ammunition, its air defences are “97 percent obsolete” and its elite forces lack essential arms, the country’s army chief wrote in an explosive letter leaked...

http://http://tribune.com.pk/story/356401/pakistani-student-wins-online-world-mathematics-competition/ PUNJAB: Math is a difficult subject often shunned by children, but a 13 year old boy from Punjab, Moosa Feroz surpassed 1.5 million children from across the globe and came first in the Online...