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US firm makes a $500 million investment deal with Pakistan for critical minerals

ISLAMABAD, September 9, 2025 (AP) — A U.S. metals company signed a $500 million investment deal with Pakistan on Monday. Pakistan’s Frontier Works Organization — which is the country’s largest miner of critical minerals — signed a memorandum of understanding with Missouri-based U.S. Strategic Metals for collaboration plans that include setting up a poly-metallic refinery in Pakistan. The deal comes after Washington and Islamabad last month reached a trade agreement that Pakistan hoped would attract American investment in its minerals and oil reserves. U.S. Strategic Metals is focused on producing and recycling critical minerals, which the U.S. Department of Energy

Nepal lifts ban on social media platforms after protests where police killed 19 people

KATHMANDU, Nepal, September 9, 2025 (AP) — Nepal’s government lifted its ban on social media platforms Tuesday a day after police killed opened fire on mass street protests against the ban, killing 19 people. The district administration ordered an indefinite curfew in the capital and schools were closed. A curfew was also imposed in two other cities. Several widely used social networks, including Facebook, X and YouTube were blocked in the Himalayan nation last week after failing to comply with a new requirement to register and submit to government oversight. Rallies against the ban swelled to tens of thousands of

EC must be named and shamed for brazen non-compliance with SC directive on Aadhaar: Congress

New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI) The Congress Monday said the Election Commission must be “named and shamed” for its “brazen non-compliance” with the Supreme Court’s directive to accept Aadhaar as an identity proof and asserted that it was fighting an election “against the ruling regime, despite the EC”. The opposition party also said that history will not forgive Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the institution he heads. Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said, “The Election Commission must be named and shamed for its brazen non-compliance with the Supreme Court’s directive to accept Aadhaar as a proof

Stock markets end higher in-line with firm global trends amid hopes of US Fed rate cut

Mumbai, Sep 8 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed with gains on Monday, tracking a firm trend in global markets amid hopes of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve later this month. The 30-share BSE Sensex edged higher by 76.54 points or 0.09 per cent to settle at 80,787.30 despite profit-booking by investors in the last hour of the session. The barometer opened higher and later jumped 460.62 points or 0.57 per cent to a high of 81,171.38 as auto, oil and private bank shares advanced. However, selling in IT and FMCG shares trimmed gains at

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