World must hold India accountable for crimes against Kashm...
August 28 ,2020
Pakistan has categorically stated that there is no change in its policy on Kashmir dispute and the world community must use all tools a...
India's absence looms over 'progress' on RCEP Asian trade...
August 28 ,2020
Economic Ministers from the 15 countries taking part in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership talks met online on Aug....
Maldives launches India backed infrastructure projects
August 28 ,2020
A ground-breaking ceremony for development of the Hulhumalé Central Park and renovation of the Arrival Jetty in Maldives finance...
Tough military posture no cure for India's domestic woes
August 28 ,2020
Indian Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said that "military options to deal with transgressions by the Chinese army in Ladakh...
Bangladesh reaches out to China, but why?
August 28 ,2020
Bangladesh has reached out to neighboring China for funding worth $6.4 billion for nine new infrastructure projects. Its outreach has t...
Can Saudi Arabia continue to take Pakistan’s friendship fo...
August 28 ,2020
Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, recently angered Saudi Arabia with a threat to hold a meeting of Muslim countr...
Facebook executive who shared anti-Muslim post apologises:...
August 28 ,2020
A Facebook India executive has apologised to Muslim staff for sharing a post that dubbed Muslims in India a "degenerate community", acc...
Strategic talks held between Indian foreign secretary Shri...
August 28 ,2020
Bangladesh Army Chief Lieutenant General Aziz Ahmed
While the recent Dhaka visit of Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringl...
'Dragon's favourite': Hindu groups target Bollywood's Aami...
August 28 ,2020
On August 15, Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan posted a picture of her meeting Bollywood star Aamir Khan on Twitter. It soon went viral...
Nepal foreign ministry working to revise and reactivate di...
August 28 ,2020
Amid criticism for its failure to monitor the frequent meetings between the political leadership and foreign diplomats, the Ministry of...
"MOST SERIOUS SITUATION AFTER 1962": S JAISHANKAR ON LADAK...
August 27 ,2020
The stand-off with China in eastern Ladakh is "surely the most serious situation after 1962", Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said...
GOVT PERMITS ICDDR,B TO RUN PHASE-III TRIAL OF CHINESE COV...
August 27 ,2020
The government has permitted icddr,b to run the Phase-III trial of the Chinese vaccine for Covid-19.
Health minister Zahid Maleque sai...
4 CIVILIANS, SOLDIER KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK IN PARWAN
August 27 ,2020
At least four civilians and a soldier were killed in a Taliban attack in northern Parwan province on Wednesday night, a security source...
Here’s what China is doing in Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanist...
August 27 ,2020
The Chinese are not just inside Indian territory, they seem to be closing in and around India as well. From Afghanistan in the north-we...
PAKISTAN SNUBS INDIA'S PULWAMA 'CHARGE SHEET'
August 27 ,2020
Pakistan on Wednesday categorically rejected the so-called “charge sheet” by India’s National Investigation Agency (N...
BIGGEST 1-DAY SPIKE OF OVER 75K CASES, INDIA’S CORONAVIRUS...
August 27 ,2020
India’s Coronavirus tally crossed 33 lakh-mark on Thursday as the country reported the biggest single-day spike of 75,760 fresh c...
NEW ZEALAND MOSQUE SHOOTER SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROL...
August 27 ,2020
New Zealand mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday for the massacre of 51 Muslim worship...
Indian goes on trial for spying on Sikhs, Kashmiris in Ger...
August 27 ,2020
An Indian national accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities in Germany for New Delhi's secret services went on trial in Frank...
'Turkey will defend its rights in East Med, Aegean, Black...
August 27 ,2020
Turkey will take whatever belongs to it in the Mediterranean, as well as Aegean and the Black Sea, said Turkey’s president on Wed...
IMRAN INVITES AFGHAN PEACE CHIEF FOR TALKS
August 27 ,2020
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday invited Afghan peace chief Dr Abdullah Abdullah to discuss ways for clearing the path to intra-A...
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