TALIBAN BLAMES GOVT FOR DELAY IN PEACE TALKS
July 20 ,2020
A key member of the Taliban’s political office in Doha has blamed the Afghan government for delays in the intra-Afghan negotiatio...
PM MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA SLAMS AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH CHINA ON...
July 20 ,2020
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has raised strong criticism over the decision taken by the former Government to hand over the Hambanto...
BANGLADESH SUPPORTS UAE FOR IUCN PRESIDENT CANDIDATURE
July 20 ,2020
Bangladesh has extended its support to the UAE's candidature for the post of the president in the International Union for Conservation...
BANGLADESH INFECTION RATE HIGH AMONG SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES
July 20 ,2020
The coronavirus outbreak emerged in Bangladesh later than in the other countries of the South Asian region. It had adequate time to pre...
2.2 mln people affected by floods in India's Assam as wate...
July 20 ,2020
The incessant rains in India's northeastern state of Assam has worsened the flood situation there as water has inundated new areas, off...
Number of US troops in Afghanistan drops to 8,600 as Talib...
July 20 ,2020
The Taliban have put the son of the movement’s feared founder in charge of their military wing and added several powerful figures...
Chinese companies in India under government lens over ‘lin...
July 20 ,2020
It’s being called PLA scan. A number of Chinese companies that are present in India, as well as some foreign companies with inv...
The China-Iran deal: It’s not about business but geopoliti...
July 20 ,2020
Hobbled by harsh US sanctions and a global economic downturn, Iran has discovered a new opportunity: hot air that carries messages to i...
Iran's Zarif in Iraq on his first visit since Soleimani's...
July 20 ,2020
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is visiting Iraq, for the first time since the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Cor...
Israel: Netanyahu corruption trial to intensify in January
July 20 ,2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will resume in January with witnesses and evidence given three times a wee...
These photos prove Bhutan’s new Crown Prince is cuter than...
July 20 ,2020
King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan welcome with her newborn son, Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck to the world – and boy, h...
Cost of excessive dependence on China is high: Deb Mukherj...
July 20 ,2020
Deb Mukherjee
Relations between India and Nepal are fast souring, particularly since Nepal drew up a constitution. Replying to que...
Pakistan deploying unmanned ground vehicles near Indian bo...
July 20 ,2020
Pakistan Army has reportedly deployed "many" unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) near the border close to India.
The UGVs are similar to R...
IAF may deploy Rafale fighters in Ladakh sector amid borde...
July 20 ,2020
The Indian Air Force could deploy its new Rafale fighter jets in the Ladakh sector as part of India’s overarching plan to strengt...
CPEC, digital connectivity and Pakistan-China ties
July 20 ,2020
The 820-kilometer-long fiber optic cable project at a cost of $46 million stretches from China’s western Xinjiang region and ente...
China lays claim to Bhutan's land with strategic eye on Do...
July 20 ,2020
Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom nestled between Asian giants China and India, is now in the crosshairs of Beijing, the latest neighbour t...
Pakistan in diplomatic push to reset ties with Bangladesh
July 20 ,2020
Pakistan is quietly making efforts to mend its ties with Bangladesh after certain developments in the region have provided a window of...
Is a Naval showdown between China and India brewing in the...
July 20 ,2020
For the past few months, the world has seen the standoff between India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the poorly demarc...
‘Ugly face’: US and China trade barbs in Myanmar as South...
July 20 ,2020
China's embassy in Myanmar on Sunday (Jul 19) accused the United States of “outrageously smearing” the country and driving...
A vicious trend in Modi’s India
July 20 ,2020
Prof. Anand Teltumbde heads the large data analytics program at the Goa Institute of Management. He is a recognized scholar. He is in j...
Call for increase in Pakistan-Iran trade activities
July 20 ,2020
Increase in trade activities between Pakistan and Iran is the need of the hour and the two countries should cooperate with each other f...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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