AIR INDIA PLANE CRASH: LANDING ON TABLETOP RUNWAY CONSIDER...
August 8 ,2020
Investigators today began their probe into the crash of the Air India Express plane with 195 people on board to Kozhikode in Kerala as...
DHAKA'S RELATIONS WITH DELHI, BEIJING MUST NOT BE COMPARED...
August 8 ,2020
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said Bangladesh's relations with India and China should not be compared saying Banglades...
BANGLADESH COVID-19: 32 DIE, 2,611 NEW CASES IN 24HRS
August 8 ,2020
Bangladesh has recorded 32 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 3,365.
Besides, th...
INDIA, CHINA TO HOLD MILITARY-LEVEL TALKS TODAY IN LADAKH,...
August 8 ,2020
Senior commanders of Indian and Chinese armies are meeting in Daulat Beg Oldie in Eastern Ladakh at Line of Actual Control to discuss d...
IMRAN KHAN CONGRATULATES SRI LANKAN COUNTERPART ON ELECTIO...
August 8 ,2020
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated Prime Minister-elect Mahinda Rajapaksa on his party’s electoral victory.
Khan m...
FM, POMPEO DISCUSS PEACE PROCESS AS JIRGA MEETS IN KABUL
August 8 ,2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Pakistan’s role in promoting peace in Afghanistan with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood...
PAKISTAN URGES OIC TO PUSH FOR ENDING INDIA’S RIGHTS ABUSE...
August 8 ,2020
Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram has stressed the need for the world community to end India’s human rights violations i...
POLITICIANS EXPRESS MIXED REACTIONS TO LOYA JIRGA
August 8 ,2020
Afghan politicians and political parties showed a mixed reaction to the Loya Jirga, the grand assembly, that started in Kabul today to...
DEATH TOLL IN KERALA PLANE CRASH RISES TO 18; DGCA, AAIB,...
August 8 ,2020
The death toll in the Kerala plane crash has risen to 18 after the Air India Express flight from Dubai, carrying 190 persons on board,...
Nepal, Bhutan in talks on PTA with Bangladesh
August 8 ,2020
Nepal and Bhutan are engaged in separate negotiations with Bangladesh on preferential trade agreements for duty-free trade.
The govern...
20 dead, hundreds injured in AI Express plane crash
August 8 ,2020
Investigating officers from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will on...
Nepal is to boost road building activity
August 8 ,2020
Nepal is looking to improve its transport infrastructure in a move intended to boost its economy. Financing for the programme is being...
WB says cannot mediate in Pakistan-India water dispute
August 8 ,2020
The World Bank has expressed its inability to take an independent decision on appointment of a neutral expert or court of arbitration f...
CAPTAIN WHO DIED IN KERALA PLANE CRASH WAS DECORATED EX-AI...
August 8 ,2020
The pilots of the Air India Express plane that skidded off the runway and broke into pieces at Kerala's Kozhikode are among the 17 who...
PAKISTAN DONATES 8 TONNES OF FOOD, MEDICINES SUPPLIES TO L...
August 8 ,2020
Pakistan on Friday donated 8 tonnes of relief assistance comprising medicines and food to Lebanon as a token of solidarity for the vict...
FM QURESHI TAKES UP IIOJK WITH MIKE POMPEO
August 8 ,2020
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday raised the issue of massive violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in India...
PRIME MINISTER TO TAKE OATHS IN KELANIYA ON SUNDAY
August 8 ,2020
Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Sunday (09).
Rajapaksa will take o...
16 DEAD AFTER PLANE OVERSHOOTS RUNWAY, FALLS INTO VALLEY I...
August 8 ,2020
At least 16 people including two pilots have reportedly died after an Air India Express flight from Dubai skidded off the runway and br...
MALAYSIA'S MAHATHIR PLANS NEW PARTY TO WOO MAJORITY MALAY...
August 8 ,2020
Veteran Malaysian politician Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday he planned to set up a new party to champion the interests of the country'...
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Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
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...
Ikram Sehgal
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Pandemic has sharpened geo-political conflicts
The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
