'Quad' nations to affirm Indo-Pacific vision in Oct. 6 mee...
September 30 ,2020
The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States, Australia and India will meet in Tokyo next week to affirm their countries' commitme...
India’s procurement of US rifles ‘can’t yield border advan...
September 30 ,2020
India's latest military procurement plan worth Rs 2,290 crore ($310 million) involving US-made rifles cannot help it gain an advantage...
India provides Dornier to Maldives, will help monitor move...
September 30 ,2020
India on Tuesday provided a Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to the Maldives National Defence Force (MDNF) that is expected to bo...
Amnesty to halt work in India after its bank account ‘froz...
September 30 ,2020
Amnesty International says it is halting work in India due to a “continuing crackdown” and “harassment” by the...
Sri Lanka to ban cattle slaughter
September 30 ,2020
The slaughter of cattle will soon be banned in Sri Lanka, the government said Tuesday, in a move widely viewed as a concession to incre...
India: Dalit woman dies weeks after gang rape, triggering...
September 30 ,2020
A woman died in hospital in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Tuesday, weeks after authorities said she was raped by a group of men, tr...
Bhutan PM pledges to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030
September 30 ,2020
Joining other world leaders at the United Nations Leaders Event for Nature and People yesterday, Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshe...
Nepal issues new guidelines for mountaineering, trekking a...
September 30 ,2020
Nepal has issued new guidelines for foreign tourists arriving in the country for mountaineering, including carrying a PCR test report c...
Abdullah Abdullah meets Imran Khan, discusses peace
September 30 ,2020
Abdullah Abdullah, head of the Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, who is on a three-day trip in Pakistan, me...
Why Pakistan needs to be in dialogue with Abdullah Abdulla...
September 30 ,2020
It is time to heal the wounds of the past: With a mixed parentage of a Pashtun father and Tajik mother, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah is be...
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