KHALILZAD MEETS ABDULLAH, DISCUSSES REVIEW OF DOHA DEAL
March 1 ,2021
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, in Kabul on Mon...
30 TALIBAN, INCLUDING 16 AL-QAEDA MEMBERS, KILLED IN KAPIS...
March 1 ,2021
At least 30 Taliban, "including 16 Al-Qaeda members," were killed and six more were wounded in the operation of the Afghan forces in th...
MYANMAR COURT FILES ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST SUU KYI; PROTES...
March 1 ,2021
A Myanmar court filed another charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, a lawyer acting for her said, as protesters marc...
MODI TAKES 1ST DOSE OF BHARAT BIOTECH'S COVID-19 VACCINE
March 1 ,2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi...
OIC DELEGATION PRAISES GOVERNMENT VISITING BHASAN CHAR
March 1 ,2021
OIC Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Amb Youssef Aldobeay has expressed satisfaction at the physical infrastructure as...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 01 MARCH
March 1 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYPEDARA, ITALY
Flames and smoke billowing from Mount Etna tower over the city in Sicily.
Photogra...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 01 MARCH
March 1 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYPEDARA, ITALY
Flames and smoke billowing from Mount Etna tower over the city in Sicily.
PhotographSalvator...
South China Sea: Biden has a chance to allow diplomacy to...
March 1 ,2021
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Under US President Joe Biden, one of the first American defence department acts was to create a&...
Khashoggi’s murder: It is time for accountability
March 1 ,2021
A demonstrator wearing a mask of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a protest outside the Saudi Arabia consulate where th...
China-Australia relations: Chinese investment in Australia...
March 1 ,2021
Australia announced a shake-up of its foreign investment laws in 2020. Photo: Reuters
Chinese investment in Australia fell by 61 p...
Delhi Muslims fear they will never see justice for religio...
March 1 ,2021
Muslims offer Friday prayers at a mosque in Mustafabad, Delhi, two days after last year’s riots. Photograph: Xavier Galiana/AFP...
Is New Delhi ready to meet Beijing halfway and move ties f...
March 1 ,2021
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the phone o...
Pakistan using JF-17B for training and frontline use
March 1 ,2021
In 2019, the PAF Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Mujahid Anwar Khan, revealed that the PAF was acquiring 26 JF-17Bs t...
Why the Arjun MK-1A MBT may prove to be a costly mistake f...
March 1 ,2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the hand over ceremony of the Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to the Army, at Chennai, in Tamil Nadu o...
India to display its air power and manufacturing capabilit...
March 1 ,2021
Indian jets in Colombo.
Given the competitive geo-political arena and the fact that China and Pakistan are pushing their envelops...
Diplomacy will be a high-wire act as resistance to militar...
March 1 ,2021
People march along a street to protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb 26, 2021.PHOTO: NYTIMES
Nearly one m...
China-India demilitarized zone upsets defense officials in...
March 1 ,2021
Indian soldiers stand near Zojila mountain pass, bordering China, in Nov. 2020
After the deadliest fighting in decades, India and...
What if Supreme court gives Nepal Communist Party to Katte...
March 1 ,2021
The Oli-Dahal party was registered as the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)—with NCP within brackets—at the Election Commission...
Chinese legislator urges enhanced drone usage along border...
March 1 ,2021
A GJ-11 stealth attack drone makes its parade debut during the National Day parade held in Beijing on October 1, 2019. Photo: Fan Lin...
'Myanmar is like a battlefield': UN says at least 18 dead...
March 1 ,2021
At least 18 people have been killed, according to the UN, after security forces in Myanmar used lethal violence against anti-coup prote...
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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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