SPUTNIK V APPROVED FOR EMERGENCY USE IN SRI LANKA
March 4 ,2021
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) of Sri Lanka has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’, m...
NEPAL SIGNS PEACE AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNIST REBEL GROUP
March 4 ,2021
Nepal’s government signed a peace agreement Thursday with a small communist rebel group widely feared because they were known for...
NEPAL PM OLI TAKES JIBE AT PRACHANDA’S INDIA REMARKS
March 4 ,2021
As India’s relations with Nepal hit another of their periodic lows, and in the wake of his rival Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s state...
TAJ MAHAL SHUT, TOURISTS EVACUATED AFTER BOMB THREAT CALL
March 4 ,2021
The Taj Mahal has been shut and tourists have been evacuated this morning after Uttar Pradesh Police received a call about a bomb at th...
INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER ARRIVES IN DHAKA
March 4 ,2021
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka around 10am today.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen welcomed him at the...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 04 MARCH
March 4 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYKERANIGANJ, BANGLADESH
Labourers at a dockyard where old cargo ships and cruisers are dismantled for parts....
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 04 MARCH
March 4 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYKERANIGANJ, BANGLADESH
Labourers at a dockyard where old cargo ships and cruisers are dismantled for parts....
HT IMAM NO MORE
March 4 ,2021
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam has passed away. He was 82.
"With deep sorrow I announce that HT Imam...
India’s social media spices up wild sensations, cooking bo...
March 4 ,2021
Since May 2020, India had repeatedly provoked China in border areas, resulting in months of standoffs between the two countries. Howeve...
IAF takes part in multination exercise hosted by UAE
March 4 ,2021
The Indian Air Force is, for the first time, participating in an annual multinational air exercise hosted by the United Arab Emirates....
Pakistan, Turkey to co-manufacture warplanes, missiles?
March 4 ,2021
Turkey is in talks to co-manufacture warplanes and missiles with Pakistan, a foreign media outlet claimed. Turkish defence and governme...
Macron admits France murdered top Algerian independence fi...
March 4 ,2021
Malika Boumendjel, the widow of Algerian lawyer Ali Boumendjel, had never believed France's story that her husband committed suicide...
Thousands in India demand top judge resign over rape remar...
March 4 ,2021
India’s top judge is facing calls to resign after asking an accused rapist whether he would marry his schoolgirl victim to avoid...
ASEAN eyes digital vaccine certificate for post-COVID trav...
March 4 ,2021
Singapore's Changi Airport in January: ASEAN economic ministers have discussed the possibility of a shared digital vaccine...
Terror-financing grey listing costs Pakistan billions annu...
March 4 ,2021
FATF is keeping Pakistan on its grey list until further progress is made in eliminating terrorism funding. (Nikkei montage/Reute...
Will India-Pakistan LOC peace lead to Kashmir solution?
March 4 ,2021
India and Pakistan have both announced to “strictly observe” the truce along the Line of Control and all other sectors &ldq...
India’s fake degrees: Hundreds in Singapore, Malaysia, US,...
March 4 ,2021
Manav Bharti University campus in Solan, India's Himachal Pradesh state. Photo: Facebook
Hundreds of alumni of a private universit...
Myanmar’s military runs amok causing mayhem and death in i...
March 4 ,2021
Myanmar riot police block a road in Yangon during a protest against the military coup on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/G...
Philippines signs agreement with India for world's fastest...
March 4 ,2021
A soldier salutes from a Brahmos Weapon system in New Delhi, on Jan 26, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
The Philippines and India have signed an a...
China to work with Pakistan to cement ironclad friendship,...
March 4 ,2021
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a virtual ceremony with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi...
Another bloody day in Myanmar: At least 28 protesters slai...
March 4 ,2021
Myanmar’s protest-related death toll reached its highest point on Wednesday as soldiers and riot police loyal to the country&rsqu...
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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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