Time to challenge what we know: Radwan Mujib Siddiq
September 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Radwan Mujib Siddiq. File photo
Policymakers need to revisit their assumptions and undertake a more detailed analysis of who and w...
Ice-age children’s handprints found in India could be some...
September 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The fossilised handprints were preserved in limestone on the Tibetan Plateau. Photo: Facebook
Fossilised handprints of children fr...
India seized $2.7bn in Afghan heroin amid Taliban takeover...
September 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Indian officials say they seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200bn rupees ($2.72bn) a...
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi pleads not guilty in incitement...
September 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s military government has put deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for incitement, her lawyer said, the latest in a l...
Ambassadors appointed by Oli government to be recalled
September 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The government has decided to recall all ambassadors politically appointed by the previous KP Sharma Oli-led administration.
A Cabinet...
India's Goswami lampooned after claiming ISI agents are st...
September 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A screengrab from Indian anchor Arnab Goswami's programme 'The Debate'.
Firebrand Indian television anchor Arnab Goswami was left...
Bangladesh to export 2,080 tonnes of hilsha to India
September 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The commerce ministry today gave go-ahead to 52 companies to export 2,080 tonnes of hilsa fish to India by October 10 this year, as the...
Dutch foreign minister quits over Afghanistan evacuation c...
September 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag has resigned after the lower house of parliament passed a motion of censure against the government o...
Anger as Sri Lanka court returns elephants to alleged traf...
September 18 ,2021
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By: Minelle Fernandez
In a controversial order being widely slammed by conservationists, a Sri Lankan court has upheld an earlier decision to allow the retur...
PM Hasina sends Modi bouquet of 71 roses on his 71st birth...
September 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi with a bouquet of 71 red roses on the occasion of his 71t...
Myanmar junta to put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on tri...
September 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Ms Aung San Suu Kyi will face a new trial on four charges of corruption beginning on Oct 1, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
Myanmar's junta will p...
Initial talks with Taliban can be thru’ its Doha office: E...
September 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh must decide on the Taliban issue with caution and patience, said experts at a virtual event on Wednesday.
If possible...
Afghan Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar among Time's 100...
September 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan, has been named among the "100 Most Influentia...
Myanmar currency hovers near all-time low
September 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A money-changer's office in Yangon: Myanmar's currency, the kyat, has fallen 20% to 30% since a military takeover of the governm...
Putin phones Khan as Afghanistan brings Pak, Russia closer
September 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday discussed the evolving situation in Afghanis...
Modi to inaugurate new defence ministry buildings, vacated...
September 15 ,2021
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By: Moushumi Das Gupta
A model view of Delhi's proposed Central Vista | Twitter
Defence ministry offices that have been functioning from barracks on Dalh...
Taliban probing bank accounts linked to Afghan ex-official...
September 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The investigation may lead to the freezing of assets and accounts of former civil servants, ministers and lawmakers.PHOTO: EPA-EFE...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi back in court after health no-show
September 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer said she suffered from "car sickness" while being taken to the courtroom.PHOTO: AFP
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung...
Dr Abdul Qadeer disappointed with PM Imran for not inquiri...
September 14 ,2021
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By: Syed Irfan Raza
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan said his condition was improving and he was not getting oxygen artificially on a regular basis. — AFP/File...
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi skips hearing after feeling unwe...
September 14 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Aung San Suu Kyi was deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising [File: Aung Shine Oo/ AP
Lawyers for...
Mumbai’s humble snack Vada Pav gets new attention after Br...
September 14 ,2021
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By: Kalpana Sunder
Vada pav made by a street food vendor with dry peanut-garlic and other chutneys. Photo: Ruchira Ramanujam
A recent photo of Br...
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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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