Dhaka: Tension gripped Bangladesh afresh Saturday after leaders of the student movement refused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's invitation for talks while protesters laid siege on major streets in the capital, days after more than 200 people died in anti-quota protests. Bangladesh recently witnessed violent clashes...
New Delhi: The next round of talks for the ongoing review meeting of the India-Asean free trade agreement in goods will be held in November, an official statement said Saturday. The third round of the negotiations was concluded August 1 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Eight sub-committees...
Los Angeles: Death Valley, one of the hottest locations in the world at the height of summer, just experienced the hottest month on record this July, with an average 24-hour temperature of 108.5 degrees Fahrenheit (42.5 degrees Celsius), said US Death Valley National Park officials....
Washington: The US Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said as President Joe Biden made good on his promise to beef up the American military presence to help defend...
Washington: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The move comes after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced that...
Washington: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Friday said that he has not yet decided on whether to participate in a debate with his potential Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. “Well, I want to. And we're leading in the polls it...
New Delhi: Air India Friday announced suspending flights to Tel Aviv till August 8, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The Tata Group-owned airline operates five weekly flights to the Israeli city from the national capital. "In view of the ongoing situation in parts...
Yangon: Over 1,700 schools in nine regions and states across Myanmar have temporarily closed due to severe flooding, said the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council. The floods were caused by rising water levels of the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers, the information team said....
Islamabad: Pakistan has paid more than USD 3.6 billion in interest on loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the last 40 years, the finance ministry of the cash-strapped government has informed Parliament. This was revealed by the government during a meeting of the...
Washington: American journalist Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan were released by Russia Thursday in an exchange of prisoners that has been described as the largest since the height of the Cold War. At least two dozen detainees were involved in the swap with prisoners...
The infidelity of the Nvidia co-founder, Jensen Huang, the AI tech giant company’s CEO, who recently admitted he had been...
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The quality of air that people across cities in India have been breathing on Deepabali nights for the past few...
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By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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