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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay as he lands in the Himalayan nation Thursday, giving a further fillip to bilateral relations. The state visit from March 21-22 is in keeping...

New Delhi: India's tuberculosis incidence dropped marginally by 0.5 per cent between 2015 and 2020 and failed to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO's) END-TB milestone for 2020, according to new global research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The WHO End TB Strategy...

Karachi: At least 12 miners were killed and eight others rescued when a coal mine caved in following a powerful gas explosion in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials said Wednesday, in the latest accident to hit the resource-rich province in recent months. The incident happened in...

United Nations: India Tuesday slammed the Uniting for Consensus (UFC) model on UNSC reforms, citing that it won't empower Africa or Global South nations or change permanent seat membership. The UFC, which comprises 12 countries and two observers, including a P5 nation, stands against the...

Islamabad/Washington: The IMF has reached a staff-level agreement with cash-strapped Pakistan on the final review of a $3 billion bailout, paving the way for the release of the last $1.1 billion tranche from the lender. The agreement is subject to the approval of the IMF's...

Beijing: Fourteen people were killed and 37 others injured in a passenger bus crash in China's Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. The passenger bus crashed into a tunnel wall on the Hohhot-Beihai Expressway in Shanxi, Xinhua news agency reported. Rescue forces have rushed to...

United Nations: Highlighting the laser focus on women-led development initiatives, India's Permanent Representative at the UN said Tuesday the nation aims for Viksit Bharat by 2047, necessitating the full and equal participation of women across all spheres. Addressing a special event organised by India on...

Bangkok: Military airstrikes in western Myanmar killed at least 25 members of the country's Muslim Rohingya minority, including children, local media reported, prompting the UN chief to express concerns over the escalating violence. According to the reports, the airstrikes took place early Monday morning and...

Seoul: North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway US targets in the region. A hypersonic missile is among an array...

Washington: US President Joe Biden and his rival and predecessor Donald Trump, the presumptive presidential nominees for their parties, have secured more delegates by winning their respective primaries, continuing their march towards a rematch in November. Trump, 77, and Biden, 81, won in Arizona, Illinois,...