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President Murmu conferred with Timor-Leste’s highest civilian award

DILI (TIMOR-LESTE): President Droupadi Murmu was conferred the Grand-Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste, the country's highest civilian award, by her counterpart Jos Ramos-Horta...

Jaishankar meets Maldivian def min, discusses security ties amidst China’s growing presence

MALE: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held a "very good meeting" with the Maldivian Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon and discussed bilateral security...

Astronauts conduct first-ever archaeological survey in space

NEW DELHI: A new study has adapted an archaeological strategy for space to reveal how astronauts actually use areas aboard the International Space Station...

Bangladeshis welcome new interim govt led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus with hope for normalcy

DHAKA: People in Bangladesh have welcomed the new interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, hoping it would restore order, end repression and...

Nearly 70 Indians awaiting release from Russian Army: Jaishankar

NEW DELHI: A total of 91 Indian nationals were recruited in the Russian Army of whom 14 have been discharged and eight died while...

India to open consulate in Auckland: President Murmu

NEW DELHI: India will soon open a Consulate in Auckland to fulfill the long-standing demand of the Indian diaspora, President Droupadi Murmu announced Friday. She...

Yunus describes Hasina’s ouster as Bangladesh’s ‘second independence’ promises safety to citizens

DHAKA: Muhammad Yunus Thursday promised to deliver a government which assures safety to its citizens and urged them to assist him in rebuilding the...

Interests of Bangladesh people foremost in our mind: India

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the evolving situation in Bangladesh, the government said on Thursday that the interests of the people of the neighbouring...

Mohammad Yunus appeals for calm as Bangladesh authorities scramble to bring law & order under control

DHAKA: Nobel laureate Prof Mohammad Yunus, the designated head of Bangladesh's interim government, on Wednesday fervently appealed everybody "to stay calm" and "refrain from...

Interim govt headed by M Yunus will take oath today

DHAKA: Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh will take oath on Thursday, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said. Addressing a press conference on...

India, US working to ‘shape the future’, write Blinken, Austin

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a joint Op-ed have described the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy...

Why Bangladesh protesters want Mohd Yunus to lead next govt

DHAKA: The interim government in Bangladesh should have Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus as the chief advisor – this is a strong demand made...

B’desh President meets key coordinators of students’ movement; discusses current situation

DHAKA: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday met with the key coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement at the Bangabhaban to discuss the current...

Harris secures Democratic presidential nominee, to face off against Trump

WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris has made history by securing the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman of color to lead a major party's ticket...

Google has illegal monopoly over internet search, US judge rules

WASHINGTON: A judge in the United States has ruled that Google spent billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly for its search engine,...

Foreign investors infuse Rs 32,365 crore into Indian equities in July

NEW DELHI: In July, foreign investors infused Rs 32,365 crore into Indian equities on the back of expectation of continued policy reforms and sustained...

Israeli airstrike kills 10 Palestinians sheltering inside school in Gaza City

CAIRO, RAMALLAH: An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians on Saturday, hours after two...

91 killed, hundreds injured as protesters and ruling party supporters clash in Bangladesh

DHAKA: At least 91 people, including 14 policemen, were killed and hundreds injured on Sunday in fierce clashes between protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh...

1 in 4 countries has banned use of smartphones in schools due to negative impacts: UN report

NEW DELHI: Large-scale international assessment data suggests a negative link between excessive use of technology and student performance, yet less than one in four...

Harris rejects Trump’s offer to shift presidential debate

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has rejected her Republican rival Donald Trump's offer to shift the presidential debate to the Fox News channel,...

UN chief urges safeguarding indigenous peoples’ rights to live in peace, dignity

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for safeguarding the rights of indigenous people to live in peace and dignity, in his message...

Hamas chief’s assassination: US deploys more jets, warships as Iran threatens Israel

NEW DELHI: Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East following Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran, the United States is reinforcing its military...

Venezuelan electoral body confirms Maduro’s victory in presidential elections

CARACAS: Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has confirmed that President Nicolas Maduro won last week’s elections with 51.95 per cent of the vote. With 96.87 per...

US revokes plea deal for 9/11 plotters; death penalty back on table

WASHINGTON: United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea deal agreed with three plotters of the September 11, 2001 attacks on...

China begins observation experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in Mt Everest region

BEIJING: China has begun an observation experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in the Mount Everest Region in Tibet to study the interaction between the land...

Airlines including Air India avoid some Mideast airspace, cancel Israel flights as tensions mount

NEW DELHI: Airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and cancelling flights to Israel and Lebanon, as concerns grow over a possible conflict in...

Turkey blocks Instagram

ANKARA: Turkey has blocked access to Instagram, the national communications authority said, after a top government official slammed the social media platform for “censoring”...

Putin meets Russians freed after prisoner swap Moscow airport

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin met Russian citizens, who were detained in foreign countries and returned to their homeland after a prisoners’ exchange deal, at...

Guterres calls killing of Hamas, Hezbollah leaders ‘dangerous escalation’

UNITED NATIONS: Calling the twin strikes by Israel killing senior leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah during a 24-hour period a “dangerous escalation”, UN Secretary-General...

President Xi calls for hi-tech ‘smart system’ to boost China’s border defence

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater use of technology and the deployment of a “smart system” for border defence to meet...

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