MEA Secretary visits oil refinery project in Mongolia, reviews progress

IANS | September 24, 2025 4:28 PM

Ulaanbaatar, Sep 24 (IANS) P Kumaran, Secretary (East) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), visited the oil refinery project at Altanshiree, Dornogovi Province in Mongolia, which is being constructed with a US$1.7 billion soft Line of Credit (LoC) from the Indian government.

Speakers at UN highlight suffering of PoK residents and Pakistan's terror agenda

IANS | September 24, 2025 3:46 PM

Sydney, Sep 24 (IANS) People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) continue to suffer massive human, economic, and psychological damage as the region remains one of the most severely impacted areas by terrorism in the entire South Asia. The plight of such communities was recently highlighted at the 60th Meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, when one of the speakers spoke on how the people of PoK suffer due to the terror agenda of the Pakistan state, a report has revealed.

Those defeated in 1971 B'desh war, now trying to disrupt polls: BNP

IANS | September 24, 2025 2:32 PM

Dhaka, Sep 24 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that the groups defeated in the country's 1971 Liberation War are attempting to derail the upcoming national elections by staging street protests demanding a Proportional Representation (PR) system, local media reported.