Riyadh, Sep 14 (IANS) Consul General of India in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, Fahad Suri, on Monday visited Indian nationals undergoing treatment at a local hospital who are among dozens of people injured during the recent Houthi group launched ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting several Saudi cities.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday described Vietnam as a significant partner in advancing India's regional engagement, particularly under the Act East policy, the MAHASAGAR vision and wider Indo-Pacific vision.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) More than 1,000 Chinese construction workers surrounded armed police vehicles and forced officers to release a detained colleague recently, in a rare public show of defiance by citizens of an authoritarian state working abroad, a new report has said.
Kathmandu, Sep 14 (IANS) Nepal lost or disabled several critical hydrological monitoring stations during the devastating August 26 Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood, undermining the availability of real-time river data as the extreme flood wave moved rapidly downstream, according to a government assessment.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) As millions of children in Pakistan remain nutritionally vulnerable despite years of interventions, malnutrition can no longer be treated as an occasional emergency in the country, according to a new report.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) While a decade of US sanctions have failed to check China’s oil purchases from Iran at discounted prices, the actual sinking of Iranian oil tankers by American missiles last week are expected to drastically hit Chinese oil supplies, according to an article in Modern Diplomacy.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Al-Qaeda in the Sub-Continent (AQIS) has been gradually re-building its capabilities and is seeking to regain its lost glory. While on one hand it has been regrouping in Afghanistan, on the other it has increased its recruitment cum radicalisation drive in India.
Auckland, Sep 14 (IANS) Indian Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was accorded a traditional Maori Powhiri welcome on Monday at Te Taua Moana Marae, the spiritual and cultural home of Royal New Zealand Navy personnel, at the HMNZS Philomel naval base in Auckland.
Dhaka, Sep 14 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an unprecedented dengue outbreak, as many as 52 people died from the infection in the first 13 days of September, marking the highest monthly fatalities recorded so far this year and raising serious concerns over the worsening public health crisis, local media reported.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Crude oil prices jumped sharply on Monday, with Brent crude rising above $107 a barrel, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East raising fears of disruptions to global energy supplies.
