New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted Kalamkari Mahabharata painting to French President Emmanuel Macron and a Pochampally silk stole to French First Lady Brigitte Macron, during his visit to France this week as part of a two-nation tour.
Taipei, June 19 (IANS) Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has called on China to stop its military expansion in the South and East China Seas, the Taiwan Strait, and any use of force against the island, local media reported on Friday.
Kabul, June 19 (IANS) Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence on Friday claimed that that it conducted airstrikes against alleged ISIS-linked targets in Pakistan, local media reported.
Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League expressed grave concern over the arrest of former lawmaker and party leader Laila Parveen Sejuti after reportedly securing bail from the High Court, stating that the development has sparked renewed debate over the state of the rule of law in the country.
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) As many as 8.6 million children are engaged in child labour in Pakistan, with more than 6.6 million involved in hazardous labour that poses a threat to their health, safety and future, according to a national report launched by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) in collaboration with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), local media reported on Friday.
Abuja, June 19 (IANS) In a significant move towards enhancing defence partnership, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria Abhishek Singh met Nigerian Defence Minister, Christopher Gwabin Musa, and discussed the ongoing progress in bilateral defence cooperation.
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) As many as seven people were killed and eight others were injured after heavy rains and windstorm lashed several parts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Friday.
Bern, June 19 (IANS) The planned talks between the US, Iran, Qatar and Pakistan have been postponed, Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday, while expressing readiness to facilitate these talks.
Geneva, June 19 (IANS) India firmly rejected “baseless and malicious allegations” by Pakistan, while dismissing references to the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir made by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), reiterating that the region remains an “integral and inalienable” part of the country.
Paris, June 19 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the incident in which more than one hundred workers reportedly fell ill after consuming water supplied by a garment factory in Bangladesh’s Gazipur district, warning that such an incident reflects serious failures in workplace health and safety measures.
