Bangladesh: Engineering students block traffic in Dhaka, raise demands

IANS | August 27, 2025 9:36 PM

Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Several students from engineering universities, including Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Wednesday for the second consecutive day, pressing home their three-point demand, local media reported.

Tibetans feel stifled, asphyxiated by tide of Chinese propaganda memes: Report

IANS | August 27, 2025 9:26 PM

Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) Lhasa, a holy pilgrimage city, was temporarily transformed to resemble Beijing, turning the Patola parade ground into a mini Tiananmen Square, where authorities observed and monitored every assembled citizen during the recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to central Tibet, a report cited on Wednesday.

Indian Consulate's new Chancery premises inaugurated in Seattle

IANS | August 27, 2025 8:43 PM

Seattle, Aug 27 (IANS) The new Chancery premises of the Consulate General of India in Seattle, was officially inaugurated by Ambassador of India to the United States, Vinay Kwatra in the presence of Governor of Washington State Bob Ferguson, US Senator Maria Cantwell and Mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell.

'Special partnership' between PM Modi and Trump will steer India-US relationship: Shringla

Nayan Seth | August 27, 2025 8:32 PM

Virginia, Aug 26 (IANS) Asserting that India enjoys the most comprehensive and multifaceted relationship with the United States, Former Foreign Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla has emphasised that New Delhi and Washington will find a way to conclude a satisfactory, mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement "early rather than late" that would also set the stage for the visit of US President Donald Trump to India for the Quad Summit, later this year.

Preparing schedule of Putin's bilateral meetings during SCO Summit in China: Kremlin

IANS | August 27, 2025 8:12 PM

Moscow, Aug 27 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit with the Kremlin confirming on Wednesday that the Presidential office is currently preparing a schedule of the leader's bilateral meetings which will be held on the sidelines of the event.

Jirgas in Pakistan factories of brutality, vengeance their justice: Report

IANS | August 27, 2025 7:51 PM

Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Highlighting the heinous practice of honour killings in Pakistan and the latest case involving a 19-year-old bride in Pirwadhai who was murdered after a jirga decided her fate, a report on Wednesday called the local council delivering justice as a "mob of patriarchs", only men, which have egos and unchecked power.