New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Swiss Confederation President Guy Parmelin is arriving in India on Monday for a three-day State visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the visit set to focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, science, technology, innovation and mobility.
Brasilia, Oct 5 (IANS) Right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has finished ahead of incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, but failed to cross the 50 per cent mark needed for an outright victory, setting up a closely watched run-off on October 25.
Jerusalem, Oct 5 (IANS) The Israeli Foreign Ministry has said that the world saw Israelis, Emiratis and Indians showing extraordinary courage and standing together against terror during the attack on a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv earlier this week.
Kathmandu, Oct. 4 (IANS) A general convention organised by a faction of Nepal’s Nepali Congress began in Kathmandu on Sunday, while another faction is scheduled to hold its own general convention in December, highlighting continued divisions within the country’s grand old party.
Colombo, Oct 4 (IANS) A Hong Kong university is set to conduct a research project in collaboration with the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) on the establishment of an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, triggering a debate over whether China is using the issue to pressure Colombo, a report said.
Islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Pakistan's military pressure on Afghanistan's Taliban over the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) may not win Islamabad the cooperation it wants, and could push Kabul closer to India, a report said ahead of the Moscow Format talks on Monday.
Tashkent, Oct 4 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Sunday hmet Uzbekistan Supreme Court's Chairperson Robakhon Makhmudova and discussed bilateral judicial cooperation.
Islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Pakistan has portrayed its airstrikes in Afghanistan as actions taken in response to militant attacks and threats allegedly originating from Afghan territory, but the increasing civilian death toll and its still worsening security situation spark serious questions over its claims, while the action is also seen as a bid to avoid the commitments it faces under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement as well as divert attention from Army chief Asim Munir's failure on the security front, a report said.
Islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Pakistan's right to information commissions have been running without their civil society members for years, leaving the public with no seat on the bodies meant to enforce its constitutional right to know, a report said.
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and other active pharmaceutical ingredients have been "invisibly" polluting rivers in Bangladesh, thereby impacting marine life and threatening fishing communities, a media report said.
