Tianjin, Aug 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China's Tianjin on Sunday, stating India's developmental cooperation with the Indian Ocean island country is beneficial for the people of both nations.
Tianjin, Aug 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Nepal counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China's Tianjin on Sunday, calling the two countries' ties "deep-rooted and very special".
Tianjin (China), Aug 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar's State Security and Peace Commission Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China's Tianjin on Sunday to review bilateral ties and discuss the way forward on several aspects of bilateral cooperation.
Athens, Aug 31 (IANS) The Pakistani Army's human rights record remains a matter of grave concern for international bodies and rights groups, with the force being accused of carrying out arbitrary and unlawful killings, extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and widespread torture in all provinces, a report has said.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) For the first time since 2001, excluding the Covid-19 years, the number of Indians visiting the United States has fallen as 2.1 lakh Indians travelled there in June 2025, which is an 8 per cent drop compared to 2.3 lakh in the same month last year, according to the US Commerce Department’s National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO).
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Japan has elevated the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership into a renewed phase, underscoring security, economic, technological, and people-to-people cooperation amid shifting global dynamics.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Once coined as an economic acronym by Goldman Sachs, BRICS has evolved over 15 years into a forum with undeniable global weight, thanks to expanded membership, financial institutions, and growing influence in governance.
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Plagued by opaque biometric systems, Pakistan’s social safety net has fallen prey to insidious decay, with the Auditor General revealing that 324 government officials embezzled over Rs 37 million from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), local media reported on Sunday.
Tianjin, Aug 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Politburo Standing Committee member Cai Qi in Tianjin on Sunday. The two leaders discussed multiple economic and political issues while also touched upon increasing people-to-people exchanges between India and China.
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) The Christian minority in Pakistan is struggling due to relentless persecution and legal vulnerability, and the community, which comprises 1.6 per cent of the population, faces a society increasingly moving toward religious homogenisation, a report has said.
