MoS Pabitra Margherita calls on Papua New Guinea PM James Marape

IANS | September 15, 2025 8:39 PM

Port Moresby, Sep 15 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) Pabitra Margherita called on Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Monday, conveying greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and people of India on the occasion of country's 50th anniversary of independence.

Two new polio cases in Pakistan take 2025 tally to 26

IANS | September 15, 2025 8:16 PM

Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) Two new polio virus cases have been reported in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, taking the total number of cases in 2025 to 26, the National Institute of Health (NIH) stated on Monday.

Russia sentences former Ukrainian boxer to 20 years in prison for terror attack

IANS | September 15, 2025 8:05 PM

Moscow, Sep 15 (IANS) The Second Western District Military Court in Russia on Monday sentenced former Ukrainian boxing champion and a serviceman of the Kraken assault unit, Andrey Prikhodko, to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of blowing up a Gazelle vehicle with Russian military personnel in the Belgorod region in 2023.