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Former Afghan President Karzai raises alarm over UN report on education crisis

IANS | April 30, 2026 4:57 PM

Kabul, April 30 (IANS) Former Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai, on Thursday raised serious concerns over a recent analysis by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which warned that Afghanistan risks losing up to 20,000 women teachers and 5,400 healthcare workers by 2030 amid continuing restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment in the country.

Russia has no 'aggressive intentions' towards Europe: Medvedev

IANS | April 30, 2026 4:25 PM

Moscow, April 30 (IANS) Deputy Chairman of Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that Moscow has no "aggressive intentions" towards European nations, local media reported.

India and Italy expand defence ties, explore deepening industrial cooperation

IANS | April 30, 2026 3:19 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) India and Italy explored prospects for further developing industrial cooperation in the defence sector during a meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto in New Delhi on Thursday. Both ministers discussed ways to further develop mutually beneficial defence industrial cooperation under India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat programme and Italy’s defence cooperation initiative.

Former Indian envoy terms Iranian and US blockage of Strait of Hormuz 'illegal'

IANS | April 30, 2026 3:12 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Iran and the US's blockage of the Strait of Hormuz is "illegal, and the breakdown of the rule of law and rules-based order", India's former Ambassador to the UAE and Egypt Navdeep Singh Suri said on Thursday.

UAE left OPEC due to low size of oil quota: Ex-envoy Navdeep Suri

IANS | April 30, 2026 2:39 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The UAE had been thinking of leaving the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel for the last five years as the oil quota allotted to the country by the Saudi Arabia-dominated group was not considered sufficient, according to Navdeep Singh Suri, India’s former Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

Clandestine Khalistan push in Malaysia raises alarm

IANS | April 30, 2026 2:36 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Malaysia has now become a hub for the pro-Khalistan elements and latter is purportedly carrying out its propaganda and also plotting attacks in India. The ISI took into consideration various aspects before moving the pro-Khalistan team into Malaysia and one of priorities for them was to position them, in any nation with close proximity to India.

Rights group demands immediate release of Pashtun human rights defenders in Pakistan

IANS | April 30, 2026 1:49 PM

Islamabad, April 30 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Thursday called on Pakistani authorities to release human rights defenders Hanif Pashteen and Noor Ullah Tareen and to immediately disclose their whereabouts to their families.

BJP leader urges MEA to help elderly Sikh couples stranded in Tehran

IANS | April 30, 2026 1:44 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Thursday called on the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to step in and facilitate the return of elderly Sikh couples who are currently stranded at a gurudwara in Tehran.

Humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Afghanistan due to clashes with Pakistan: UN

IANS | April 30, 2026 1:09 PM

Kabul, April 30 (IANS) Renewed border clashes between troops of Afghanistan and Pakistan have deteriorated humanitarian conditions in eastern Afghanistan, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), local media reported on Thursday.

Bangladesh journalists condemn attack on DUJA, demand accountability

IANS | April 30, 2026 12:54 PM

Dhaka, April 30 (IANS) At least 370 campus journalists across Bangladesh strongly condemned the recent attack on members of the Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA), calling for exemplary punishment for the attackers, local media reported.

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Former Afghan President Karzai raises alarm over UN report on education crisis

Russia has no 'aggressive intentions' towards Europe: Medvedev

India and Italy expand defence ties, explore deepening industrial cooperation

Former Indian envoy terms Iranian and US blockage of Strait of Hormuz 'illegal'

UAE left OPEC due to low size of oil quota: Ex-envoy Navdeep Suri

Clandestine Khalistan push in Malaysia raises alarm

Rights group demands immediate release of Pashtun human rights defenders in Pakistan

BJP leader urges MEA to help elderly Sikh couples stranded in Tehran

Humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Afghanistan due to clashes with Pakistan: UN

Bangladesh journalists condemn attack on DUJA, demand accountability

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