New York, Aug 7 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that Washington and Moscow have made a "lot of progress" in working towards ending the Ukraine War and speculated the punitive tariff he imposed on India for buying Russian oil may have something to do with it.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met a delegation of young political leaders from Nepal in New Delhi on Wednesday as the two sides discussed close cooperation and deep people-to-people ties between both nations.
Beijing, Aug 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to travel to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit to be held in Tianjin City from August 31-September 1, reports cited on Wednesday. This will be PM Modi's first visit to China since the Galwan clash in 2020, which severely strained bilateral ties.
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he has signed an executive order imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India, citing the country’s continued purchase of Russian oil.
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) Pakistan continues to persecute minorities through its controversial blasphemy laws, particularly targetting the Christian community, a report has detailed. The pattern of religious intolerance and violence against minorities, it said, stems from Pakistan's adoption of an Islamic Constitution in 1973 and provisions of Sharia law in its Civil Code as, under the Pakistani constitution, the right to free speech is limited to uphold "the glory of Islam".
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) Although the core mission of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC) was to enhance access and quality in higher education in the country, it continues to be crippled with administrative and organisational deficiencies due to faulty decisions, systemic lacunas and a lack of direction, local media cited on Wednesday.
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) At least 71 people have been killed and 86 others injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since the start of the monsoon season in late June, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) revealed in its latest figures, on Wednesday. The deceased, reported local media citing the latest figures shared by the PDMA, include 40 children, 17 men and 14 women.
Beijing, Aug 6 (IANS) China's mega project, Medog Hydropower Station on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, poses a grave threat to the cultural, spiritual, and geographical foundations that have anchored the Tibetan identity for millennia, a report cited on Wednesday.
Canberra, Aug 6 (IANS) The Australian government's Online Safety Commissioner has criticised technology giants for failing to prevent child sexual abuse.
Hiroshima, Aug 6 (IANS) Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday offered condolences to those who lost their lives in the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima as the nation marked the 80th anniversary of the incident. He reiterated his commitment to uphold Japan's three principles of not possessing, producing or permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons.
