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US Congressional briefing spotlights plight of people in East Turkistan, Tibet, and Southern Mongolia

IANS | July 22, 2025 3:05 PM

Washington, July 22 (IANS) Turkey's collaboration with the Chinese intelligence to suppress the independence movement of East Turkistan and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ongoing efforts to "divide and co-opt Uyghur organisations abroad" were spotlighted during a US Congressional Briefing on Captive Nations convened in the Rayburn House Office Building of the US Congress to commemorate the 'Captive Nations Week 2025', on Monday, US time.

Motwani Jadeja Institute for American Studies launched in NY to strengthen Indo-US ties through education and diplomacy

IANS | July 22, 2025 2:01 PM

New York, July 22 (IANS) In a landmark initiative aimed at deepening India-US academic engagement and global leadership, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) inaugurated the Motwani Jadeja Institute for American Studies (MJIAS) at a prestigious event in New York.

Reaffirming cultural ties: Indian envoy inaugurates Ashoka pillar replica, Buddha relics at Sri Lanka temple

IANS | July 22, 2025 1:39 PM

Colombo, July 22 (IANS) Marking a significant moment in the shared heritage between India and Sri Lanka, a replica of King Ashoka's Vaishali Pillar of Dhamma and a special exposition of the sacred Kapilavastu Relics were inaugurated by Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha in the Raja Guru Sri Subuthi Maha Viharaya Temple in the island nation.

25 children among 27 killed in Bangladesh Air Force jet crash

IANS | July 22, 2025 11:12 AM

Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) The death toll in the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash climbed to 27, twenty-five of the deceased being students, authorities announced on Tuesday.

UN must remain catalyst for inclusive, sustainable development: NITI Aayog vice chairman

IANS | July 22, 2025 10:43 AM

New York, July 22 (IANS) Representing India at the Ministerial Segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Suman Bery, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, on Tuesday, emphasised the need for the United Nations to remain a key catalyst in driving inclusive and sustainable development across the globe.

B'desh: Awami League's student wing slams interim govt over inadequate medical supply to plane crash victims

IANS | July 22, 2025 8:27 AM

Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) Bangladesh Students’(Chhatra) League, the student wing of Awami League party, on Tuesday slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for failing to provide adequate medical care to the injured children after the country’s Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school building in the capital Dhaka.

Gita Gopinath to step down from IMF in August, set to rejoin Harvard

IANS | July 22, 2025 7:09 AM

Washington, July 22 (IANS) Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be stepping down from her role in August 2025 to return to academia at Harvard University, the IMF announced.

Pakistan: Baloch activists condemn 'inhumane treatment' of protestors in Islamabad

IANS | July 21, 2025 9:11 PM

Islamabad, July 21 (IANS) A Baloch human rights organisation on Monday slammed the Pakistani authorities for forcibly evicting Baloch protestors - including women, children and elderly members - from their flat after cutting off water supply and exposing them to extreme weather conditions in Islamabad.

Yunus govt's lack of experience laid bare in tariff negotiations with US

Baidya Bikash Basu | July 21, 2025 9:00 PM

Dhaka: Bangladesh, a country wherein nearly three million people are out of work, the economic growth remains sluggish at about 3.5 per cent per annum and investments - both domestic and external - have not gone up, is currently stuck in a precarious situation as far as the tariff negotiations with the United States is concerned.

Pakistan: Rights body alarmed over wave of forcible disappearances in Balochistan and Sindh

IANS | July 21, 2025 8:53 PM

Quetta, July 21 (IANS) A Baloch human rights organisation on Monday strongly condemned the abduction of four civilians by Pakistani security forces amid the ongoing wave of enforced disappearances across the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh.

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US Congressional briefing spotlights plight of people in East Turkistan, Tibet, and Southern Mongolia

Motwani Jadeja Institute for American Studies launched in NY to strengthen Indo-US ties through education and diplomacy

Reaffirming cultural ties: Indian envoy inaugurates Ashoka pillar replica, Buddha relics at Sri Lanka temple

25 children among 27 killed in Bangladesh Air Force jet crash

UN must remain catalyst for inclusive, sustainable development: NITI Aayog vice chairman

B'desh: Awami League's student wing slams interim govt over inadequate medical supply to plane crash victims

Gita Gopinath to step down from IMF in August, set to rejoin Harvard

Pakistan: Baloch activists condemn 'inhumane treatment' of protestors in Islamabad

Yunus govt's lack of experience laid bare in tariff negotiations with US

Pakistan: Rights body alarmed over wave of forcible disappearances in Balochistan and Sindh

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