Delhi, July 18 (IANS) India and Russia on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral cultural and tourism ties during a high-level meeting held in New Delhi between Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Denis Alipov, the Ambassador of Russia to India.
Moscow, July 18 (IANS) Hours after the 27-member European Union on Friday agreed upon an 18th round of sanctions on Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow described the move as unlawful and emphasised that it will assess the latest package in order to minimise its impact.
Tehran, July 18 (IANS) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was compelled to take a local taxi to complete a part of his recent trip to Tarbiz city in Iran after all three official vehicles of his convoy broke down due to water-contaminated fuel, the country's media reported on Friday.
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) At least 63 more people have died in the last 24 hours in Pakistan's Punjab province, marking the deadliest day of the current monsoon season in the province to date, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) detailed on Friday.
Dhaka, July 18 (IANS) In yet another incident of vandalism targeting historical representations of Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, the image of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the Independence Memorial Mural 'Arjon' has been defaced with ink.
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Amid growing concerns over the erosion of civil liberties, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in collaboration with the European Union, convened a national roundtable in Islamabad to address the escalating restrictions on freedom of expression and the rapidly shrinking digital space in Pakistan.
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The United States' recent decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF), a Pakistan-backed proxy of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) has drawn sharp reactions from Indian Defence experts, who view the move as delayed and diplomatically motivated.
Quetta, July 18 (IANS) A Baloch human rights organisation condemned the extrajudicial killing of a youth on Friday, carried out by a government-backed death squad in the busy market of Kharan district, Balochistan. This incident occurred amid an increasing wave of human rights violations throughout the province.
New York, July 18 (IANS) India reiterated its strong commitment to the Pact for the Future and its annexes, the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and the Declaration on Future Generations, during the third interactive informal dialogue held to review the pact.
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Reacting to the US designating The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar lauded the decision and termed it a strong affirmation of India-US counter-terrorism cooperation.
