United Nations, March 28 (IANS) Kamal Kishore, the head of India's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has been appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General with the disaster risk reduction portfolio.
Kuala Lumpur, March 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a 'productive and frank discussion' with Malaysian counterpart Mohamad bin Haji Hasan on Wednesday, and the two leaders exchanged views on bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest.
Washington, March 27 (IANS) Six people, who went missing due to a bridge collapse in the US city of Baltimore, are presumed dead.
Singapore, March 27 (IANS) Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau and Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) have dispatched officers to Baltimore in the US to support the investigation into a vessel-bridge collision incident, according to the latest statement from the MPA.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The 22-member crew on the Singapore-flagged container ship, which collided with a bridge in the US Baltimore city early on Tuesday, causing it to collapse, were all Indians and all are safe, as per the shipping company.
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) China has demanded a thorough investigation after five of its nationals and one Pakistani citizen were killed in an attack on a convoy in Besham city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district, media reported.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) In a tragic incident, parts of a bridge in the US state of Maryland collapsed early on Tuesday morning, after being hit by a container ship, sending several vehicles into the water as quoted by media reports.
Sochi (Russia) March 26 (IANS) The Northern Sea Route (NSR) will be one more alternative route for India to add to its energy security and others, said a senior official at the Indian Embassy in Russia.
Moscow, March 26 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the deadly terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall in suburban Moscow was carried out by radical Islamists, but many questions still remain.
New York, March 26 (IANS) An appeals court in New York has cut the bond in US former President Donald Trump's business fraud case by more than half and granted a ten-day period for coming up with the smaller bond.
