Dhaka, Sep 1 (IANS) India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, met Bangladesh’s Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday, with the two sides discussing ways to enhance bilateral cooperation and strengthen local government framework between the two countries.
Bishkek, Sep 1 (IANS) India led and supported several initiatives found place in the Bishkek Declaration signed by the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following the 26th Meeting of the Council of Heads which took place in the Kyrgyz capital on Tuesday.
Prague, Sep 1 (IANS) China is constructing an unprecedented hydropower project in Tibet near the heavily militarised border with India, building a massive dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known internationally as the Brahmaputra, raising serious concerns over devastating consequences, a recent report has stated.
Kathmandu, Sep 1 (IANS) A 19-member Indian forensic team has begun analysing DNA samples in coordination with Nepali forensic experts to help identify people affected by the recent flash floods in Nepal, the Indian Embassy said on Tuesday.
Koror (Palau), Sept 1 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, on Tuesday met Ricky F Cantero, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Micronesia, on the sidelines of the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau.
Lhasa, Sep 1 (IANS) The silence of Chinese authorities after the glacier avalanche struck Tibet is a continuation of its decades-long policy of suppressing Tibetan suffering, erasing Tibetan identity and controlling the narrative of Tibet in the world, a report has detailed.
Kyiv/New York, Sep 1 (IANS) An Indian national has been killed in a wave of intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday. He said on X that the Indian was among 12 killed in drone and missile strikes on several targets across Ukraine in five days of heightened attacks by Moscow. Zelensky did not name the Indian victim or where he was killed.
Islamabad, Sep 1 (IANS) Christian rights advocates have criticised a Pakistan court for granting custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a man accused of kidnapping, forcibly converting and getting married to her. Rights advocates said that the court's decision could expose the girl, identified as Amber Nadeem, to further abuse and coercion and urged authorities to protect the child.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Russia's Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, on Tuesday called on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin at the BJP Headquarters in New Delhi, discussing the continued strengthening of relations between both countries.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Noted journalist and former Minister of State for External Affairs, M J Akbar, on Tuesday said that the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek has sent a "very powerful message" as it took place against the background of the recent Mecca Pact signed between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.
