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India concerned about Afghan security situation: Rajnath Singh

India is concerned about the security situation in Afghanistan and will continue to support the local government's efforts for peace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday

Maldives' foreign minister hails late Indian president Pranab Mukherjee

Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid on Thursday penned a message in the Condolence Book opened by the High Commission of India in Maldives, dedicated to the late former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, following his demise

IHC gives India, Jadhav second chance to clarify stance on pursuing case

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted on Thursday another opportunity to New Delhi and Kulbhushan Jadhav to clarify their stance on pursuing the case before the federal capital’s high court

Speaker Nasheed attributes prosperity, independence to India-Maldives relations

Parliament Speaker and former president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has praised Maldives-India relations, describing it as an age-old friendship

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Sri Lanka to fly back 113 students from Pakistan

Sri Lanka will fly back 113 students stranded in Pakistan on April 21 in the first stage of an attempt to bring back citizens from Coronavirus struck countries as the Indian Ocean island announced a relaxation of tight curfews slapped to contain Covid-19

Matterhorn lights up with Indian tricolour

A more than 1,000-metre high Indian tricolour was projected onto the Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps "to express solidarity to all Indians in the fight against COVID-19"

Bangladesh's boatmen stare at bleak future

Sadek Ali, a boatman who plies his trade on the Buriganga river in Bangladesh, took loans from his relatives to send his only son to Brunei two months ago

Pakistan exports terror as India helps world against Covid: Indian Army chief

When India is sending is medical teams and exporting medicines to the world to battle coronavirus, Pakistan is exporting terror, Indian Army chief Gen M.M. Naravane said on Friday

Modi calls Bhutanese PM, discusses COVID-19 situation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering Thursday evening, and extended concern and support for Bhutan as it battles COVID-19 situation, according to Lyonchhen’s office

Sri Lanka offers to host IPL 2020 amid COVID-19 crisis

Sri Lanka has offered to host the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which has now been indefinitely suspended by the BCCI due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

India slams US body, denies religious segregation of COVID-19 patients

India has hit back at the US Commision on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for spreading what it said was false information on medical protocols followed by professionals to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic in India

Bhutanese complain of stigmatisation, discrimination in Kolkata

Bhutanese patients and their attendants who returned from Kolkata Wednesdat didn’t have nice stories to share as they alleged of being discriminated while in Kolkata amid the Covid-19 outbreak

Pakistan reiterates backing for US efforts for Afghan peace

Amidst renewed diplomatic efforts for the implementation of the US-Taliban agreement, Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its backing for the American efforts for a negotiated settlement of the 19-year-old conflict in Afghanistan

Coronavirus found in Indian bats!

The detection of potentially pathogenic coronavirus in Indian bats stresses the need for enhancing screening for novel viruses in them, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Woman stuck at India-Bangladesh border for two weeks

A 35-year-old-woman, supposed to be a Bangladeshi, is stranded between the India and Bangladesh border in Tripura for the past around two weeks. Despite the border guards of the two countries holding a series of meetings her status remains uncertain, officials said on Tuesday

Afghani Army repulses Pakistan’s Durand Line fence bid

Afghanistan’s military has pushed back a Pakistani forces’ bid to fence a portion of the Durand Line in Kandahar city outskirts and remain on the defensive mode, according to local authorities

Wedding industry stares at corona blues

The coronavirus crisis has hit the weddings organisers and the related businesses hard with marriages scheduled for October-December, the peak season, are also getting cancelled

Jim Corbett becomes India's first quarantine facility for animals

While the world is busy battling coronavirus, the reports of a Malayan tiger being tested positive for COVID-19 in the United States has caught the attention of the Indian authorities

Subcontinent's summer may slow down corona spread

The scorching sun in the summers could considerably slow down the transmission of the coronavirus infection in India, and South 
Asia, according to the country's two high profile microbiologists who have worked with National Institutes of Health(NIH) and the world's largest biomedical research agency in Maryland, USA