Defence Ministers of India and Israel on Friday discussed possibilities of strengthening the defence engagements between both the countries
IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience
India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
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The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has removed the 'abnormal toxicity test' from the human vaccine monographs of the Indian Pharmacopoeia, the official compilation of approved tests for drugs manufactured and marketed in India, said the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Friday
Bhutan sees first probable infant COVID-19 case
The first infant COVID-19 case in Bhutan is suspected in a one-and-half-year-old child who arrived in the country recently along with the mother from India
Nepali women turn their backs on misogyny
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IHC rejects ministry’s report on US blogger Cynthia case
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday termed the interior ministry’s report on US blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie’s case as unsatisfactory and directed the interior secretary to review it
Ordinance does not ‘forgive Jadhav's sentence, is not an NRO’: Law minister
Newly reappointed Pakistani Law Minister Farogh Naseem on Friday clarified on the floor of the National Assembly that Indian "spy" Kulbhushan Jadhav's sentence "had not been forgiven" and neither had the government given him an "NRO"
India approves US$ 400 million currency swap facility to Sri Lanka
India has approved the US$ 400 million bilateral currency swap arrangement Sri Lanka sought to meet short-term international liquidity requirements following the economic crisis resulted from COVID-19
Grades 11, 12 and 13 will start in all schools from July 27
Arrangements have been made to open all government schools for Grade 11, 12 and 13 students from July 27, the Ministry of Education announced
Sri Lanka FM, UK’s International Trade Minister discuss stepping up bilateral trade and investment ties
Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the Minister for International Trade of the UK Ranil Jayawardena discussed stepping up bilateral trade and investment and expanding the areas of cooperation during a teleconference yesterday, 23 July 2020. It was the first official interaction between the two Ministers
India-funded science block of Bangladesh college inaugurated
The new science block of the Alipur Rahmania College in Bangladesh's Chattogram - constructed under the India-funded High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) scheme at a cost of 51.43 lakh takas, has been virtually inaugurated by Information Minister Hasan Mahmud and Indian High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das
Improving Bangladesh-Pakistan Ties: Apology is a must to heal wounds
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday
Intensifying violence dulls peace negotiations
Former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the reconciliation council have condemned an airstrike carried out by Afghan Air Force to target Taliban militants in Herat province – violence and killings would not help the peace negotiations
12 civilians killed, 20 wounded in Herat airstrike
Residents of Gozara district in the western province of Herat claim that 12 civilians were killed and another 20 wounded in an aerial attack that targeted a Taliban gathering this week
Taliban ‘conditionally’ agree to negotiate with Kabul after Eid fest
The Taliban have once again insisted on their previous instance of the prisoner release to start peace negotiations with Kabul administration
Intra-Afghan Talks Never Been Closer: Khalilzad
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, while speaking at a virtual event organized by the US Institute of Peace, said that the intra-Afghan talks have never been so close
