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May 20, 2024 11:03 AM
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday. I...
May 20, 2024 8:42 AM
Voting for the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Monday morning across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements. The voting started at 7 am...
May 20, 2024 8:32 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters on Monday to cast their franchise in record numbers for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, making a special plea to women and young voters to actively participate in the festival of democracy. "As 4...
May 18, 2024 5:55 PM
Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, Spain's foreign ministry said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, Taliban interior ministry spokesman Abdul M...
May 18, 2024 5:51 PM
The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stabilised but remains serious, the country's health minister said on Saturday, following Wednesday's assassination attempt against the central European leader. Slovakia's deputy prime minister ...
May 18, 2024 5:05 PM
A high-level Indian delegation concluded its first round of talks with UAE officials on developing the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), just three months after the two nations inked a framework agreement for the project...
May 18, 2024 4:58 PM
Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday, as concerns grow over a U.S. outbreak infecting cattle herds. Two counties in Qinghai province confirmed 275 cases of H5 influenza amo...
May 18, 2024 4:38 PM
G20 India Sherpa Amitabh Kant has said that because India has carried huge amount of structural reforms, it has moved from fragile 5 to top 5 and has grown at about 8.4% in the last 3 quarters. “By 2027, we will overtake Germany & Japan. Analys...
May 18, 2024 4:54 PM
Spain is set to become the world capital of total solar eclipses when two episodes of the rare spectacle are set to take place on August 12, 2026, and August 2, 2027, a Spanish astronomer said. Frank A. Rodriguez, an astronomy professor at the San R...
May 18, 2024 3:38 PM
As the mob violence against international students in Bishkek continues, the Indian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan has advised Indian students to stay indoors and get in touch with the Indian embassy. The Indian embassy in Kyrgyz while sharing its helpline c...
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