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July 24, 2025 12:09 AM

Indian medical team arrives in Dhaka to treat plane crash victims: MEA

A team of Indian medical specialists arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday night to assist in the treatment of victims injured in the July 21 fighter jet crash in Bangladesh’s capital. According to Randhir Jaiswal, the Official Spokesperson of India’s M...

July 14, 2025 3:58 PM

Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London, PM Modi offers condolences

Nigeria's former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa's most populous country from 2015 to 2023 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday, a presidential spokesperson said. "Pre...

July 8, 2025 4:32 PM

South Africa says Trump’s 30% tariff based on inaccurate view of their trade relations

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of a 30% tariff, saying that it was based on an inaccurate understanding of the two countries' trade and that negotiations with the U.S. woul...

July 4, 2025 4:23 PM

PM Modi announces OCI Cards for 6th-generation Indians in Trinidad & Tobago

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his address to the Indian community in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, announced that sixth-generation members of the Indian diaspora in the country will now be eligible for Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) ca...

July 3, 2025 5:06 PM

PM Modi dedicates Ghana’s highest state honour ‘to enduring friendship, shared values’ with India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the Parliament of Ghana and dedicated the prestigious "Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana" conferred on him to the enduring friendship and shared values between the two countries. PM Modi was...

May 29, 2025 11:42 AM

Operation Sindoor outreach: Sule-led delegation conveys India’s resolute stance against terrorism in South Africa

An all-party Indian parliamentary delegation led by NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule held extensive meetings with South African leadership in Cape Town, reiterating India's firm and united stand against terrorism. According to a statement from the High Comm...

May 28, 2025 11:44 AM

Operation Sindoor outreach: Indian delegation thanks Congo for unequivocal condemnation of terrorism

An all-party Indian parliamentary delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde has successfully concluded its diplomatic mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), emphasising India's firm stand against Pakistan-sponsored cross-...

April 16, 2025 6:18 PM

Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after Sudan RSF takeover, UN agency says

Between 60,000 and 80,000 households - or up to 400,000 people, - have been displaced from Sudan's Zamzam camp in North Darfur after it was taken over by the Rapid Support Forces, according to data from the U.N.'s International Organization for Migra...

April 15, 2025 4:17 PM

Rape used systematically as a weapon of war in Sudan, UN agency warns

Rape is being used systematically as a weapon of war in Sudan, a UN agency warned on Tuesday, as the conflict marks its second year. "We have seen a 288% increase in demand for life saving support for rape and sexual violence survivors. We are b...

April 7, 2025 9:39 AM

Mali accuses Algeria of shooting down a surveillance drone, recalls ambassador

Mali accused neighbouring Algeria of shooting down one of its surveillance drones near their shared border in a statement read out by the security minister on national TV on Sunday. The West African country and its allies Burkina Faso and Niger will...

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