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November 22, 2023 10:17 AM

South Korea to suspend part of military pact after North claims spy satellite launch

South Korea moved to suspend on Wednesday part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018 after the isolated North defied warnings from the United States and its allies and launched a spy satellite, calling it a success. North Korea sa...

November 22, 2023 10:21 AM

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Halmahera, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Halmahera, Indonesia, on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 120 km (74.56 miles), GFZ added. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency did not immediately res...

November 21, 2023 4:54 PM

India advocates for sovereign, independent state of Palestine at UN, opposes violence

India advocates for the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine living within secure and recognised borders side by side at peace with Israel, India's Permanent Representative to t...

November 21, 2023 3:58 PM

PM Modi to skip BRICS-Plus; EAM Jaishankar to represent India instead

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not participate in the virtual summit of the "BRICS-Plus" on November 21, which is focused on discussing the Israel-Hamas conflict. Officials have confirmed that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will attend th...

November 21, 2023 1:51 PM

Israel bans Lashkar-e-Taiba, says “Organisation responsible for murder of Indians”

Amid the 15th year of commemoration of the Mumbai terror attacks, Israel has announced to ban the terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba to symbolise the occasion and called it a 'deadly' and 'reprehensible' terror organisation on Tuesday. The action has...

November 21, 2023 11:46 AM

North Korea tells Japan it plans to launch satellite in the coming days

North Korea has notified Japan it plans to launch a satellite between Wednesday and Dec. 1, in what Tokyo and Seoul said could be a third attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit in violation of a U.N. ban. Japan's Coast Guard said on Tuesday the N...

November 21, 2023 9:11 AM

Bangladesh minorities demand special security measures during polls

In Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad on Monday demanded special security measures during the pre- and post-polling periods of the upcoming national election. The secretary general of Okiya Parishad Rana Dasgupta today said at a pr...

November 20, 2023 10:06 AM

Dharmendra Pradhan launches 63 new schools

Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated 37 PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalayas and 26 PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. The launch event, attended by dignitaries, officials, academicians, and students, highlighted the commitment to a...

November 20, 2023 9:23 AM

Iran’s Khamenei urges Muslim states to cut political ties with Israel for ‘limited period’

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appealed to Muslim states with political ties with Israel to at least cut them for "a limited time", state media reported on Sunday, weeks after he called for an Islamic oil and food embargo on Israel. "S...

November 20, 2023 9:24 AM

Chhat observed in Nepal today

Chhatt is popular festival among Tarai people of Nepal. In Tarai region as Janakpurdham, for chhat celebration several ponds and lakes as Gangasagar, Dhanush sagar, Angrajsar, Agni Kund, Gordhoi Pokhari, Nochcha Pokhari, Ratna Sagar, Dashrath lake ar...

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