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November 22, 2024 12:38 AM

Rajnath Singh meets his South Korean, Australian and New Zealand counterparts in Laos

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh participated in a series of high-level bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Laos, furthering India’s defense diplomacy and strengthening strategic ties w...

November 21, 2024 11:54 PM

Ukraine says Russia struck it with ‘new’ missile; claims it was an ICBM are disputed

Ukraine said Russia fired a new kind of missile at the city of Dnipro on Thursday, and while there was debate over what kind, it appeared to be a nuclear-capable weapon that carried multiple warheads, in a further escalation of the 33-month-old war. ...

November 21, 2024 10:58 PM

PM Modi visits Indian Arrival Monument in Guyana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Indian Arrival Monument at Monument Gardens in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday. He was accompanied by PM of Guyana Brig (Retd) Mark Phillips. An ensemble of Tassa Drums welcomed the Prime Minister as he paid ...

November 21, 2024 10:01 PM

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaz...

November 21, 2024 9:00 PM

Democracy first, humanity first’: PM Modi in Guyana’s parliament on two countries’ similarities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India and Guyana have struggled to achieve their independence from colonisation while asserting that both countries believe in the creed of 'Democracy first, humanity first'. “Democracy first, h...

November 21, 2024 7:52 PM

No decision yet on repatriation of Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh (MoFA) has said that no decision has been made yet regarding the repatriation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, the MoFA spokesperson Toufique H...

November 21, 2024 7:19 PM

Gunmen attack Pakistan passenger vehicles, killing at least 38 people

Gunmen opened fire on passenger vehicles in a tribal area in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 38 people and wounding 29, the chief secretary of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, said. Among the fat...

November 21, 2024 6:48 PM

Bangladesh: Govt forms new Election Commission

In Bangladesh, the interim government has formed a new election commission on Thursday. The five member commission will be headed by former secretary AMM Nasir Uddin as the new chief election commissioner (CEC) for the next five years. He retired in...

November 21, 2024 4:49 PM

General Dwivedi of Indian army conferred honorary general rank by Nepali army

Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, General Upendra Dwivedi, is on a five-day official visit to Kathmandu at the invitation of General Ashok Raj Sigdel, Chief of the Army Staff of the Nepali Army. General Dwivedi is leading a five-member dele...

November 21, 2024 3:33 PM

Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says

Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv's air force said, in the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon with a range of thousands of kilometres. The air f...

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