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November 17, 2025 3:52 PM

India Showcases Defence and Aviation Capabilities as Dubai Airshow 2025 Opens

The 19th Dubai Airshow opened today at Dubai World Central under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, bringing together more than 1,500 exhibitors from 115 countries. This year’s edition feature...

November 17, 2025 2:34 PM

Ghoomar Festival to be celebrated on Nov 19: Rajasthan Dy CM

Deputy Chief Minister and Tourism and Arts & Culture Minister Diya Kumari announced that the Ghoomar Festival - 2025, a grand celebration of Rajasthan’s traditional dance form, will be held for the first time simultaneously at all seven divisio...

November 17, 2025 2:47 PM

Bangladesh’s ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for students crackdown

A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year. The ruling is the most dramatic ...

November 17, 2025 1:00 PM

Preventable cervical cancer kills a woman every two minutes: UN

One woman worldwide dies every two minutes due to cervical cancer -- a treatable and preventable disease --said the UN on Monday on the first official World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day. The day -- November 17 -- was designated by the Seventy-eig...

November 17, 2025 2:14 PM

PM Modi expresses grief over Saudi bus accident involving Indian pilgrims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the tragic bus accident in Saudi Arabia involving several Indian Umrah pilgrims near Medinah. According to the Indian mission in Jeddah, a passenger bus carrying Indian pilgrims collided wi...

November 17, 2025 11:30 AM

Asbestos contamination forces schools in Australia, New Zealand to close

More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand were closed on Monday for cleaning after asbestos was discovered in widely used children’s play sand products. Recalls have been issued for several colourful play sand products after laboratory tes...

November 17, 2025 11:32 AM

Deeply shocked, fullest support to affected Indians: EAM Jaishankar on Saudi bus accident

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday expressed deep shock and concern over the bus accident in Saudi Arabia involving several Indian Umrah pilgrims near Medina. According to the Indian mission in Jeddah, a passenger bus carrying Indian ...

November 17, 2025 11:04 AM

Hyundai Motor announces $86 bln investment in South Korea after US trade deal

Hyundai Motor Group will invest 125.2 trillion won ($86.47 billion) in South Korea from 2026 to 2030, the automaker said on Sunday after Seoul finalised a trade deal reducing U.S. tariffs on South Korean autos to 15% from 25%. That compares with inv...

November 17, 2025 11:55 AM

Saudi crown prince visits US with defence, AI and nuclear on the agenda

A visit by Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler to the White House for talks on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump aims to deepen decades-old cooperation on oil and security while broadening ties in commerce, technology and potentially even nuclear en...

November 17, 2025 10:50 AM

Japan’s economy contracts for first time in six quarters on tariff hit

Japan's economy shrank almost 2% in the three months through September, as a drop in exports in the face of U.S. tariffs resulted in the first contraction in six quarters, government data showed on Monday. Shipments from automakers in particular plu...

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