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August 29, 2024 1:38 PM

Bangladesh makes a historic win in SAFF U-20 Championship football tournament

Bangladesh has been crowned the new champion of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-20 Championship football tournament. Bangladesh won the title by defeating hosts Nepal by 4-1 in the final match at the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)...

August 29, 2024 11:11 AM

Nifty, Sensex open flat amid decline in global indices

Indian stock markets opened with mixed signals on Thursday, reflecting the broader decline in global indices. The benchmark Nifty 50 index began trading down 17 points, or 0.07%, at 25,035.30, while the Sensex showed a marginal increase of 35 points,...

August 29, 2024 10:24 AM

Monsoon winds continue to impact weather across Nepal

The monsoon winds continue to influence weather conditions across Nepal. The weather is expected to be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country today. Light to moderate rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, is likely in some areas over...

August 29, 2024 11:01 AM

Russia faces “difficult fight” to retake Ukraine-held area, says top US spy

Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, but Russian forces will encounter "a difficult fight," Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on Wednesday. Coh...

August 28, 2024 8:18 PM

At least nine Palestinians killed as Israel mounts major West Bank operation

At least nine Palestinians were killed on Wednesday, Palestinian authorities said, as Israeli forces raided the flashpoint cities of Jenin and Tulkarm as well as other areas in the occupied West Bank in a major operation involving helicopters and dro...

August 28, 2024 1:25 PM

Chile’s Foreign Minister arrives in Delhi for two-day visit to India

Chile's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto Klaveren, arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to India, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and discussing cooperation between the two nations. Klaveren will participate in the ...

August 28, 2024 11:53 AM

Heat stroke risk won’t stop Japan’s ageing farmers as temperatures soar

The record high temperatures and sweltering weather that suffocated Japan this summer did not stop 77-year-old farmer Yasuyuki Kurosawa from tending his crops. Kurosawa, who grows rice, cabbage, wheat and corn in Meiwa, a town in the eastern Gunma p...

August 28, 2024 10:36 AM

Israeli military says hostage rescued from Gaza tunnel in ‘complex operation’

Israeli special forces have recovered an Israeli hostage from a tunnel in southern Gaza in "a complex rescue operation", the military said on Tuesday, more than 10 months after he was abducted by Hamas-led gunmen. It said 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alk...

August 28, 2024 10:08 AM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to present plan to Biden to end war with Russia

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the war with Russia would eventually end in dialogue, but that Kyiv had to be in a strong position and that he would present a plan to U.S. President Joe Biden and his two potential succe...

August 28, 2024 9:40 AM

Indian Ambassador meets new Ahmadi Governor in Kuwait, highlights community contributions

In a move to bolster diplomatic relations, India's Ambassador to Kuwait, Adarsh Swaika, met with Sheikh Humoud Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the newly appointed Governor of Ahmadi Governorate on Tuesday. The meeting served as an opportunity for Ambassador...

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