PM Modi to hold talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani today, Shehtoot dam on agenda

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to discuss an agreement on the Shehtoot dam in India-Afghanistan summit-level talks to be held today with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, sources said. Shehtoot dam will provide clean drinking water to two million citizens of Kabul and will also be used for irrigation. The Shehtoot dam is to be constructed on […]

India, EU discuss possibility of opening new areas in trade cooperation

In its first high-level dialogue on bilateral trade and investment, India and the European Union exchanged views on the possibility of opening new areas of cooperation, especially on the resilience of global value chains and regulatory mechanisms besides key market access issues. India hosted the first India-EU high-level dialogue (HLD) on February 5 through virtual mode. The HLD was […]

Hindu holy sites in Pakistan presents ‘picture of decay, obliteration’

A recent report by a minorities’ rights commission in Pakistan has revealed a “dismal” picture of most revered Hindu sites in the country and slammed the statutory board responsible to maintain the ancient sites of the minority community. The report submitted to the country’s Supreme Court earlier this month presents a “general picture of decay and obliteration” of […]

UN chief expresses grief over loss of life following glacier burst

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over the loss of life in India’s Uttarakhand due to the glacier burst and the subsequent flooding. “The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the reported loss of life and dozens missing following the glacier burst and subsequent flooding in Uttarakhand state, India, on Sunday. The Secretary-General expresses his deep […]

Australia says reporter held in China for ‘supplying state secrets’

An Australian journalist who worked as an anchor for Chinese state television has been formally arrested for “illegally supplying state secrets overseas”, six months after she was detained in China without explanation, Canberra said today. Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne said Chinese authorities informed her that Cheng Lei was formally […]

Ethiopia reports 570 new Covid-19 cases

The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health on Saturday reported 570 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national count to 141,453. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 2,145 after nine new fatalities were recorded, the ministry said. With 290 more recoveries registered, the nationwide count amounted to 125,531, it added. Ethiopia, Africa’s […]

6.3 magnitude earthquake rattles southern Philippines

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 shook Davao del Sur province in the southern Philippines on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) reported. The institute said the quake, which struck at 12:22 pm local time, hit at a depth of 15 kilometers, about 6 kilometers southeast of Magsaysay town. […]