Railway: Nepali construction firm gains experience while working with Indian company
Aug 17, 2020, at 04:58 pm
The Director of a Nepali construction company, which is working with India's Ircon on Janakpur-Jaynagar railway project, has said his company gained new experience in the sector while working in the project, media reports said.
Turkey funding surrendered ISIS cadres to radicalise Indian Muslims: Reports
Aug 16, 2020, at 03:59 am
Istanbul: The Turkish government has allocated huge funds to the Turkish intelligence to radicalize Indian Muslims, media reports said.
Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple missing Indian devotees amid COVID-19 lockdown
Aug 13, 2020, at 02:00 am
Kathmandu: Amid COVID-19 imposed lockdown, Nepal's iconic Pashupatinath Temple has been witnessing no footfalls of Indian devotees.
Radical Islamic terrorism: Pakistan busy opening diplomatic mission in African continent
Aug 11, 2020, at 01:27 pm
Islamabad: Amid rising radical Islamic terrorism in the continent, Pakistan is busy establishing diplomatic relations and setting up its diplomatic missions in the African countries.
India-Chinese troops disengage in most locations: Wang Wenbin
Jul 30, 2020, at 08:28 pm
Beijing: A top Chinese official has said Indian and Chinese frontline troops have completed disengagement at most locations and the tension across the border is cooling down.
US military to stand strongly with India in clash with China: White House official
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Washington: Amid border clashes between India and China and raging tension, a top White House aide has said that the US military will stand strong with New Delhi.
'Communist China terrorist': Tibetan cycle rally against Beijing cheers for India
Jul 08, 2020, at 03:11 pm
Geneva/IBNS: In more support for New Delhi and booes for Beijing, several Tibetians held a cycle rally against China calling the country's Communist Party "terrorist" besides cheering for India before the UN complex in Geneva in Switzerland.
Myanmar latest to call out China for arming insurgents amid outrage by Vietnam and Philippines
Jul 03, 2020, at 01:59 am
Naypyitaw/IBNS: At a time when China is being viewed with increased suspicion for its aggression in the South China Sea, its role in Covid-19, and more recently the violent face-off with India, the country's closest ally Myanmar has alleged that China is arming the insurgent groups in the country with sophisticated weapons and sought international intervention to tackle the situation.
Jul 02, 2020, at 12:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Australia has increased its defence budget by a whopping 40 per cent to 270 billion dollars for a ten-year period, the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said while he launched the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and the 2024 Structure Plan on Wednesday.
More trouble for KP Oli as Nepal Opposition protests against 'discriminatory' Citizenship Bill
Jul 01, 2020, at 01:45 pm
Kathmandu/IBNS: In more trouble for Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli who was singing in the tunes of China days ago to target India, the Opposition in Nepal took to streets to protest against the new Citizenship Bill allegedly targeting the minority groups of the country.
Nepal: Students protest against China as land encroachment reports emerge
Jun 30, 2020, at 12:28 am
Kathmandu: Despite the ruling Nepali government's show of growing amity with China and bitterness with age-old friend India in recent times, students of the Himalayan nation protested against Beijing on Monday.
Countries should find strategy that ceases to empower China: IPAC
Jun 24, 2020, at 06:55 pm
Washington: Stating that the Galwan standoff between Chinese and Indian Army officials has shown the return of 'major power violence' in the world, a global organisation of parliamentarians from democracies has said countries should work together to find a strategy that ceases to empower President Xi Jinping’s country.
Jun 20, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Washington: A Gilgit Baltistan activist feels that India building the infrastructure projects in Ladakh region has made China feel threatened and it resorted to aggressive stance in recent times.
Jun 20, 2020, at 09:48 pm
Washington: A senior US diplomat feels that China is creating multiple fronts, like the one which it attempted to create in Ladakh, to take advantage of the current situation when the world is busy combating COVID-19 outbreak.
PoK leaders express concern over Chinese intrusion to India
Jun 13, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Bern: Exiled leader from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has condemned the recent intrusion of Chinese Army in India's Ladakh region.
Jun 04, 2020, at 12:34 pm
New Delhi: Amid reports of desecration of Buddhist carvings in Gilgit-Baltistan, India's Ministry of External Affairs has called upon Pakistan to "vacate all illegally occupied territories and end the gross violation of political, economic and cultural rights of people living there".
Cyclone Amphan’s trail of destruction in Bangladesh and India; UN concerned
May 25, 2020, at 02:06 pm
UN humanitarians and partners are working hard to assist the people of Bangladesh and India suffering from the impact of Cyclone Amphan, which made landfall on Wednesday, wreaking havoc, causing high tidal surges, flooding and embankments to collapse.
Guterres commends India and Bangladesh for life-saving work in face of deadly cyclone
May 25, 2020, at 01:50 pm
The UN chief António Guterres commended the governments and people of India and Bangladesh on Saturday, for their life-saving efforts ahead of devastating Cyclone Amphan, and for the effective relief effort, wishing those survivors injured and affected by the disaster, a speedy recovery.
Pakistan continues to support Taliban to counter India, says Pentagon report
May 22, 2020, at 03:35 pm
Washington: USA's Department of Defense (Pentagon) has released a report outlining Pakistan’s continued support to Taliban and the notorious Haqqani terrorist network with an aim to countering its rival India, according to Afghanistan media reports.
Singling out India for Islamophobia incorrect: Maldives tells OIC in response to Pakistan's UN envoy
May 21, 2020, at 11:59 pm
Male/IBNS: Maldives has said that it is against singling out India for Islamophobia among the South Asian nations after the Pakistan Ambassador to the UN targeted India over the issue in a recent virtual meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert
May 15, 2020, at 04:39 pm
New York/IBNS: Last week’s deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer plant in south-eastern India, is a grim wake up call for the chemical industry to acknowledge and fulfil its responsibility to respect human rights, the UN independent expert who monitors the issue, said on Thursday.
Attack India with forces: PoK PM tells Imran Khan
May 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: At this moment of crisis when the world is combating COVID-19, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) PM Farooq Haider has asked Pakistan PM Imran Khan to attack India with forces.
Banning Indian raw material can prove suicidal: Pakistan Pharmaceutical industry warns Imran govt
May 13, 2020, at 03:04 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Despite all their designs against India, Pakistan government is facing a dilemma. It is because of a plea from its own people against the banning of Indian raw material for manufacturing drugs in the country, specially at this time when the nation is grappling with COVID-19 outbreak.
White House briefly follows Twitter accounts of host countries during President's state visits: US
Apr 30, 2020, at 02:07 pm
Washington/IBNS: Explaining the reasons for unfollowing the Twitter accounts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind and other Indian officials, the White House has said it follows the officials of the host countries in the micro-blogging site briefly during the President's state visits, media reports said.
Apr 16, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Muzaffarabad/IBNS: In a clear case of alleged discrimination followed by the administration at a time of COVID-19 crisis, people in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been denied benefits provided under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme which was launched by PM Imran Khan, media reports said.
He was great: Donald Trump praises Modi after India agrees to Hydroxychloroquine export
Apr 08, 2020, at 01:20 pm
Washington/IBNS: A day after threatening New Delhi with a "retaliation", US President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him "great" following India's decision to export anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine to the COVID-19-hit nations.
After India, China donates testing kits, PPEs to Bangladesh
Mar 26, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI: After India handed over 30 thousand surgical masks and 15 thousand head covers to Bangladesh, the second batch of medical logistics, including 10,000 testing kits, 10,000 personal protective equipment and 1,000 infrared thermometers, arrived here from Kunming in China on Thursday afternoon.
Amid propaganda to shift blame, China blocks draft to discuss COVID 19 pandemic issue at UNSC
Mar 26, 2020, at 09:50 pm
New York/IBNS: China, which is believed to be the epicentre of the outbreak of COVID 19, has been opposing discussion of the issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) even as the Asian giant launched a massive propaganda to wash its hand of the origin of its outbreak, media reports said.
COVID-19: Lockdown across India, in line with WHO guidance
Mar 25, 2020, at 12:02 pm
New York/IBNS: India’s decision to impose a 21-day lockdown, which was announced on Tuesday, comes after a call from the UN health agency, WHO, for the country to take “aggressive action”.
Mar 16, 2020, at 07:12 pm
Islamabad/New Delhi/IBNS: Pakistan's Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza, who tried to make India uncomfortable at the SAARC conference on COVID 19 on Sunday by raising the Kashmir issue, is himself facing an investigation for allegedly smuggling of 20 million face masks abroad, media reports said.