Daily Archives: January 20, 2019

By reaching out to Taliban, Iran makes presence felt in Afghanistan apart from Saudi...

The very nature of the conflict in Afghanistan has made it almost impossible for the neighbouring countries to remain aloof from it or maintain some distance, even a calculated...

MILITANTS PLANNED TO SNATCH DHAKA ATTACK PRISONERS: RAB

'Arms supplier' held in Gazipur -- Money, arms brought in by militants from a neighbouring country The banned militant outfit JMB was planning to snatch away prisoners of Gulshan café attack...

IRAN DENIES TIES TO AFGHAN HELD IN GERMANY FOR SPYING

Iran on Saturday denied having any link to an Afghan-German man suspected of spying for Tehran, suggesting his arrest in Germany was part of efforts to mar EU-Iran relations,...

US READY TO ‘ADDRESS LEGITIMATE CONCERNS’ ON AFGHAN PEACE

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who visited Kabul on a multi-nation trip last week, says US wants peace in Afghanistan as he mentioned that he is...

MODI GOVT PAST EXPIRY DATE

Indian opposition gathers in Kolkata for 'Unite India' rally Modi calls alliance not against him, but India India's opposition parties drew half a million supporters to Kolkata's streets yesterday for the...

FIRST ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED AT CIVIL HOSPITAL KARACHI

On the concluding day of the three-day international multidisciplinary robotic surgery workshop at the OT Complex Civil Hospital Karachi and the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on...

12 YEARS AFTER MADHES MOVEMENT, GAINS ARE YET TO BE INSTITUTIONALISED

The Madhesi people’s fight against oppression, injustice and discrimination has a long history, dating back to the times when the Ranas ruled the country. But the one movement that...

A handful of Kolkata’s Jews whose 19th century synagogues are taken care of by...

It took a few minutes to locate the Neveh Shalome synagogue in Kolkata’s congested and busy Brabourne Road business district. The synagogue, which is taken care of by Muslims, seems...

PM Modi inaugurates India’s 1st private sector howitzer gun-making unit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday inaugurated the Armoured Systems Complex of Larsen and Toubro in Gujarat, the first private facility in the country where the K9 Vajra self-propelled Howitzer...

Pakistan Navy, Royal Navy of Oman conduct bilateral exercise

Pakistan Navy Task Group comprising Pakistan Navy Ship SHAHJAHAN, Pakistan Navy Submarine SAAD, two Fast Attack Craft (Missile) i.e. PNS QUWWAT and PNS AZMAT and a Maritime Patrol Aircraft...

India-specific enhancements in Rafale plane to help achieve superiority over adversaries: Defence Ministry

Dismissing media reports suggesting that advancements sought by the Narendra Modi-government has shot the price of a Rafale planes by 41 per cent as "factually inaccurate", the Defence Ministry...

US-India ties in 2019: What’s new, good or bad

Relations between the United States and India ended 2018 with a thud. While bilateral trade is up, trade sentiments are down. We secured important new defence agreements at the...

As China expands, India contracts

A leading British diplomat to India once narrated an interesting anecdote to me. His story began with his visit to Phuntsoling in southern Bhutan. Bhutan is a peaceful and peculiar...

Maldives military refutes ‘third’ Indian helicopter reports

Maldives military on Saturday refuted reports that a third Indian helicopter was being operated in the archipelago. Days after the Maldives military resumed operating the two helicopters after renewing the...

Need “serious dialogues” for repatriation of Sri Lankan refugees: Envoy

Sri Lanka is seeking "serious dialogues" with India for repatriation of Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu, its envoy on Friday said while asserting that his country wants them...

UN chief hopes for ‘meaningful dialogue’ between Pakistan and India

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed the hope that Pakistan and India would be able to engage in a meaningful dialogue to resolve their disputes. Answering a question...

Bangladesh to see 3rd fastest rise of the rich

Bangladesh will see the third quickest growth in the number of high net-worth individuals in the world in the next five years, according to a new report of New...

Nepal to allow entry of regional tourists through all border towns

The lure of liquor has raked in huge lucre for the Tamil Nadu Government as the state-owned Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) recorded a whopping sale amounting to...

EU imposes tariffs on rice imported from Cambodia, Myanmar

The European Commission has imposed tariffs on rice imported from Cambodia and Myanmar in a bid to curb a surge in rice imports from the two Southeast Asian countries. In...

Govt. to allow entry of regional tourists through all border towns

The National Assembly yesterday endorsed entry and exit of regional tourists through the border towns of Samdrupjongkhar, Gelephu, Samtse, Nganglam, and Panbang. Currently, Phuentsholing is the only entry point for...

Demographic shift impacts South India

If the Tamil Nadu government is hiring Bengali teachers, attribute it to two fundamental demographic shifts: the South is getting older; and the natural growth rate of population is...