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New Delhi - A broad alliance of states on Saturday unveiled ambitious plans to create a modern-day Spice Route linking Europe, the Middle East, and India, boosting trade ties with potentially...

New Delhi - Leaders from the world's top economies arrive in India on Friday for a two-day G20 summit overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, worries over the global economy and climate...

New Delhi: India’s ‘Unified Payments Interface’ (UPI) continues to grow in a very short period of time crossing monthly volumes exceeding 9 billion transactions for the first time in May 2023,...

Nairobi - Several regions of Kenya went without power on Friday and Saturday in outages that also left Nairobi International Airport in darkness for several hours.Kenya Power and Lighting Company...

Board examinations will be conducted twice a year with students having the option to retain the best score, while class 11 and 12 students will have to study two languages instead of one, according to...

Bangkok - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was swiftly arrested and taken to court after he landed back home in Thailand after 15 years. He was jailed for eight years.Shinawatra who made...

New Delhi: The Government of India is developing 11 Industrial Corridor Projects as part of the National Industrial Corridor Programme across the country in a phased manner.As per the approved...

New Delhi - As the latest Indian Space Policy sets the stage for private sector participation, India’s Minister Jitendra Singh said the policy opens up the sector for enhanced participation of...

Riyadh - Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the city of Jeddah, Iranian news channel Press TV reported on Friday. It did not...

Reuters - The Sudanese civil aviation authority has opened airspace in the eastern region of the country, Khartoum International Airport said in a statement on Tuesday.The statement added that the...

Muscat: Pakistan celebrates its 76th Independence Day on Monday with flag-hoisting ceremonies, rallies, and other events planned by the government to mark the day.While President Arif Alvi will...

Mumbai - A railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel in India on Monday morning shot dead four people, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), on board a running train near the Palghar railway...

Rain began to soak northern China on Saturday as Typhoon Doksuri, one of the strongest storms to hit the country in years, rolled toward Beijing after pummelling the Philippines and Taiwan, and...

In a tragic incident on a Turkish Airlines flight, a passenger committed suicide by entering the restroom during a flight from Istanbul to Marrakesh.The Boeing 737-Max 8, operated by Flight TK 619,...

The Hague - Helicopters and a boat evacuated 23 crew members from a car carrier ship off the Netherlands early Wednesday, after a fire killed at least one sailor, the Dutch coastguard said.Rescue...

The small village of Siluk in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh became a ‘zero waste’ village in 2021.The concerted efforts for recycling and composting of waste in the village were led...

New Delhi: A Global Biofuels Alliance is likely to be launched on July 22 during the G20 Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Goa. The initiative, to be launched under the G20 Presidency of India, has...

Oommen Chandy who served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Kerala twice passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Tuesday.Chandy 79 had not been keeping well for quite...

Four boys drowned after venturing into rough seas in Mumbai as Indian authorities began evacuating people from western coastal areas on Tuesday, two days before a powerful cyclone approaches Gujarat...

The UN chief has voiced concern over artificial intelligence, saying it represents an "existential threat to humanity on a par with the risk of nuclear war". Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made...