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New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The Centre on Friday rejected the Global Hunger Index saying it was shocking that the rank of India was lowered, adding that the methodology used by FAO is 'unscientific'. A statement issued by the Ministry of Women…

Male, Oct 15 (PTI) Having endured a topsy-turvy beginning to their campaign before a fine turnaround, seven-time champions India will start title favourites when they take on first-time finalists Nepal in the summit clash of the SAFF…

Pakistan emerged as “one of the best teams in the world” playing in UAE and Babar Azam and his men will fare well in the men’s T20 World Cup due to familiarity with the conditions, says the country’s former women’s skipper Sana Mir. The…

Washington, Oct 14, (UNI/Sputnik) The United States intends to resume evacuation flights from Afghanistan by the end of this year, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing a State Department official. A specific date to resume…

Indian football’s torch-bearer for the last 10 years and talismanic skipper Sunil Chhetri on Thursday said “it is going to end soon” while reflecting on his career but at the same time, also asserted that he is “not going anywhere for the…

Dhaka, Oct 14 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said those behind vandalising Durga Puja pandals and Hindu temples in Cumilla will be hunted down to hand out appropriate punishments to them to stop the recurrence of such…

Kabul, Oct 14 (UNI) Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority has said that Pakistan’s PIA and Afghanistan’s Kam Air will be banned from conducting flights from Kabul to Islamabad if they do not charge the same price as they did prior to the…

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) India has decided to focus on the neighbourhood in resuming Covid-19 vaccine supplies and has sent vaccines to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran, as part of the effort, the MEA said on Thursday. Ministry of…

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) India will participate in the Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan on October 20, the first such meeting after the Taliban takeover of Kabul. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “every Indian feels the pain of Afghan people” and called on the international community to forge a unified response to bring about desired changes to the situation in Afghanistan. He also…

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday raked up the Kashmir issue at a multilateral meeting in Kazakhstan, saying that sustainable peace in South Asia was not possible without the resolution of the “core dispute” with…

Kabul, Oct 12 (UNI) In the wake of a deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Kunduz on Friday which killed over 100 people and left 150 others injured, Islamic scholars have sought protection from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan for Shia…

United Nations, Oct 12 (UNI) India on Tuesday said that while the world condemns anti-semitism, Islamophobia and Christianophobia, it fails to recognize that there are more virulent forms of religious phobias emerging and taking roots,…

Tehran, Oct 12 (UNI/Xinhua) Iran will host a regional meeting on Afghanistan in the coming days, an official at Iran's Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. Rasoul Mousavi, director general of the South Asian affairs of the ministry,…

Colombo, Oct 12 (UNI/Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said it will call for a fresh round of bids to develop oil and natural gas discoveries in the M2 Block of the Mannar Basin, located off the western coast of Sri Lanka,…

AHMEDABAD: Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ), which operates Mundra Port in Gujarat, on Monday said it will not handle containerised cargo originating from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan at all its terminals from November 15. The decision…

Indian talisman Sunil Chhetri says he hopes to continue playing and scoring goals for the country in the “foreseeable future”, his battle-hardened body getting a booster dose in the form of a landmark 77th international strike that drew him…

Royals Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are likely to go with an unchanged team, while it waits to be seen if all-rounder Andre Russell, who had suffered a calf injury, will make the Kolkata Knight Riders’ squad for the Eliminator in Sharjah.…

Belgrade/New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI) India said on Monday that while the Non-Aligned Movement has been effective in some areas where the countries spoke in one voice, it has become increasingly ineffective in certain areas mainly due to the…

Dushanbe, Oct 11 (UNI/Sputnik) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is ready to help Tajikistan in the event of an influx of Afghan refugees, including by creating camps for their accommodation, Nodira…