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Dhaka, Oct 1 (UNI) ONGC Videsh Limited has started its first exploratory drilling campaign in Bangladesh for finding oil and gas. The first well, Kanchan 1 was spudded in block SS04 of the Maheshkhali island of the country on Wednesday.…

COLOMBO: India's Adani Group on Thursday sealed a deal with the state-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) to develop and run the strategic Colombo Port's Western Container Terminal. As the first-ever Indian port operator in Sri Lanka,…

Washington, Sep 30 (UNI/Sputnik) US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley told lawmakers in a classified briefing that the Biden administration is in talks about using Russian bases in Central Asia to…

India women began their campaign for Asian Table Tennis Championships with identical 3-0 wins over Jordan and Nepal and topped the Group 1 at Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Doha in Qatar on Tuesday. Indian men’s team will directly play…

United Nations, Sep 27 (UNI) Afghanistan's ambassador to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai, who was set to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Monday, has withdrawn his name from the list of speakers. UN spokesperson…

The Hague (Netherlands), Sep 27 (UNI) The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday that he wants to focus his investigations in Afghanistan on the crimes allegedly committed by the Taliban and the…

Tashkent/New Delhi, Sep 26 (UNI) Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi, who was on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan, held talks with the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, during which both sides dwelt upon the…

New York, Sep 26 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held more bilateral engagements on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, meeting the Foreign Ministers of Singapore, Nepal, Syria and Ethiopia. With Singapore…

United Nations, NewsonRadarBureau, Sept.25: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the United Nations General Assembly to tackle the issues at hand effectively. He highlighted the Covid-19 crises, conflicts on Sea trade and spread of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met US President Joe Biden for their first bilateral meeting at the Oval Office in the White House. Both leaders discussed a wide range of priority issues, including combating Covid-19, climate change,…

The first scoop of delight Even as Faf du Plessis shuffled across to lap-scoop a pacy delivery from Navdeep Saini to the fine-leg boundary, Simon Doull and Murali Kartik on air started to discuss who was the inventor of that shot. Doull…

United Nations, Sep 24 (UNI/Sputnik) Afghanistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai, appointed by toppled President Ashraf Ghani, is set to address the UN General Assembly on Monday, UN spokesperson Stephane…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who left for the United States on Wednesday, said international travel should be made easier through “mutual recognition of vaccine certificates”. In his video remarks at the Global Covid Summit hosted by US…

AN OPERATION to look for a group of militants who are believed to have infiltrated into Kashmir from across the border entered the third day in Uri on Tuesday. While some of the men are suspected to have turned back following exchange of…

THE SAARC foreign ministers’ meeting, which was planned to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York this week, has been called off over Afghanistan’s participation. Sources said Pakistan wanted to keep an…

A DAY before Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for the US to attend the first in-person Quad leaders’ summit and meet US President Joe Biden, India —in its first reaction to the Australia-UK-US (widely referred to as AUKUS) deal — said…