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India welcomes Bangladesh, UAE, Uruguay as new members of BRICS Bank
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) India on Friday welcomed Bangladesh, UAE and Uruguay as new members of the BRICS New Development Bank and said the expansion of the membership will add value and enable NDB to position itself as the premier…
Jaishankar meets Croatian PM, FM: Greets on 30th Anniversary
Zagreb (Croatia), Sep 3 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who arrived in Croatia on the second leg of his three-nation visit, on Friday said he had a very good meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and both…
Have not fled Panjshir, says Saleh, accuses Pakistan of backing terrorists
Kabul, Sep 3 (UNI) Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself Afghanistan’s caretaker president and has joined the Resistance forces in Panjshir valley, on Friday said that he has not fled the country, and squarely blamed Pakistan for backing…
UK will ensure safe passage for those who want to leave Afghanistan: Dominic Raab
London , September 3 : The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday met with the evacuees from Afghanistan who are being hosted by Qatar and said that the UK will continue working with their partners in response to the…
MEA: Taliban meet focused on ensuring no anti-India terror
Two days after India’s envoy to Qatar held talks with a top Taliban leader in Doha, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that New Delhi’s immediate focus is to ensure that Afghan soil is not used for terrorist activities directed…
Virat Kohli becomes fastest to register 23,000 international runs
London: India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday became the fastest batsman in the history of the game to register 23,000 international runs.
Kohli achieved the feat in the opening session of the opening day of the fourth Test…
International friendly between India, Nepal ends in draw
Kathmandu , September 2 India and Nepal played out a 1-1 draw in an international friendly held at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Midfielder Anirudh Thapa scored for the Blue Tigers in the 60th minute, with Anjan Bista…
Tajikistan shows support for Panjshir resistance,
Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Sep 2 (UNI) In an open gesture of support to the Afghan resistance movement in Panjshir province, Tajikistan has bestowed its highest honour posthumously on legendary Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, whose son is…
Centre puts travellers from China, six more countries on caution list
No case of Mu variant in India but remains variant of interest for Caution
MoS Meenakshi Lekhi visiting Colombia, New York
New Delhi, Sep 2 (UNI) On her first overseas visit after being sworn in, Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi will be paying an official visit to Colombia and New York from September 4 - 9, officials announced here on…
India-EU parleys: S Jaishankar meets Slovenian President
Ljubljana (Slovenia)/New Delhi, Sep 2 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar on Thursday met Slovenian President Borut Pahor and discussed key challenges facing India and the European Union.
Jaishankar, who is on a…
Over 6,000 Boko Haram militants surrender to Nigerian forces
Abuja, Sept 2 (UNI/Sputnik) About 6,000 Boko Haram militants have recently surrendered to the Nigerian government forces, a defense ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Counterinsurgency operations conducted by the troops in northeastern…
ISL: Kerala Blasters FC sign Chencho Gyeltshen
Kochi (Kerala) , September 1 : Kerala Blasters FC on Wednesday announced the signing of the Bhutanese forward, Chencho Gyeltshen for the upcoming season of the Indian Super League (ISL). He joins the club from Roundglass Punjab FC.…
Biden looks forward to visiting Ukraine again
Washington, Sep 1 (UNI/Sputnik) US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday during a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart that he looks forward to visiting Ukraine
again someday.
"I look forward to being able to come back someday to…
5.8-magnitude quake hits 95 km WSW of Copiapo, Chile
New York, Sep 1 (UNI/Xinhua) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted 95 km WSW of Copiapo, Chile at 18:35:44 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 17.39 km, was initially determined to be at 27.7353…
Kerala: Five Kashmiri youths held for carrying guns with fake license
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 (UNI) Five Kashmiri youths were taken into custody for carrying guns with fake license from Niramankara in this Capital City on Wednesday.
The Kashmiri youths are being interrogated by various investigation…
India, UK committed to stop Afghanistan from becoming terror haven
New Delhi/London, Sep 1 (UNI) India and the UK are committed to stop Afghanistan from becoming a terror haven, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday after talks with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
Raab,…
Japan considers moving embassy in Afghanistan to Qatar
Tokyo September 1 The Japanese government is considering transferring the functions of its embassy in Kabul to Qatar due to the tense situation in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday.
The embassy's work has…
Novak Djokovic tops teen “Ruuune!” at US Open 2021 in calendar slam bid
If the last-name chorus of “Ruuuuuune!” in support of his relatively unknown teenage opponent at the U.S. Open bothered Novak Djokovic, he never let anyone know.
Nor was there any visible evidence that Djokovic was shaken by the shaky…
PM forms high-level group on Afghanistan to focus on India’s immediate priorities
New Delhi, Aug 31 (UNI) In view of the evolving situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently directed a high-level group comprising External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and senior…
