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Kyiv: India on Monday handed over humanitarian aid comprising sleeping bags, blankets and tents to crisis-hit Ukraine. The aid was handed over by Indian Ambassador to Ukraine Harsh Jain.“Ambassador Harsh Jain handed over humanitarian aid comprising sleeping bags, blankets & tents to Shyroke Village Council & Zaporizhzhia Geriatric Boarding House in the presence of Yuriy Malashko, Head of
Kathmandu: Chinese telecom giant, Huawei is conducting 5G testing in Nepal with little transparency, raising concerns over potential corruption issues and monopoly in the country’s telecom sector, Nepal-based Khabarhub reported.The Chinese telecom giant, which is seen as a security risk by the US and European governments was testing the 5G technology, with little transparency, in Nepal using a
Lok Sabha Speaker says bilateral parliamentary dialogue will strengthen India’s multifaceted cooperation with African countryNew Delhi: Malawi delegation’s visit to Parliament: Lok Sabha Speaker says bilateral parliamentary dialogue will strengthen India’s multifaceted cooperation with African country.Welcoming the Malawi delegation in Parliament on Monday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said such
Beijing: China seems to have expanded the use of high-security detention centres as a tool of repression in Tibet, according to a new study by the Rand Europe research institute using ‘night-time lighting’.The precise workings, nature and scale of the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to imprison and detain Tibetans, however, remain poorly understood. This study, therefore, aimed to build on the
The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down a drone near the International Border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district and seized three kg narcotics that it was carrying."At about 9 p.m. on Sunday, BSF troops deployed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a drone entering India from Pakistan near Kalash village in Tarn Taran district," a BSF official said.A joint search operation with Punjab
Islamabad: Global credit rating agency has warned of continued threats to Pakistan’s financial sustainability. This comes despite the country receiving USD 3 billion lifeline from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Khalsa Vox reported.Moody’s Investors Service said Pakistan has USD 25 billion of repayments due in FY24.Pakistan last week signed a USD 3 billion loan program with the IMF,
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorised a USD 3 billion bailout plan for Pakistan on July 12. Apprehensions and predictions of Pakistan’s debt default flooded the first part of this year. While the IMF agreement has prevented Pakistan from going into default, at least temporarily, it has also set off a vicious cycle that has happened a few dozen times before in the nation’s
Chennai: The India-Sri Lanka relationship is strong and close, and it was revealed during the economic crisis who is a real friend of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Minister Jeevan Thondaman said on Monday.He stressed that a “permanent solution” to the fishermen issue is important for India-Sri Lanka cultural and economic ties.The Sri Lanka Minister for Water Resources and Estate Infrastructure was giving
Colombo: Sri Lanka finally witnessed a downfall in the inflation rate as it reached single-digit levels, Daily Mirror reported citing Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) data.Sri Lanka’s inflation rate dropped to single-digit levels, 6.3 per cent in July, easing from 12 per cent in June.The sharp reduction in headline inflation is largely a result of the high statistical base effect stemming from
Turkeys domestically developed 5th-generation fighter jet "KAAN" will start flights in December, according to the head of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).TAI General Manager Temel Kotil told a television program that they chose Dec. 27, for KAAN’s first appearance in Turkish skies, five years earlier than planned.On Dec. 27, 1919, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Türkiye, and