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Washington: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met top US officials here and raised India's concerns over key bilateral issues, including totalisation agreement and the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty. In a series of meetings with US…
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today expressed his resentment over power outages in Pakistan during Ramzan and ordered top officials to take "all steps" to address the issue that has provoked violent protests. During a meeting,…
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Kathmandu: About USD 20 million is needed to support farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal so that they can resume agricultural activities and stave off the threat of prolonged food insecurity, FAO today said. For the current cropping season,…
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United Nations: The World Health Organisation is closely working with centres in India and across the world to support the unique knowledge of yoga with scientific evidence and incorporate it into universal healthcare approaches, a senior…
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Washington: Pakistan has not taken action against LeT as the terror group continues to "operate, train, rally, propagandise and fundraise" in the country, according to a US State Department report which has acknowledged that India remains…
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 AGENCY ISLAMABAD: At least 20 militants were killed on Friday when Pakistani fighter jets pounded their positions in the troubled northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan, where the military has undertaken a massive operation against…
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At least 70 people have been killed, 500 wounded and over 1,000 jailed in weeks of political violence in Burundi, a rights groups has said. The troubled central African nation has been in crisis since late April over President Pierre…
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Islamabad: A Pakistani court today issued non-bailable arrest warrant against former military dictator Pervez Musharraf and ordered police to present him in the court in the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was…
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Beijing: Three passengers and a conductor are missing after a minibus fell into a river in east China's Jiangxi Province. The accident occurred yesterday in Anyuan District, Pingxiang City when the minibus lost control after colliding with…
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New York: From being in the midst of a disturbed neighbourhood, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's relations with its neighbours have improved, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. New Delhi is interested in…
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