New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Iraq’s Water Resources Minister Mohanad Salman Al-Sady Thursday met his Indian counterpart Harish Rawat to discuss proposed memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the area of water management between the two countries. An official release said the two sides discussed draft of MoU, avenues for training [...]
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56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia: Khurshid
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months...
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Police arrest ‘Chinese Spy’ suspect at Dharamsala
Dharamsala: Police here claimed to have arrested a man named Pema Tsering of Tibetan origin from McLeodganj, yesterday...
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Australia, India sign MoU on agriculture cooperation
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Australia and India Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and strengthen...
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India to be ‘cautious’ vis-a-vis Pakistan
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) India will take “cautious and incremental steps” in the peace process with Pakistan...
China to support Pakistan for stability, development: Li
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS) The Chinese government will unswervingly stick to its friendly policy toward Pakistan and support the South Asian nation in realising stability and better development, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Thursday. Li was speaking during a meeting with Pakistani military leaders, including chairman of Joint [...]
Read more ›You’re going to lose, woman tells London attacker
Islamabad: “You’re going to lose,” a brave woman told one of the two machete-wielding London attackers who killed a soldier. “You’re going to lose. It’s only you versus many,” said Ingrid Loyau-Kennett as she tried keep the attacker talking so he would not kill anyone else. Two men carrying weapons [...]
Read more ›Belarus dismisses US report on religious freedom
Minsk, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian foreign ministry has dismissed part of the Religious Freedom Report published by the US State Department about the country as “outdated” and failing to take into account the current situation in the country. “As for the State Department’s report, it is permeated with [...]
Read more ›UAE leaders hold talks with foreign officials
Abu Dhabi, May 23 (IANS/WAM) Leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have met senior officials of the US, the Czech Republic and Kenya and held talks on enhancing ties. Lt. Gen. Obaid Mohammed Al Ka’abi, undersecretary of the UAE ministry of defence, met US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics [...]
Read more ›Japan to help raise institute of design in Haryana
Chandigarh: The country’s second National Institute of Design will come up in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district and Japan will provide technological assistance for the same, a minister said today. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today laid the foundation stone of the NID to be set up in Urmi village of Kurukshetra [...]
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