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External affairs minister S JaishankarWorld
India has 'good case' to become permanent member of the UNSC:...

Jaishankar also said a UNSC without India affects the United Nation's credibility.

2 Oct 2019 8:42 AM IST

It was the first such injury from a live round in nearly four months of increasingly violent protests and threatened to strip the spotlight from Chinas carefully-choreographed birthday party, designed to underscore its status as a global superpower. (Photo: AFP)World
Watch: Protester critical after being shot by Hong Kong police as...

The wounded protester received initial first aid from officers before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital.

1 Oct 2019 5:22 PM IST

On Sunday evening, the victim alleged that Mahara raped her in her rented flat in Tinkune, Kathmandu when her husband was not at home. (Photo: ANI)World
Nepal's Lower House speaker Mahara resigns over rape accusations

Secretariat of Nepal Communist Party had suggested he should step down from his post and from Member of Parliament.

1 Oct 2019 3:54 PM IST

The week-long festival, which began last Friday, marks the Cham calendars de facto new year, at the onset of a new harvest. (Photo: Social Media)World
In Vietnam, men parade but women rule at a festival called 'Kate'

The Cham are descendents of a powerful ancient kingdom that once spanned large parts of central and southern Vietnam a...

1 Oct 2019 3:48 PM IST

Earlier on Monday, Honk Kong demonstrators had called for a general strike and vowed to go out in full force on Tuesday to disrupt National Day celebrations. (Photo: ANI)World
Protests break out in parts in Hong Kong on China's National Day

In Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui district, protestors set trash cans on fire and placed in front of the closed subway...

1 Oct 2019 3:45 PM IST

Earlier in his speech, Trump described Modi as Americas \greatest\ and \most loyal friend\, and said the prime minister was doing an exceptional job for India. (Photo: ANI)World
Australian govt confirms Trump asked PM Morrison for help to discredit...

The president has sought, without evidence, to implicate the Bidens in the kind of corruption that has long plagued...

1 Oct 2019 3:24 PM IST

Pakistans Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi made the remarks during a Security Council debate here last week on upholding international law within the context of the maintenance of international peace and security. (Photo: @LodhiMaleeha/Twitter)World
Pak appoints Munir Akram in place of Maleeha Lodhi as UN...

However, it gave no reason for her removal.

1 Oct 2019 3:19 PM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)World
UK's Boris Johnson denies allegations of patronage, groping journalist

Johnson was also accused of inflaming tensions in Britain with populist, people-versus-politicians rhetoric.

1 Oct 2019 3:15 PM IST

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells, who oversees all State Department policy towards South Asia will testify at the hearing, Congressman Brad Sherman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia, said. (Photo: File)World
Focus on Kashmir in US Congress panel meet on Human Rights in South...

The issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka, the human rights situation in Pakistan including the Sindh province will also be taken...

1 Oct 2019 2:30 PM IST

Erdogans comments came two days after NATO member Turkey took delivery of the first consignment of advanced Russian S-400 missile defence system parts. (Photo: AFP)World
Turkey building naval warship for Pakistan, says Prez Erdogan

According to Erdogan, Turkey is one of only 10 countries worldwide that is able to build, design, and maintain warships.

1 Oct 2019 2:21 PM IST

On Monday, three House committees issued a subpoena to Giuliani and demanded he produces all the documents related to his contacts with Ukraine, The Biden family and related matters. (Photo: ANI)World
Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed in impeachment inquiry

These panels are investigating the matter as part of an impeachment inquiry endorsed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last...

1 Oct 2019 2:15 PM IST

In this photo released by Chinas Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Photo: AP)World
Communism in China at 70 --- success and excess

At 70, China's Communist Party becomes the second-longest ruling party in history, about a year behind its neighbour,...

1 Oct 2019 10:36 AM IST

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