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Exporters need all the help they can get to help close the trade deficit. (Representational image)

Indo-Pak bilateral trade growing despite tensions: Report

The volume of trade between India and Pakistan posted a growth of nearly five per cent.

24 Feb 2019 5:18 PM IST

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: AP)

'Child sex abuse is like human sacrifice' says Pope Francis

Pope Francis on Sunday compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice as he addressed the Catholic Church.

24 Feb 2019 5:09 PM IST

The more hypothetical money and work the students were willing to spend to be able to use their smartphones reflected a higher reinforcing value (Photo: AFP)

Indian-origin students develop device for automatic watering of plants...

Pratyush Bansal and Aekas Singh Gulati, class eight students at the Global Indian International School (GIIS) made the...

24 Feb 2019 2:21 PM IST

Pak's ex-diplomats want govt to be prepared to deter any 'aggressive...

Amid Indo-Pak tensions, Pakistan's 3 former foreign secretaries have urged their government to deter any "aggressive...

24 Feb 2019 2:07 PM IST

Pakistan should continue to extend its hand of cooperation irrespective of a lack of response from India.

Pakistan sets up 'Crisis Management Cell' amid hightened Indo-Pak...

The cell will keep all stakeholders updated over border situation and diplomatic contacts.

24 Feb 2019 11:40 AM IST

Two people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in clashes with security forces that left more than 300 people wounded. (Photo:AP)

2 killed as Venezuela border aid showdown turns violent

A high-risk operation to get humanitarian aid into Venezuela descended into deadly chaos on Saturday.

24 Feb 2019 10:15 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. (Photo: PTI/File)

Pakistan dismisses claim of seizing JeM headquarters, calls it...

Pak said the complex has no link with the terror outfit, which claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Pulwama.

24 Feb 2019 9:37 AM IST

Venezuelans ride semi-trailers, accompanying humanitarian aid in Cucuta, Colombia, on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Venezuela border tensions turn violent amid aid distribution bid

More than three million people have fled the country, many on foot, sparking a regional migration crisis.

24 Feb 2019 2:05 AM IST

Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed on February 14. (File Photo)

Protests in Nepal against Pulwama terror attack

Protests were held at various places on Saturday in Nepal over Pulwama terror attack.

23 Feb 2019 5:35 PM IST

Pope Francis in in a new policy published Thursday said, that it is always inadmissible because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans. (Photo: File)

Church files on paedophile priests 'destroyed' says Cardinal

Church files on priests who sexually abused children were destroyed or never even drawn up.

23 Feb 2019 4:34 PM IST

President Trump and President Xi Jinping brokered a truce to ensure that, for now, there will be no further escalation to their tit-for-tat imposition of tariffs on goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars. (Photo: AP)

'Hoping for a mutually beneficial trade pact' says Xi Jinping in...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a letter to his American counterpart Donald Trump.

23 Feb 2019 4:07 PM IST

The unnamed child was told by staff at St Clares School in Handsworth, Birmingham, that she should not wear her hijab to lessons. (Photo: Representational Image)

'Abused' Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong risk deportation

Two Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong say chronic physical abuse by male family members prompted them to flee the...

23 Feb 2019 2:24 PM IST