150,000 dead due to war in Pakistan and Afghanistan : Study
Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a new US study. The study by the Costs of War Project, based at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University…
India’s LIC gets clearance to do business in Bangladesh
Life insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has been cleared to do business in Bangladesh, intensifying competition in the insurance market. Bangladesh Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) Chief Shefaq Ahmed…
President Mukherjee accorded ceremonial reception in Belarus
President Pranab Mukherjee was accorded a ceremonial reception by his Belarussian Counterpart A.G Lukashenko at Minsk this afternoon.Mr. Mukherjee arrived on a two-day State visit to Belarus last night after…
50 killed in Nigeria bomb blast
At least 50 people have died in a bombing in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri in Nigeria. The city had already been attacked in the early hours of this morning…
US, India need to fight terrorism and poverty together: Clinton
US Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton has said that the United States and India need to fight violence, terrorism and poverty together. In her remarks to a delegation led by…
Hillary Clinton to start Presidential campaign from New York on June 13
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will formally launch her 2016 presidential campaign on June 13 from New York where she will put forward her vision and ideas to…
India abstains from voting on US, Palestinian NGOs at UN
India has abstained from voting on the applications of an American and a Palestinian non-governmental organisation for special consultative status in a UN committee. India was the sole abstention in…
Ship carrying over 400 people sinks in China’s Yangtze river
A ship carrying more than 400 people has reportedly sunk in the Yangtze River in southern China last night. According to official media reports, the ship, Eastern Star, encountered a…
US police kill more than two people a day: Report
Data collected by the Washington Post newspaper suggests that the number of people shot by police is twice as high as official figures claim in US, . The paper said…
Egypt: Ousted president Morsi sentenced to death
An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011. The former leader has already been sentenced to 20 years in jail…