COVID-19: Indian students in Italy to return after screening
Indian students in Italy will be brought back home after screening for Covid 19, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in the Lok Sabha on March 12. He said that …
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Afghan President signs decree to release 1,500 Taliban fighters
President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the release of 1,500 Taliban prisoners to kick-start direct negotiations with the rebel group in a bid to end the nearly two-decades-long war in Afghanistan. …
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IAF evacuates first batch of Indian pilgrims from Iran
The first batch of 58 Indian pilgrims was brought back home from coronavirus-hit Iran on an Indian Air Force plane on March 10 after the number of infected people rose …
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Junior UK health minister tests positive for Covid-19
Junior British Health Minister Nadine Dorries has tested positive for coronavirus but out of danger, according to a news report. “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus… and …
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COVID-19 spreads across world, Italy tops virus toll
Italy closes social hubs, schools Italy has reported over 230 fatalities from the COVID 19 disease, the highest number of deaths outside China, since the coronavirus outbreak in December. Schools, …
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COVID-19 hits Modi’s travel plan: India-EU summit in Brussels deferred
The rapid spread of coronavirus across Europe has hit travel plans of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Brussels, leading to the cancellation of the planned India-EU summit in the …
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Foreign MPs raise heat over CAA after UNHCR move
A plea filed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has triggered a fierce debate whether the …
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US hits Taliban with airstrikes after peace deal
A new peace deal to end the war in Afghanistan seemed to be falling apart as the US carried out fresh air raids against the Taliban this week.“The US conducted …
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Ahead of Modi’s Dhaka visit, India’s top diplomat allays Bangladesh’s NRC concerns
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh later this month, India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla assured Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) …
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Taliban-US Peace Deal: How the World Responded
US President Donald Trump hailed the deal and said: “It’s time after all these years to go and bring our people back home. We The US-Taliban peace deal, that will …
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