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Sri Lanka bans travellers from India with immediate effect

Sri Lanka bans travellers from India with immediate effect

Several countries like UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore have already banned travellers from India as well as other South...

6 May 2021 1:01 PM IST

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (AP)

No trade with India under current circumstances: Pakistan PM Khan

India has said that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan in an environment free of terror, hostility,...

3 April 2021 12:42 PM IST

Last month, the Senate of Pakistan passed the Compulsory Teaching of the Arabic Language Bill, which makes it compulsory to teach the Arabic language in primary and secondary schools of Islamabad. (Representational Image/UNICEF)

Pakistan imposes Arabic learning in schools, says 'essential to create...

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Raza Rabbani has opposed the bill stating that his 'civilization is not Arabic,...

29 March 2021 3:50 PM IST

Security officers disperse demonstrators protesting against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Friday prayers at Baitul Mokarram mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Witnesses said violent clashes broke out after one faction of protesters began waving their shoes as a sign of disrespect to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and another group tried to stop them. Local media said the protesters who tried to stop the shoe-waving are aligned with the ruling Awami League party. The party criticized the other protest faction for attempting to create chaos in the country during Modis visit. (AP)

Violence breaks out in Bangladesh as protests grow against Modi's...

Five people died on Friday, and another six the next day, after police shot at demonstrators in several major districts...

28 March 2021 3:21 PM IST

Anti-coup protesters gesture with a three-fingers salute, a symbol of resistance during a demonstration during by police crack down in Thaketa township Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP)

Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup, U.N. investigator condemns...

Children were among those killed on Saturday, Myanmar's Armed Forces Day, according to news reports and witnesses

28 March 2021 2:10 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and other dignitaries on his arrival at the National Day programme of Bangladesh, in Dhaka. (PTI)

I was jailed for Bangladesh: Prime Minister Modi

The high-profile visit of PM Modi began on a stormy note, with four supporters of hardline Islamist group...

27 March 2021 9:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Friday, March 26, 2021. (PTI)

PM Modi arrives in Bangladesh on his first foreign trip since COVID-19...

Modi is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus

26 March 2021 12:29 PM IST

AP journalist Thein Zaw stands outside Insein prison after his release Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Thein Zaw, a journalist for The Associated Press who was arrested last month while covering a protest against the coup in Myanmar, was released from detention on Wednesday. (AP)

Myanmar junta frees 600 detainees including AP photographer

Activists called for a nationwide 'Silent Strike' on Wednesday, and streets were bare in the cities of Yangon and...

24 March 2021 3:10 PM IST

An anti-coup protester discharges a fire extinguisher to counter the impact of the tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, March 8, 2021. Large protests have occurred daily across many cities and towns in Myanmar. (AP)

Myanmar protesters defy curfew; media outlets ordered shut

Large-scale protests have occurred daily in many cities and towns since Myanmar's military seized power

9 March 2021 12:12 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AFP)

Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins trust vote; Opposition demands resignation

The floor test took place without the Opposition boycotted the voting, making it easier for Khan to secure the required...

6 March 2021 10:29 PM IST

Chinese staffers adjust the U.S. and Chinese flags before the opening session of trade negotiations between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives. (Representational Image/AP)

Chinese cyber-espionage unit on US hacking spree: report

At least 30,000 US organizations including local governments have been hacked in recent days

6 March 2021 11:41 AM IST

The budget hike was announced by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the countrys Parliament, the National Peoples Congress. (AP)

China hikes defence budget to USD 209 billion, 6.8 per cent increase

China's annual defence budget maintains a single-digit growth for a sixth consecutive year, state-run Xinhua news agency...

5 March 2021 12:09 PM IST