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Nepals House of Representatives members sign as they vote on an amendment to update the national emblem with a new controversial political map in Kathmandu. (AFP)

Nepal votes to pass bill that incorporates 3 key Indian areas into map

Nepal last month released the revised political and administrative map of the country laying claim over the...

18 Jun 2020 3:23 PM IST

A worker places trays of food in the seafood section of a supermarket in Beijing on June 17, 2020. (AFP)

Beijing says it must improve hygiene in markets after new outbreak

The resurgence of COVID-19 in the countryâ€™s capital over the past week has been linked to the cityâ€™s massive Xinfadi...

18 Jun 2020 9:55 AM IST

Chinese security personnel patrol outside the Indian embassy in Beijing Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (AP)

China suffered 35 casualties during Galwan clash: US intelligence...

China has not yet talked about the number of casualties suffered by the People-'s Liberation Army during the clash

17 Jun 2020 1:08 PM IST

Chinese police officers wearing masks shelter in the shade near a portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. (AP)

Chinese state media hesitant to reveal casualties on their side

China-'s defence ministry confirmed late Tuesday that there had been casualties without revealing how many

17 Jun 2020 10:53 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Closely monitoring India-China situation, says US

Twenty Indian Army personnel including a colonel were killed in the clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in...

17 Jun 2020 10:36 AM IST

Medical staff members (R and L) in full protective gear carry signs to assist people who live near or who have visited the Xinfadi Market, a wholesale food market where a new COVID-19 coronavirus cluster has emerged, for testing at the Guangan sports centre in Beijing on June 16, 2020.(AFP)

Beijing schools closed again as city finds 31 more virus cases

The new cases have raised fears of a second wave of infections as China had largely brought its domestic outbreak under...

17 Jun 2020 8:23 AM IST

Through that so-called Order exactly two years ago in May, 2018, the then Pakistan government had seized more authority from the local council in the Gilgit-Baltistan region to deal with the affairs of that region

Pakistan releases two missing Indian staffers

The Pakistani action is being seen as retaliation after two Pakistan High Commission officials were asked to leave India...

16 Jun 2020 10:46 AM IST

security personnel wearing a protective suit stands guard at a residential area under lockdown near Yuquan East Market in Beijing on June 15, 2020. (AFP)

Beijing locks down more districts as new virus outbreak gathers pace

After nearly two months with no new infections, Beijing now has 79 cases reported linked to a single wholesale food...

15 Jun 2020 2:57 PM IST

CRPF personnel patrol Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Nagrota outskirts, in Jammu. (PTI)

Pakistan rejects Rajnath Singh-'s remarks about Pak-occupied Kashmir

Pakistan-'s foreign office alleges Sigh-'s remarks were a -'desperate-' attempt to divert attention from Jammu and...

15 Jun 2020 1:53 PM IST

A health official wearing protective gear takes blood sample of a man at a drive-through screening and testing facility for the COVID-19 coronavirus, alongside a street in Islamabad. (AFP)

Pakistan-'s coronavirus tally crosses 140,000-mark

29,085 tests were done in the last 24 hours taking the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the country to...

15 Jun 2020 1:22 PM IST

A voter casts his vote during a mock election to test the guidelines implemented against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ingiriya of Kalutara District in Western Province on June 14, 2020. (AFP)

Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures

The island nation of 21 million people has steadily lifted its lockdown restrictions, although a night curfew remains

14 Jun 2020 8:36 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Pride events kick off in Shanghai

Social distancing restrictions, imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have largely been lifted in Shanghai in recent...

14 Jun 2020 3:49 PM IST