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India’s Modi to visit Kashmir, first time since special status cut
Mar 8, 2024This will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to the Indian-administrated part of Kashmir after the territory’s semi-autonomy was revoked in 2019. He will be holding a rally there on Thursday. The Muslim-majority region lost... -
100-Test milestone is ‘just a number’, says India’s Ashwin
Mar 5, 2024The 100th Test match was not as exciting for India’s spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as it was for his family, and he added that a series-ending victory over England was more significant to him than “just a... -
India’s Modi congratulates new Pakistan PM Sharif
Mar 5, 2024In a rare show of goodwill between the leaders of the two nuclear-armed adversaries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on taking back the top job on Tuesday. On Monday, Sharif... -
Bangladesh, India, Nepal & Sri Lanka for cost cut in remittance
Feb 28, 2024At the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ongoing 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka jointly presented a message yesterday asking for a work plan on simplifying cross-border remittances. India originally sent the message... -
Indian runaway train takes 70-kilometre journey
Feb 27, 2024Indian Railways announced on Monday that it had launched an inquiry following the 70-kilometer (43-mile) uncontrolled runaway freight train carrying gravel. On Sunday, over fifty carriages drove alone from the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir... -
Police fire tear gas at protesting Indian farmers
Feb 22, 2024Following their rejection of a government offer on agricultural prices, which prompted an offer of further discussions, thousands of farmers attempted to stage a protest march to Delhi on Wednesday but were dispersed by Indian police... -
India allows export of onions to Bangladesh
Feb 19, 2024On the advice of its External Affairs Ministry, India has approved government-to-government shipments of onions to a number of nations, including Bangladesh, according to an article that was released in today’s Economic Times. According to one... -
Bangladesh-India river trade route in Rajshahi opens Monday
Feb 10, 2024The goal of opening the Rajshahi-Murshidabad river route on Monday is to improve trade and commerce between Bangladesh and India, two of its neighbors. The Sultanganj River Port, located in the district’s Godagari Upazila, is scheduled... -
Indian President hails Sheikh Hasina for forming govt for 5th term
Feb 10, 2024Today, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of India was praised by President Droupadi Murmu for her remarkable five-term tenure as the world’s longest-serving female leader. “All the women in South Asia should be proud of her (Sheikh... -
India’s elusive snow leopards snapped in key survey
Feb 1, 2024Although snow leopards are known as the “ghosts of the mountains” due to their elusive nature, Indian researchers have managed to capture images of over 200 of them in a historic study that estimates that there...