By Mahua Venkatesh New Delhi, July 13: For many in Germany, a warm water bath could soon become a luxury. One of the country’s main port cities, Hamburg, has already warned its citizens that it…
By Aditi Bhaduri New Delhi, July 12: “There is a Pakistan in Uzbekistan” my Central Asian friends would joke. Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region in Uzbekistan became a part of it in 1936, when Soviet Russia…
By Mahua Venkatesh New Delhi, July 12: The delay in International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) concretisation of the bailout package for Pakistan has caused much embarrassment for the Shehbaz Sharif government especially as it has been…
By Ateet Sharma New Delhi, July 12: Russia has once again accused Ukraine of destroying fertile agricultural land, saying that the Ukrainian forces are setting wheat fields on fire amid a global food crisis. The…
By Vivek Mishra New Delhi, July 12: “The winter is coming” may have become an overplayed phrase from the fantasy series Game of Thrones. But, with the spectre of gas shortages looming on account of…
By Mahua Venkatesh New Delhi, July 12: Your travel to Europe for work or holiday could be cheaper now as the Euro continues to lose its sheen. But there’s a caveat. Be prepared to stay…
By Ahmed Ali Fayyaz New Delhi, July 11: Late last week, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha virtually dropped a bombshell when he ordered cancellation of a selection list for the appointment of 1200…
By Mahua Venkatesh New Delhi, July 11: Will Bangladesh aggressively scout for newer export markets for its readymade garment sector? At present about 80 per cent of exports of RMGs are directed to the US…
By Vice Admiral (Retd.) Shekhar Sinha New Delhi, July 11: On June 17, the Chinese launched Fujian, their third aircraft carrier from Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The occasion carefully timed with the Boat Festival was…
By Rahul Kumar New Delhi, July 11: Pakistan keeps finding unique ways to harass its estranged Baloch community. The Pakistani establishment – the military, and the spy agencies, have been settling in myriad ethnicities from…
By Rahul Kumar New Delhi, July 11: The Tibetan community in London celebrated the 87th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday at Stratford, London, where hundreds of Tibetans converged to renew their…
By Ateet Sharma New Delhi, July 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he is “shocked and saddened beyond words” at the tragic demise of one of his “dearest friends”, Shinzo Abe, the former…
By Santosh Ghimire New Delhi, July 9: The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) announced its 156-member politburo on Thursday evening. A meeting of the party’s Central Committee held at the Nepal Academy in…
By Mahua Venkatesh New Delhi, July 8: Concerns over food security are deepening in Pakistan as its all-important agriculture sector is staring at several challenges including climatic changes, shrinking cultivable area, domestic shortage of water…
By Santosh Ghimire New Delhi, July 8: A senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be visiting Nepal next week, armed with the mission to unite Nepali communists ahead of the upcoming general…
By Mahua Venkatesh New Delhi, July 7: After Sri Lanka and Pakistan, a fuel crisis is now brewing in Bangladesh as global energy prices continue to remain at elevated levels despite a drop in the…
By Santosh Ghimire New Delhi, July 7: Nepal’s Election Commission (EC) wants the government to hold the federal and provincial elections in one phase on November 18 this year, the commission authorities said. During a…
By Ateet Sharma New Delhi, July 6: Russian energy major Rosneft has announced the discovery of a huge oil deposit on the shelf of the Pechora Sea flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic…
By Santosh Ghimire New Delhi, July 6: Nepal’s Lumbini, the birthplace of the Lord Buddha, witnessed a the rise in the number of Indian tourists in the past two months after the official visit of…
By Rahul Kumar New Delhi, July 6: The Indian economy will eventually pick up despite inflation and challenges like domestic strife. On the other hand, there is a looming global unrest as public resentment against…