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India and France have announced plans to enhance scientific cooperation in marine science and technology and also exchanges of students and researchers with aims to monitor, protect and sustainably use marine living and non-living resources and the biodiversity of the seas and ocean. The two countries have agreed on a roadmap on blue economy...

The Indian Army's Chinar Corps warriors have evacuated a woman from Baraub area of Bandipur district of Jammu and Kashmir and carried her to a helipad crossing a long stretch of snow on Saturday. "Chinar warriors along with Civil Helicopter Services and Block Medical Office, Dawar, evacuated Fazali Begum, from Baraub and carried her...

The Taliban regime has now banned students and teachers from wearing neckties in schools. The fresh move coming weeks after the regime that swept into power late last year banned girls from attending secondary school in what has sparked international condemnation. A spokesperson at the Ministry of Education of the Islamic...

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that nearly 13 million children in Afghanistan are in dire need of international assistance UNICEF's communications chief in Afghanistan, Sam Mort said quoted by local media, “Afghanistan is a tough place to be a child, there are huge challenges right now in being a child.

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned of the effects of terrorism in Afghanistan, blaming it on a power vacuum. Guterres who spoke at the Munich Security conference said terrorists were exploiting power vacuums and subverting fragile states. "The risks of terrorism spillover out of Afghanistan, as well as the...

Kenya plans to ask China for a longer repayment period on $5 billion of loans it used to build a new railway line, Transport Secretary-designate Kipchumba Murkomen said. Servicing the Export-Import Bank of China loans, which mature in 15 to 20 years, is choking the economy, Murkomen told lawmakers Wednesday at a confirmation hearing...

The United Nations has condemned the deadly bomb blasts on Tuesday at two educational institutions in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, which killed at least 6 people and wounded nearly 20 others. The explosions took place at the all-boys Abdul Rahim Shahid high school and the Mumtaz Education Centre several kilometres away, both located in the...

Up to 180 media outlets out of 475 have been closed in Afghanistan in the past seven months following the takeover by the Taliban in August this year, local media reported. On Tuesday, Afghanistan's National House of Journalists in its latest survey said Afghan media outlets have been affected the most after the Taliban...

Kabul , March 9: The United States has said it will continue to support Afghan women, according to the local Afghan media outlet, Shamshad News. In a tweet, Shamshad News wrote, “Washington says the United States will continue to support Afghan women.” On International Women’s Day, the United Nations in Afghanistan...

The massive rise in inflation in Pakistan could result in demand destruction and may create difficulties for the government to meet its tax targets, according to a media report. "With global oil prices increasing, Pakistan will find it hard to foot the import bill. Pressed hard by the highest inflation in January (13 per...