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Foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has talks in UK
London, Feb 25: Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar visited the UK on February 23-24 for talks with his British and Commonwealth counterparts. Jaishankar was here to attend the extraordinary meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action…
Shinzo Abe to ignore Obama’s call for not to visit Russia
Tokyo, Feb 24: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia despite the US urging him not to do so, a top government official said on Wednesday. According to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Abe's top spokesperson, the prime…
Indonesia to close down all red-light districts by 2019
Bangkok, Feb 24: Indonesia plans to close down all red-light districts in the country by 2019, media reports said on Wednesday. The plan, under the supervision of the Indonesian Social Affairs Ministry, looks to shutting down a total of 168…
5.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Nepal
Kathmandu, Feb 24: A 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal on Wednesday afternoon creating panic in the Himalayan country.
The quake tremors, epicentred in Sindhupalchowk district of central Nepal, were felt at 3.07 p.m. (local time).…
Missing Nepal plane crashes, all aboard dead: Minister
Kathmandu, Feb 24: A Nepal airlines plane with 23 people, 20 passengers and three crew members that went missing on Wednesday morning has crashed and all people on board have been killed, said Civil Aviation Minister Ananda Prasad Pokharel.…
Pakistan’s parliament becomes completely solar
Islamabad, Feb 23: Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday earned the unique distinction of becoming the world's first legislature whose entire electricity needs are met by solar power. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated the solar…
President Barack Obama wants India, China to use clean coal
Washington, Feb 23: Calling climate change a real problem, President Barack Obama would like India and China to know how to use clean coal to ensure they are not emitting huge amount of carbon.
"Number one, climate change is real," he…
UAE chairs Arab League legal committee’s meeting
Abu Dhabi, Feb 23: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has chaired a meeting of the Arab League Council's committee for legal affairs which brought together heads of foreign ministries.
Head of the Legal Affairs Department at the UAE Ministry…
Cleaner energy policies could save 175,000 US lives by 2030
New York, Feb 23: Reducing US climate emissions enough to avoid a two degree Celsius increase in global warming could prevent up to 175,000 pollution-related premature deaths nationwide by 2030, new research has estimated. The nationwide…
Toll in Fiji’s tropical cyclone Winston rises to 28
Suva, Feb 23: The toll in severe tropical cyclone Winston has risen to 28 in Fiji, the media reported on Tuesday. Besides, at least 21 people were suffering serious injuries, Xinhua quoted Akapusi Tuifagalele, director of Fiji's National…