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Pakistani Daily lauds Sharif’s Diwali Message on Minorities
Islamabad, Nov 13: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif delivered an important message on Diwali when he called for all Muslims to accept Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Parsis and other minorities living in the country as equals, said a Pakistani daily…
Myanmar Opposition secures 536 Parliamentary Seats
Yangon, Nov 12: Myanmar's opposition party, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), has so far secured 536 parliamentary seats in the country's general election.
Of the 536 seats, 179 are in the House of…
UN Chief to attend G20 Summit in Turkey
United Nations, Nov 12: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave New York on Friday to participate in the summit of the world's 20 largest economies in Antalya, Turkey, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Wednesday.…
Australia’s Life Expectancy climbs to Record High: Report
Canberra, Nov 12: Life expectancy in Australia has hit record highs, according to the figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Australians born today are expected to live the longest of any previous generation,…
South Sudan declares end of Cholera Outbreak: Report
Juba, Nov 10: South Sudan has declared itself to be free of cholera which had been spreading in the new-born state since last June, the media reported on Tuesday. "There is no cholera in South Sudan anymore. The disease has completely been…
Ariane 5 gears up to blast off with ISRO’s GSAT-15 Satellite
Chennai, Nov 10: European space agency Arianespace is gearing up for the Tuesday evening launch of Indian communication satellite GSAT-15 and Arabsat-6B through its rocket Ariane 5 from the spaceport in French Guiana, the space agency said.…
US hopes India would make important contribution on Climate Change
Washington, Nov 10: With President Barack Obama set to push for a global agreement at the upcoming climate talks in Paris, the US has expressed the hope that India would step up and make an important contribution.
"We certainly would…
Myanmar Announces 106 Parliament Representatives-Elect
Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 10: Myanmar's Union Election Commission on Tuesday announced 106 parliament representatives-elect, including 54 to the lower house - House of Representatives.
Democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for…
India reelected to UN International Trade Law Commission
United Nations, Nov 10: India has been reelected by the General Assembly to a six year term on the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
After the election Monday, India's Mission to the UN said in a statement that "it…
World War II Soldiers honoured in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 9: Hundreds of World War II soldiers, including Indians, were honoured at the World War II Remembrance Day ceremony in Borneo -- an island in Asia's Malay Archipelago, media reported.
Malaysian senator Yunus Kurus on…