Nepal's flood damage may cost up to a tenth of economy to rebuild
29 August 2026
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World
Nepal floods leave trail of destruction, aid challenge
29 August 2026
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Asia
Russia-backed port plan: Myanmar military offensive targets land in south
22 August 2026
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Asia
Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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South Asia
India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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South Asia
Korean liberation day: N Korea’s Kim tells Putin he is ‘proud’ of strong ties
17 August 2026
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Asia
Over 700 aid trucks enter Afghanistan
17 August 2026
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Asia
Over three lakh Rohingyas verified for repatriation
16 August 2026
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Asia
India’s forex reserves at 20-month low, currently $572bn
India’s forex reserves fell by $7.5 billion to $572.7 billion – a 20-month low – as of July 15, due to spiraling costs of imports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said.
23 July 2022
Shinzo Abe murder suspect to undergo psychiatric evaluation: report
The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
23 July 2022
West Bengal commerce minister arrested for school-teacher recruitment scam
Industry and Commerce Minister of India’s West Bengal and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee was arrested today.
23 July 2022
Covid infection: Xi wishes Biden a speedy recovery
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a sympathy message to his United States counterpart Joe Biden yesterday, a day after the 79-year-old US leader tested positive for Covid-19.
22 July 2022
Lanka troops raid main protest camp
Sri Lankan security forces raided and partially cleared the main protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early yesterday, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in.
22 July 2022
Japanese regulators okay releasing waste water from Fukushima nuclear plant to ocean
Japan's nuclear regulators have approved a plan to release into the ocean water from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the government said on Friday.
22 July 2022
BSF seizes 41kg gold worth Rs 21cr along India-Bangladesh border
India’s Border Security Force today (July 22, 2022) claimed to have made the biggest seizure of gold weighing 41.49 kg worth nearly Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers in the Ichhamati River along the border with Bangladesh.
22 July 2022
Rohingya genocide case to proceed: World Court
World Court judges on Friday (July 22) dismissed objections by Myanmar to a genocide case brought against it for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority, paving the way for the case to proceed.
22 July 2022
Dinesh Gunawardena, new PM of crisis-hit Sri Lanka
Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.
22 July 2022
Murmu elected India’s 15th president
Droupadi Murmu was elected India’s 15th president yesterday with the backing of the ruling party, making her the first person from a marginalised community to occupy the top post.
21 July 2022
Longest-living male giant panda in captivity An An dies at 35
The world’s longest-living male giant panda under human care, An An, has died at the age of 35, the Hong Kong zoo where he spent most of his life said yesterday.
21 July 2022
‘Bangladeshis killed on border were criminals’
Director General (DG) of India’s Border Security Force Pankaj Kumar Singh yesterday justified border killings, saying all Bangladeshis killed on the border were criminals.
21 July 2022
Nepali Sherpa sets climbing record
A 47-year-old Nepali sherpa has set a climbing record by scaling all the world’s 14 peaks that are higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) for a second time, his
21 July 2022
Money laundering case: Sonia Gandhi questioned
Indian investigators yesterday summoned Sonia Gandhi, president of the opposition Congress party, for questioning on money laundering accusations that her allies have blamed on an abuse of government power.
21 July 2022
Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka president
Sri Lanka’s six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in yesterday as president of the crisis-hit nation, with plans to form a unity government to manage the turmoil.
21 July 2022
282 killed in weeklong rains, flashfloods in Pakistan
The death toll from five weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods jumped to at least 282 in Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, as the latest downpours continued lashing the impoverished country.
21 July 2022
Who is Droupadi Murmu, the first Santal president of India?
Droupadi Murmu became the first tribal leader to be elected as India’s new president, the highest constitutional office.
21 July 2022
Droupadi Murmu: India’s first Santal president
History was scripted today when Droupadi Murmu, the candidate of India’s ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, was elected the country’s new president becoming the first tribal leader to occupy the highest constitutional office.
21 July 2022
Sri Lanka president to appoint Rajapaksa ally as PM: Reports
New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades.
21 July 2022
“They were criminals”: BSF DG tries to justify Bangladeshis killed on the border
Director General of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh today (July 21, 2022) tried to justify Bangladeshi nationals killed on the border – terming them as “criminals”.
21 July 2022