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Tokyo: Days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, voting for a House of Councillors election began on Sunday.According to Kyodo News, the outcome of the triennial election is a gauge of voter confidence roughly nine...

New Delhi: India registered 18,257 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.According to the bulletin issued by the Health Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,36,22,651, while the death toll rose to 5,25,428 as 42 more succumbed...

Washington: A growing wildfire threatening the famous giant sequoia tree grove in California's Yosemite National Park has forced the officials to issue evacuation orders for the nearby community, according to officials.In a social media post, Yosemite National Park said,...

Colombo: Hundreds of protesters demanding the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday stormed the President's House here after overcoming staff resistance put up by security forces, leaving an unspecified number of people injured.The mainly male and...

Tokyo: A day after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot to death, his body returned to his home in Tokyo. His funeral will be held on Tuesday.According to NHK World, the vehicle carrying Abe's body arrived...

New Delhi: The tri-color flew half-mast at Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Parliament House, and other prominent government buildings on Saturday as India mourned the death of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.One day national mourning was declared by...

Tokyo: Leaders across the world on Friday expressed grief and shock over the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe was shot while delivering a campaign speech in Nara city.US President Joe Biden condoled the death of Abe...

Thoubal: As part of the week-long festival of tree plantation also known as Vanmahotsav, Thoubal Forest Division conducted mass tree plantation Friday at Waithou protected reserved forest. Forest and Environment Minister, Th. Bishorjit led the tree plantation. Speaking to the...

Tokyo: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country's long-serving leader, was shot and killed on Friday while delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara two days ahead of a national election, media reports said.A 41-year-old...

Kabul: Afghanistan has received 32 million US dollars in humanitarian cash assistance, the country's central bank reported on Friday.Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said in a statement posted on its website that "following a series of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan,...