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New Delhi/Beijing:  As Quad countries today reaffirmed their commitment toward a free and open Indo-Pacific and specifically mentioned adherence to rules-based order in the South and East China Seas, Beijing hit out against “exclusionary blocs”. The Quad Foreign Ministers of...

Islamabad: At least two Pakistani nationals were killed and 17 others rescued in a tragic incident of a shipwreck off the coast of southern Italy, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.Two of those onboard are still missing, spokesperson for...

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that he “spoke briefly” with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in the Indian capital, and told him that Moscow must “end...

New Delhi: Supreme Court in its verdict on Thursday said it is constituting a committee to look into the Adani-Hindenburg issue and this committee will be supervised by a SC-appointed a panel, including O P Bhat, Justice JP Devdhar,...

Jakarta:One person was killed and nine others went missing after an Indonesian fishing ship sank in the Indian Ocean, and a search and rescue operation is underway, a senior rescuer said on Thursday.Head of the Search and Rescue Office...

Manila: Philippine troops clashed with around 20 suspected left-wing rebels in the central Philippines, killing four insurgents, a military spokesperson said on Thursday.Colonel Jorry Baclor said the encounter occurred Wednesday on the outskirts of a city in Negros Occidental...

New Delhi/Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will travel to India to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi on March 2, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning also said that “China...

New Delhi: India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) for the October-December quarter (Q3) of the current financial year slowed down to 4.4 pc as compared to 6.3 pc in the second quarter, data released by the Ministry of Statistics...

London: The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have reached a new post-Brexit trade arrangement for Northern Ireland, British media reported on Monday.It came as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met the European Commission President Ursula von...

New Delhi: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen will lead the charge as the Indian contingent fielded by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) looks to create new records at the IBA Women’s...