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Ukraine downs all 29 Russia-launched drones during overnight attack, air force says

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's air force said on Thursday that it shot down all 29 Russia-launched drones over eight Ukrainian regions during an overnight attack, which officials said caused only minor

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi gets FDA priority review for type of lung cancer

(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its cancer drug Imfinzi a priority review for patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer in the

“140 crore Indians concerned over safety of Hindus, minorities in Bangladesh”: PM Modi in I-Day speech

New Delhi , August 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday in his Independence Day address said that 140 crore Indians are concerned...

Maldives President extends heartfelt congratulations to India on Independence Day

Male , August 15 (ANI): Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu extended congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, and the people of India...

US, French naval forces conduct operations in Philippine sea

BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. and French Navy conducted bilateral operations in the Philippine Sea on Tuesday to advance their interoperability "in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific", the U.S.

China proposes law to make it easier to register marriages, harder to divorce

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has put together a revised draft law that will make it simpler for couples to register their marriage, while filing for divorce will become tougher, a move that drew scorn

Japan ministers visit controversial war shrine on World War Two anniversary

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan marked the anniversary on Thursday of its defeat in World War Two with visits by at least three cabinet ministers to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that other Asian nations

Who’s going to run in Sri Lanka’s presidential election

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe became the first candidate to officially register for the presidential election on Sept. 21, in which

South Korea’s Yoon seeks dialogue, path to unification with isolated Pyongyang

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered on Thursday to establish a working-level consultative body with North Korea to discuss ways to ease tension and resume

US State Secy Antony Blinken extends wishes to India on its 78th Independence Day

Washington, DC , August 15 (ANI): United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken congratulated the people of India on the occasion of their country's...

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Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?