Kabul : Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked China to grant it full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani met with his Chinese counterpart A Wang Yi and discussed ways to develop friendly relations and and expand bilateral cooperation in different sectors.Rabbani while appreciating the active and constructive […]
New Delhi : Multiple bomb scares in Delhi-Kathmandu bound flights halted the operation of Jet Airways and Air India flights on Wednesday.Jet Airways flight 9W260 Delhi to Kathmandu has been delayed following a security alert. All 122 guests and seven crew members of this flight have been taken to the waiting area.The Deputy Commissioner of […]
New Delhi : Young leaders from Australia and India will come together to discuss regional economic opportunities and global security challenges facing the two nations at the fifth Australia India Youth Dialogue (AIYD) today.Fifteen young Australian leaders (under 40 years of age) will meet 15 of the best and brightest young Indian leaders at AIYD […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to file a status report within two weeks on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.A Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur passed the order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for the apex court monitoring of […]
Colombo : Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has started working on protecting children who have been subject to abuse, as over 10,000 child abuse cases were reported last year in the island-nation.The NCPA said that it received 10,732 complaints of different forms of child abuse during 2015.Among the complaints reported in 2015, the […]