56 people died due to heatstroke in severe heat wave in India. They died between last March and May. Besides, about 25 thousand people have been affected. May is the worst month for northern India in terms of severe heatwaves. During this season, the temperature in the capital Delhi and Rajasthan crossed 50 degrees Celsius. […]
Read MoreIn this year’s Lok Sabha elections in India, the country has set the highest voting record in the world. In a press conference, India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajeev Kumar said, “642 million voters cast their votes in this year’s Lok Sabha elections, setting a world record.” Among them, 312 million were women voters. The […]
Read MorePakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were acquitted in the Saifar case by the Islamabad High Court. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb passed the verdict on Monday. In a summary judgment appeal against the sentence in the Cypher case, the […]
Read MoreChina has arrested a couple accused of spying for the UK. The country’s Ministry of State Security said in a statement issued on Monday that the recruitment of the couple by the British intelligence agency MI6 is under investigation. The matter is the latest alleged spying incident amid rising tensions between China and the UK. […]
Read MoreTourism Department of Bhutan Government has reduced the travel fees for Bangladeshi tourists. According to the new policy, Bangladeshi tourists will have to pay only $15 as ‘Sustainable Development Fee’. This is equal to the fee charged on Indian tourists. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the matter in a post on Facebook. Under the […]
Read MoreThe resignations come ahead of President Joko Widodo’s planned celebration at the new capital, called Nusantara, on Indonesia’s Independence Day on August 17. The head and deputy head of Indonesia’s new capital city authority, who oversee the $32 billion project, have resigned, the state secretariat minister said on Monday. The resignations come ahead of […]
Read MoreSouth Korea is one of the world’s largest energy buyers and is home to leading semiconductor producers and the world’s fifth largest automaker making a push for electrification. Partnership with Africa with 30% of the world’s critical minerals including chrome, cobalt and manganese is crucial, Yoon’s office said. Africa’s rich mineral resources and its potential […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has launched hundreds of balloons carried by wind across the border that dropped trash throughout South Korea, which called it a provocation and rejected Pyongyang’s claim it was done to inconvenience its neighbour. A plastic bag carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash that crossed inter-Korean border with a balloon believed […]
Read MoreJapan and the European Union on Monday agreed to work together on policies related to creating demand and supply for clean hydrogen as well as to cooperate in advancing technologies to develop the new fuel, a joint statement said. Japan sees hydrogen as a new and cleaner source to gradually substitute liquefied natural gas (LNG), […]
Read MoreIndia’s one-and-a-half-month-long Lok Sabha elections ended last Saturday (June 1). A few hours after the end of the election, various polls were published in the evening. Most polls predict that 73-year-old Narendra Modi is on course for a third consecutive term as prime minister and his party, the BJP, is set to return to power […]
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