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UK envoy to India Philip Barton promoted as new Foreign Office minister

11:01 pm August 3, 2020

London: Sir Philip Barton, the British High Commissioner to India based in New Delhi, was on Monday promoted as a minister in the newly formed Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The UK Foreign Office said Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had approved the appointment of Barton as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the new ministry, which had been unveiled by the UK PM earlier this year […]

Pakistan wraps up anti-polio drive amid surge in cases

11:17 pm July 24, 2020

Peshawar: Pakistan on Friday wrapped up a five-day vaccination campaign against polio in the former Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan and elsewhere in the country amid a surge in cases, officials said. Vaccinations started on Monday, aiming to have about 800,000 children inoculated. Fortunately, during this campaign, there were no reports of militant attacks on polio teams or police […]

India to save 20 pc logistic cost in supplies to CIS countries via Chabahar: Mandaviya

3:13 pm July 5, 2020

New Delhi: By developing strategic Chabahar Port in Iran, Indian will reduce logistics cost by 20 per cent in container transport to CIS countries, bypassing China or Europe, Union Minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya has said. So far, CIS countries could be reached only via China or Europe, he said. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province at energy-rich Iran’s southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed from India’s western coast, […]

Chabahar Port a game changer;achieves record single loading of cargo: Mandaviya

9:07 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: The strategic Chabahar Port in Iran achieved a new milestone on Tuesday by handling a record 76 TEUs of cargo, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province in the energy-rich Iran’s southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed from India’s western coast, bypassing Pakistan. “Chabahar Port is scaling up its operations drastically. India Ports […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Russia bounty allegations are ‘Fake News’

7:28 pm July 1, 2020

Washington DC: President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as “Fake News” allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan. Lawmakers have been demanding answers over the allegations, and Democrats have accused Trump of bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the risk of U.S. soldiers’ lives. They returned from a briefing at the White House on Tuesday saying they learned nothing new […]