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Sachin Tendulkar was all praises for the Jammu and Kashmir Para cricket team captain Amir Hussain Lone, when news agency ANI, released a video of the 34-year old batter playing the gamer wearing a jersey marked Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar took to microblogging platform X and exclaimed, “Amir has made the impossible possible". Amir Hussain Lone hails from Waghama village in Bijbehara.

IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Guwahati made an emergency landing in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka due to dense fog. As severe cold wave grips north, central and East India, flight operations have been hampered ion several places. The diverted flight landed in Dhaka at 4 am after it was unable to land at the Guwahati airport due to low visibility.

Indian commandos hunting pirates after an attack in the Arabian Sea illustrates New Delhi's «significant» expansion of a muscular maritime force reflecting global ambitions, analysts say. The commandos, deployed this month from an Indian-built warship after an attempted hijacking of a merchant bulk carrier, are part of a major increase of naval forces in seas where rival neighbour China has already long expanded its reach. «It's significant given the geopolitical context» and the aggressive «use of naval assets», said Uday Bhaskar, head of the New Delhi-based Society for Policy Studies think tank. In recent years Beijing has negotiated infrastructure deals with countries around the Indian Ocean as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, including Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh and Djibouti, where it opened its first overseas military base in 2017, raising concerns among Indian officials. Now Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expected to be re-elected later this year, is looking to raise the global heft of India, the world's fifth-largest economy, which last year displaced China as the most populous country.

Revanth Reddy hosted representatives of 13 countries for dinner at Qutub Shahi Tombs in Hyderabad on Wednesday evening. «Representatives of America, Iran, Turkey, UAE, UK, Japan, Thailand, Germany, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, France and Finland attended the event,» read a press note issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).

Rotterdam, The Netherlands & Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire IndiaIMCD N.V. ("IMCD" or "Company"), a global leading distribution partner, and formulator of speciality chemicals and ingredients, today announces the acquisition of 70% of Valuetree Ingredients Private Limited (“Valuetree") to expand its beauty and personal care footprint in India. Founded in 2005, Valuetree is a prominent ingredient supplier to the beauty and personal care market.

World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. “Without a major course correction, the 2020s will go down as a decade of wasted opportunity," said Indermit Gill, the World Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President. “Near-term growth will remain weak, leaving many developing countries—especially the poorest—stuck in a trap: with paralyzing levels of debt and tenuous access to food for nearly one out of every three people.

Tshering Tobgay's party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday scored a resounding victory in Bhutan's parliamentary elections. The party clinched almost a two-thirds majority, winning 30 seats of the 47 national assembly seats to return to power. The Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) navigated its way through the competitive landscape, securing 17 seats.

paddy procurement scam and discuss security concerns of the local ED establishment in the backdrop of the attacks on the search teams of the central probe agency in West Bengal, official sources said Tuesday. The ED chief, who landed in Kolkata midnight, is also expected to meet the injured officials along with senior officials of the agency's Kolkata-based regional office on Tuesday, the sources said.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina swept the country’s 7 January elections to achieve a fourth straight term in power, with her Awami League party winning a heavy majority of the parliamentary seats up for contest. It is another matter that these were not contested in any real sense, as the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) had boycotted the polls.

Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) with the support of the Department of Commerce. Goyal said that the food exports from India holds an immense potential and this this fiscal, the country's agri exports will be more than last year's level of USD 53 billion despite restrictions imposed on shipments of certain key commodities.

United States and China, is set to go into elections on 13 January. In what is set to be a historic year for elections worldwide, after Bangladesh concluded a rather violent general polls, all eyes are now set on Taiwan, as voters will head to the polls this week to choose their next president, vice president and legislative representatives. A population of 23.5 million people will vote in a poll process that outsizes itself in importance owing to the disputed political status.

Awami League, Sheikh Hasina cinching victory and her fifth term in office. A general election that would join the list of Bangladesh's tumultuous poll history, saw opposition parties boycott the voting citing non-guarantee of ‘fair and free’ polls. Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party won 223 of 299 seats for a simple parliament majority, according to unofficial results from the offices of the Election Commission.

Shakib Al Hasan is well-known to make headlines for his temper and the internet is filled with his videos of vociferously arguing with umpires, or kicking stumps, etc. The 36-year-old Bangladesh all-rounder fought the election from the Magura parliamentary constituency of Bangladesh and defeated his competitor convincingly with over 1,50,000 votes.

Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Monday called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. During the meeting, he conveyed the warm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India to Sheikh Hasina on her election victory, sources told ANI.

Sheikh Hasina is set to return to power for a fourth straight term in office as early results point to sweeping victory for her party, Awami League, in the parliamentary elections. The polls were boycotted by the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. India's close partner in the eastern neighbourhood went to polls on Sunday. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said the 12th Jatiya Sangsad elections were held almost peacefully, with around 40% voter turnout.

Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said TMC leader Sahajahan Sheikh, the key accused in the assault case on ED officials, is still present in Sandeshkhali area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, despite his efforts to illegally cross over to Bangladesh. Sheikh has been on the run since Friday's mob assault on Enforcement Department (ED) sleuths during a raid at his residence in connection with the ration distribution scam.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) did not participate in the parliamentary elections because it knew that it would lose, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Sunday. «The BNP has taken a strategy of boycotting the election with various excuses, various demands. They participated in the 2018 election and got some parliamentary seats, but this year they did not participate knowing they would be defeated,» Khan, a senior leader of the ruling Awami League, was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune newspaper. Khan made the comments while talking to reporters after casting his vote at Monipuripara in Dhaka's Farmgate area.

Pyongyang of firing artillery shells near their sea boundary for a third straight day amid a provocative statement from Kim Yo Jong, the sister and key ally of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un, threatening to launch a military strike immediately in response to any provocation. The influential sister of the North Korean leader even mocked Seoul's ability to detect its weapons launches.Also Read | Bangladesh polls: What does re-election of Sheikh Hasina mean for India? Strongly urging North Korea to halt provocative acts or face an overwhelming, stern response, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang fired more than 90 rounds near the disputed western sea boundary on Sunday afternoon.

only she can win. Her government has locked up politicians from the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which plans to boycott the election, silenced journalists and curbed the activities of NGOs. Sheikh Hasina, who heads the Awami League, has ruled repressively since she won back power from her nemesis, Khaleda Zia of the BNP, in an election 15 years ago.

Bangladesh Elections 2024: Bangladesh began voting for its general elections early today January 6, amid pre-poll violence and opposition calls for a boycott of the incumbent government and its candidate, current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Notably, however, Hasina looks set to win a fifth term, and fourth consecutive clean sweep in the country, amid a lack of a significant rival option. This election has unfolded against the backdrop of Hasina's government unrelentingly tamping down on protests by opposition party representatives via widespread arrests.

Bangladesh Elections 2024: Bangladesh began voting for its general elections early today January 6, amid pre-poll violence and opposition calls for a boycott of the incumbent government and its candidate, current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Notably, however, despite the opposition, protests, and claims of coercion, Hasina looks set for a fifth clean sweep in the country amid a lack of a significant rival option. This election has unfolded against the backdrop of Hasina's government tamping down on the boycotts by opposition party representatives via widespread arrests.