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Feb 24, 2025

India, UK plan to accelerate talks on proposed trade deal

Indian Trade Minister Goyal says Both countries plan to accelerate the negotiations which will include a bilateral free trade agreement and an investment treaty.

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Web Desk
Feb 24, 2025

ADB’s new president promises “pragmatic actions, real results”

ADB’s President promises to continue existing projects. ADB contributes 15 per cent of Pakistan external debt, approximately $19.63 billion.

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AFP
Feb 24, 2025

British couple arrested by Taliban in Afghanistan

The British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who are in their seventies, have run school training programmes in Afghanistan for 18 years.

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AFP
Feb 24, 2025

Modi uses mega Kumbh Mela to burnish credentials

Above the sea of people at sprawling campsites, loudspeakers trumpet the achievements of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Reuters
Feb 24, 2025

Germany’s Merz faces tricky talks with potential coalition ally

Merz, who has no previous experience in office, is set to take charge with Europe’s largest economy ailing, its society split over migration and its security caught between a confrontational US and an assertive Russia and China.

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Reuters
Feb 24, 2025

Students, who ousted PM Hasina, set to launch political party

The Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group spearheaded the protests that began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas but quickly morphed into a broader, nationwide uprising that forced Hasina to flee to India as the unrest peaked in early August.

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Web Desk
Feb 24, 2025

American Airline flight to India diverted after bomb threat

An American Airlines flight from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, bound for New Delhi, India, was diverted following a bomb threat.

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Reuters
Feb 24, 2025

Trump begins to fire some 1600 USAID workers in the US

Trump ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid shortly after taking office on January 20, halting funding for everything from programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases to providing shelters for millions of displaced people across the globe