The export of tea from Nepal to India has resumed after a gap of two months following ease of regulations by New Delhi, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said Wednesday. Export of Nepalese tea to India was halted from May 1 after the Indian Tea Board introduced strict regulation on its import.
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President Xi Jinping on Wednesday directed the military to speed up the goal of elevating its capabilities to world-class standards to protect China’s sovereignty and development interests. Xi, who heads the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), the military and the Presidency, made the remarks at a gathering to celebrate the party’s 105th founding anniversary, during which he asked the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to accelerate its modernisation process.
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected India’s remarks about the deadly airstrikes in Afghanistan, claiming that it had targeted “terrorist infrastructure”. Pakistan claimed to have killed more than two dozen militants in strikes in Afghanistan on June 29, after accusing the rebels based in Afghanistan of several attacks inside Pakistan.
A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz after not running Iran’s approved route through the water, Iranian state television reported Wednesday. The report identified the affected vessel as a foreign container ship, but offered no other immediate details. The Iranian state TV report appeared aimed at underlining the claims Tehran has made since the US-Iran war to control over the strait, which has long been considered by the world as an international waterway and saw a fifth of all oil and natural gas pass through it in peacetime.
India on Wednesday strongly condemned the “highly deplorable” and “targeted act of vandalism” against a revered Sikh shrine in Pakistan while once again highlighting the systemic targeting of religious minorities and their places of worship across the border which continues unabated.
A Hindu student, who also works as a temple priest, was allegedly held captive and assaulted for money by unidentified persons in Bangladesh, a local media report said on Tuesday.
Subhash Deuri, a 25-year-old law student at Jagannath University in Dhaka, was targeted by unidentified persons late on Monday, according to Bdnews24 media portal.
Venezuela has appreciated the efforts of the Indian medical team in helping victims of the earthquake that rocked the South American nation, killing over 1,700 people. Under Operation Amistad, the Indian Army established a field hospital comprising highly experienced doctors at the International La Rinconada Racetrack in Caracas after arriving in the country.
Several world leaders and the global community condemned the Pakistani military airstrikes carried out in Afghanistan’s provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar, killing and injuring several civilians, including women and children.
India has defended the international anti-terrorism funding organisation against attacks on it by Pakistan saying it was motivated by fear of scrutiny. Calling the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “an indispensable pillar of the global counterterrorism financing and anti-money laundering architecture”, India’s Permanent Representative P Harish said on Monday, “Attempts to question its credibility often reflect fear of scrutiny rather than genuine process-related concerns”.