India will host the G20 leaders’ summit next year on September 9-10 and its presidency of the strategic multilateral platform which brings together developed and emerging economies, beginning December 1 this year will see the government hosting...

Tokyo: A large proportion of men and women in Japan say they do not intend to marry, trend experts have warned will undermine efforts to address the country’s population crisis. The National Institute of Population and Social Security, a government-affiliated...

Basti Ahmad Din (Pakistan): The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after severe monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease as they refused pleas to evacuate. Leaving for a relief camp...

Kabul: Afghan Sikhs who were to leave for India on September 11 were stopped from taking the Guru Granth Sahib along with them as the religious scriptures were cited to be the heritage of Afghanistan.

Washington: Shefali Razdan Duggal, an Indian-American political activist, has been confirmed by US Senate as the country’s next envoy to the Netherlands.

Ontario: The death toll in last week’s shooting rampage in Canada’s Ontario province climbed to three with an Indian student succumbing to his injuries. Satwinder Singh (28) had sustained severe injuries during the attack and was undergoing...

Pakistan police have filed a chargesheet against three more persons, including the alleged mastermind, in connection with the powerful car bomb blast outside Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed’s house in June last year that killed...