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More than a million Indians flee as cyclone approaches

KOLKATA, Oct 24 (AFP): At least 1.1 million people on India's eastern coast are fleeing to storm shelters inland, hours before a powerful cyclone is expected to hammer the low-lying region, ministers said Thursday. Cyclone Dana is likely to hit the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha states -- home

Bangladesh protesters seige presidential palace

Protesters in Bangladesh have seiged Banga Bhaban, the presidential palace, demanding the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.

India-Canada ties hit new low after expulsion of diplomats

India and Canada have been dealing with an unprecedented diplomatic crisis after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that Indian

India foreign minister lands in arch-rival Pakistan for rare visit

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the first top

Capitalizing on the Weakening of Hamas and Hezbollah

None of this is a given. But the defeat of Hamas and Hezbollah – and the weakening of the Iranian

Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery…

Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of

Tiger population in Bangladeshi part of Sundarbans rises to 125

The tiger population in the Bangladeshi part of Sundarbans, one of the world's largest mangrove forests, has increased by 11

Nobel prize in chemistry
Trio wins chemistry Nobel for protein design, prediction

Americans David Baker and John Jumper, together with Briton Demis Hassabis, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for

192 dead, 30 missing across Nepal in monsoon disaster

As many as 192 people have so far lost their lives and 30 others have gone missing in the floods,

Sustainably Financing Sustainable Development

Moreover, the number of people living in poverty has increased: in 2020-23, an estimated 165 million people, mostly in developing