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Bengaluru/New Delhi — GalaxEye, the Bengaluru startup behind Mission Drishti, says its newly launched OptoSAR satellite is functioning normally and proceeding through planned commissioning. Launched on May 3 aboard a...
Tehran, May 8 — Iran’s foreign ministry official Seyed Abbas Araghchi accused the United States on Friday of repeatedly choosing military actions just as diplomatic solutions are within reach. In a post on X, Araghchi...
Kathmandu, May 8 — Nepal has urged that the Lipulekh territorial dispute with India be resolved through diplomatic channels while reiterating its claim to the area based on the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli. The statement...
Taipei — Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported detecting 12 sorties of Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels and two official ships operating near its territorial waters up to 6 a.m. local time on...
Peshawar, May 8, 2026 — The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K‑P) provincial government ordered a province‑wide pen‑down strike on Friday, suspending all non‑essential official work in a rare and public challenge to the federal...
New York, May 8, 2026 — India presented its comprehensive approach to migration governance at a special event held by its Permanent Mission to the United Nations on the sidelines of the second International Migration...
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka opened a 10-day art exhibition, “Sampriti,” on May 8 to mark the 165th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The show brings together...
US President Donald Trump has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s landmark win in West Bengal, calling the outcome “historic” and “decisive” and saying India is fortunate to have...
Islamabad, May 8, 2026 — Pakistan's education system has come under fresh scrutiny after lawmakers were told that nearly 17,000 children in Islamabad remain out of school and an alleged Cambridge Mathematics paper leak...
New York, May 8, 2026 — Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh held a productive meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at UN headquarters on the sidelines of the second...
Washington, DC — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said after private White House talks that U.S. President Donald Trump told him he has no plans to order a military invasion of Cuba. Lula made the comment...
Balochistan, Pakistan — May 8, 2026: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has condemned what it describes as the custodial killing of a young Baloch labourer, accusing Pakistani authorities of continuing a systematic...
