UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has held up Sunita Kashyap, the founder of Umang, as an example of women empowering themselves and coming up with solutions to their problems.


Indian rural entrepreneur praised in UN as symbol of women's empowerment


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Moscow will not respond to UK's demand for information on a "Russian-made" nerve agent used in a suspected assassination attempt on a former double agent in England, until the country is provided access to a sample of the substance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.


Russia to ignore UK ultimatum on ex-spy, demands 'poison' evidence


The death toll in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal climbed to 51 after two more people succumbed to injuries in hospital here on Tuesday as the Nepali government formed a probe panel to investigate the aviation disaster.


Nepal plane crash toll climbs to 51, probe panel formed


An international conference to deliberate on East-East cooperation in commerce, connectivity and culture will be held in the Odisha capital from March 16-18, in which delegates from 16 countries apart from those from the eastern and northeastern states will participate.


International meet on East-East cooperation in Odisha from March 16


India's Ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale on Tuesday met a top official of the Communist Party's key International Department and discussed ways to step up bilateral talks and visits.


India's envoy discusses more dialogue, visits with China


The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which has already approved five projects in India with over $1 billion funding, is also working on another five projects in the country, an official said here on Tuesday.


AIIB working on another five projects in India


A Chinese firm on Tuesday rolled out China's largest shield tunnelling machine for export, which is destined for Bangladesh to assist with a river tunnelling project.


China exports largest tunnelling machine to Bangladesh


A high-level Bangladeshi team, including Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal and Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, will arrive in Nepal on Tuesday following the US Bangla Airlines' passenger plane crash that claimed 49 lives.


Air crash: High-level Bangladeshi team to visit Nepal


US Defence Secretary James Mattis arrived in the Afghan capital on Tuesday on a surprise visit to meet Afghan authorities and commanders of NATO and US forces in the country.


Mattis pays surprise visit to Kabul


India on Monday condoled the loss of lives in a Bangladesh airline's crash in Nepal's capital Kathmandu and offered any assistance required.


India condoles loss of lives in Kathmandu air crash, offers help


Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday vowed to increase his country's trade with Pakistan to $5 billion by 2021, as the current trade volume is around $1.16 billion between the two neighbours.


Iran to increase trade to $5 bn with Pakistan


As many as 49 people were killed and 22 injured when a passenger plane of the US-Bangla Airlines, flying to Kathmandu from Dhaka, with 71 on board crash-landed and exploded into a ball of flame at Nepal's main airport here on Monday.


49 dead in Nepal plane crash horror


French President Emanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a boat ride on the Ganga here on Monday, animatedly talking on the flower-decked double-decker vessel.


Macron, Modi take boat ride across Ganga


Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday inaugurated the biggest solar power plant of Uttar Pradesh in Mirzapur district.


Modi-Macron inaugurate UP's biggest solar plant


The US government will not make concessions during negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and will demand that Pyongyang's halt its missile tests and open the door to denuclearizing, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.


US will not make concessions to N.Korea: CIA


Announcing an additional 700 million euros investment for solar-energy, French President Emmanuel Macron, at the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit here on Sunday, called for "joint duties" for a "planet that has to be shared".


Macron announces 700mn euros to solar-power at ISA


Solar solutions provider Vikram Solar has signed an agreement with the French national Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Commission (CEA) to collaborate on innovative technology research and development in solar energy, the Indian company announced.


Vikram Solar signs deal with French atomic energy commission


Estonia is inviting Indian students and start-ups to study and incubate their business there, said Urve Palo, the European nation;s Minister for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology.


Estonia invites Indian students for post-graduate studies


French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said that France should be the best partner for India and the entry point to Europe.


France best partner for India: Macron


Responding to Islamabad's bid to raise the Kashmir issue for a second day on Friday at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, India denounced Pakistan as a "failed state" where terrorists thrive and Osama Bin Laden received protection, and demanded that it bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai, Pathankot and Uri attacks to justice.


For second day, Pakistan raises Kashmir at UN; India hits back at 'failed state'


Even as the opposition is demanding that the government reveal at what cost the Rafale fighter jets were procured from French firm Dassault Aviation, India and France on Saturday signed an agreement regarding the exchange and reciprocal protection of classified or protected information.

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