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February 26, 2025 4:53 PM

Sudan plane crash: Death toll rises to 46

  In Sudan, the death toll from a military plane crash has risen to 46 in the city of Omdurman. The military in a statement said the Antonov aircraft crashed yesterday while taking off from the Wadi Sayidna air base north of Omdurman, which is the sister city of the capital, Khartoum. A milit...

February 26, 2025 1:50 PM

Lakhs of devotees flock to Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple for Mahashivaratri

In Nepal, lakhs of devotees, saints and visitors coming from different parts of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and others have queued to pay obeisance to Pashupatinath temple on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. Mahashivratri holds immense religious significance in Hinduism, symbolising the...

February 26, 2025 12:29 PM

Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi visits French 3rd division

Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi visited the 3rd Division of the French Army at France’s Ganteaume Fort in Marseille. General Dwivedi, who is on a four-day official visit to France, was also briefed on the role of the division and the future roadmap of joint training between India ...

February 26, 2025 11:20 AM

MoS Margherita to embark on 9-day visit to Uruguay, Bahamas, Barbados, Nicaragua

Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita will embark on a nine-day visit to Uruguay, Bahamas, Barbados, and Nicaragua from Friday. During his visit to Uruguay, the Minister will represent the country at the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect of Uruguay, Yamandu Orsi. The Exter...

February 26, 2025 11:09 AM

Sri Lanka’s parliament passes NPP govet’s 1st budget with strong majority

Sri Lanka’s parliament passed the maiden budget of the National Peoples Power administration with 155 members of the 225-member assembly voting in favour and 46 against. Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake said the opposition described the fiscal plan as a Ranil budget, IMF budget and a neo-libera...

February 26, 2025 9:42 AM

UK to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, says PM Keir Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain will increase its defence spending to 2.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2027. He announced while speaking at the House of Commons, that is the lower house of the parliament, yesterday. Starmer said that this increase will amoun...

February 26, 2025 9:35 AM

Sri Lanka celebrates Maha Shivaratri with devotion, unity

Maha Shivaratri is being celebrated in Shiva temples across Sri Lanka notably in the Pancha Ishwaram temples. Devotees will undertake a fast and pray through the day and night and engage in spiritual practices, praying for the darkness of ignorance to be replaced by the radiance of wisdom. Shiva tem...

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