March 12, 2024 10:03 PM

Russian military transport plane carrying 15 people crashes

The Russian Defence Ministry has said that a military transport plane carrying 15 people has crashed on Tuesday. Meanwhile, it is unclear if there are any survivors. The ministry said, the IL-76 aircraft with eight crew and seven passengers on board crashed in the Ivanovo region. It added tha...

March 12, 2024 10:01 PM

Numaligarh Refinery opens its first-ever overseas office in Bangladesh

India’s Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) opened its liaison office in Dhaka on Monday. This is the first overseas office of NRL.The liaison office was formally inaugurated by the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pranay Verma in the presence of NRL managing director Bhaskar Jyoti Phukan. ...

March 12, 2024 9:44 PM

Nepal: Foundation stone laid for the construction of campus in Doti

Foundation stone of Shree Kedar Jyotipunja Multiple Campus School Building at Doti District, Nepal was laid yesterday for the construction of the educational complex. This is being built with Government of India’s financial assistance at the tendered cost of 28.90 million Nepali rupees under ‘Ne...

March 12, 2024 9:41 PM

Haiti’s PM Ariel Henry tenders his resignation

Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has tendered his resignation. It comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in the Caribbean country. In a video address announcing his resignation, Mr Henry urged citizens to remain calm. Mr. Henry is currently str...

March 12, 2024 9:39 PM

Narayan Prasad Dahal elected National Assembly Chairperson of Nepal

In Nepal, Narayan Prasad Dahal, the candidate of the ruling coalition, has been elected to the post of National Assembly Chairperson. The voting held through the 'voice vote' method in the meeting of the National Assembly on Tuesday. Announcing the results, Vice-Chairperson Urmila Aryal, who chaired...

March 12, 2024 9:25 PM

South Korea’s government opens hotline for doctors who faces harassment or peer pressure

South Korea’s government today opened a hotline for doctors that the Health Minister said was intended to support physicians who faced harassment or peer pressure if they chose not to join a mass walkout over healthcare reform plans. Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong defended the reforms, which inc...

March 12, 2024 8:38 PM

Pakistan: Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as PM along with 19-member Cabinet

In Pakistan, the 19-member Cabinet of newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has been sworn into office and held its first meeting yesterday. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath of office to the ministers at the presidential office in Islamabad. Sharif appointed lawmaker Ishaq D...

March 12, 2024 8:28 PM

Fifty people injured due to strong movement on Chilean plane

New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission, TAIC today said that it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 after an incident that left more than 50 people injured. The airline and passengers aboard the Sydney-Auckland flight ye...

March 12, 2024 8:06 PM

Several services of French government got targeted by cyber attacks

The French government today said that several of its services have been targeted by cyber attacks of unprecedented intensity, and a special crisis center was activated to restore online services. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s office said in a statement that the attacks started on Sunday night and...

March 12, 2024 7:35 PM

Portugal: Center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) wins general election

In Portugal, the center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) has won the general election, however, it is unclear if its leader Luis Montenegrohe could govern without the support from far-right Chega. Till now he has refused to negotiate with Chega, which is a nativist anti-establishment party led by Andr...