Thousands of North Koreans chanting "welcome Putin" lined the city's wide boulevards brandishing Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers as Putin commenced his first visit to North Korea in 24 years.
Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister, Bibek Debroy, emphasized the need for a new poverty line at a data user conference organized by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in Delhi on Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian addressing a regular press conference yesterday asked the US to fully recognise the anti-China separatist nature of the Dalai Group and to "stop sending the wrong signal to the world."
Train services resumed on Tuesday on the downline of the accident-affected site between Rangapani and Chatterhat stations under the Katihar division of the North-Frontier Railways, said Sabyasachi De, the Chief Public Relations Officer of Indian Railways.
A Nepali lawmaker on Tuesday tore the budget booklet on the rostrum of the House of Representatives protesting the uneven distribution of the annual budgetary allocations.
Train services resumed on Tuesday in the railway line in the Phansidewa area of the Darjeeling district where the Kanchenjunga Express train met with an accident on Monday, killing 8 people and leaving around 25 people injured.
According to Taiwan's MND, four of the PLA aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's northern and southwest Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
Demolition work is underway at the Kukrail riverbed at Lucknow where efforts are on to rejuvenate the river on the lines of the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad.
The Front Line Defenders, a human rights organization based in Dublin, Ireland, condemned the First Information Report (FIR) and false sedition charges filed against Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch rights activist from Balochistan.
Accompanied by her husband, Prince William, the Princess arrived at the palace as Trooping the Colour commenced. Spectators of all ages lined the mall, some donning Union Jack bucket hats and fascinators, while others waved flags and sang the national anthem patriotically.