International
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Poor learning outcomes, underfunding, politicisation: Bangladesh’s education system fails its children
Dhaka, Sep 19 (IANS) Bangladesh has largely failed to make education a vehicle for building capability and character, with the…
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Abducted, converted, forced to marry: Pakistan’s minority girls face systematic abuse
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) Minority women and girls in Pakistan continue to face grave persecution, with Christian and Hindu girls…
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Pakistan ranks among bottom three globally in gender gap: Report
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Pakistan ranked third‑to‑last in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2026, with overall…
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India, South Africa hold first Army-to-Army Staff Talks to deepen defence cooperation
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) India and South Africa held their first Army-to-Army Staff Talks in New Delhi, with discussions…
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Mexico-US trade talks making progress: President Sheinbaum
Mexico City, Sep 19 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump…
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Lakshmi Puri’s ‘Swallowing the Sun’ heads to screen
Seattle, Sep 19 (IANS) Author and former UN official Lakshmi Puri says a multi-season web adaptation of her novel “Swallowing…
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Jaipur Literature Festival opens Seattle edition with defence of reading, human imagination
Seattle, Sep 19 (IANS) The Jaipur Literature Festival opened its third Seattle edition with a defence of reading and human…
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Reading is resistance, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal tells Seattle
Seattle, Sep 19 (IANS) Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal urged readers to resist censorship by continuing to read challenged books…
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Army chief Dhiraj Seth visits Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy in Russia’s St. Petersburg
Moscow, Sep 19 (IANS) Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Dhiraj Seth, visited the Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy in…
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UN experts warn Pakistan against forcibly returning Afghan refugees
Geneva, Sep 19 (IANS) The United Nations experts have warned Pakistan against forcibly deporting Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, while calling…
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