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India plans reinsurance fund to cover refiners using Iranian oil

New Delhi: India plans to set up a fund to back local insurers providing cover for refiners processing Iranian oil after companies warned they...

Taron people – only 10 left alive in the Himalayan foothills in northern Burma

The Taron are a small ethnic group in the Himalayan foothills of northern Burma (Myanmar) whose population is declining to the point where they...

North Korea threatens attacks on US Pacific, mainland bases

PYONGYANG: North Korea has said that it has ordered its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units to enter combat posture targeting US military bases...

Japan, Australia to impose sanctions on North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank

TOKYO: As part of US-led efforts targeting North Korea's main foreign exchange bank for its role in funding the country's nuclear program, Japan and...

Russia launches the Chinese Year of Tourism

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, attended the opening ceremony of the "Tourism Year of China" in Russia. The "China-Russia Tourism...

16-year-old girl gangraped by three men

SITAPUR (UP) India: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by three men in Alahiapur village here, The Dispatch News Desk (DND) reports.The girl was...

Who will rape a mother of four, asks UP ASP to rape victim

Deoria (UP), India: The insensitivity of the Uttar Pradesh Police today came to the fore, as a senior police officer was caught on camera...

India as unsafe as any other country: Foreign visitors

NEW DELHI: With renewed attention on crimes against women in India after the gang–rape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh, foreign nationals living...

North Bengal’s tour operators optimistic despite Gorkhaland agitation

DARJEELING: It has been a decent summer so far for north Bengal's tourism industry, one of the mainstays of the hill district's economy along...

Google chairman highlights Indian government’s mistake

New Delhi: Google chairman Eric Schmidt has warned that India is lagging badly behind in harnessing the power of the internet because of its...

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