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PM Modi Arrives In Mauritius For 2-Day Visit, Gets Warm Welcome At Airport: 10 Points
- Mar 11, 2025 08:44 am IST
- Edited by: Sanstuti Nath
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed on Port Louis on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to Mauritius, during which he will attend the island nation's 57th national day celebrations as the guest of honour.
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Indonesia Court Jails Transgender Woman For Remark On Jesus
- Mar 10, 2025 22:53 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive.
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Opinion | Can India And China Ever Really 'Dance' Together?
- Mar 10, 2025 17:04 pm IST
- Nishtha Gautam
China keeps insisting that India is not a significant security threat. Yet, reportedly, it has significantly amped up its surveillance capabilities over India.
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Maritime Security, Financial Crimes: What's On PM Modi's Agenda During 2-Day Mauritius Visit
- Mar 10, 2025 16:02 pm IST
- Reported by: Mohammed Ghazali
- Edited by: Sanstuti Nath
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a two-day state visit to Mauritius on Tuesday to grace the island nation's 57th national day celebrations as the chief guest.
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Opium Farming Takes Root In Myanmar's War-Torn Landscape
- Mar 10, 2025 15:10 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict.
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Bangladesh's Nuclear Power Plant Faces Inspection
- Mar 10, 2025 14:47 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
An expert team was in Bangladesh on Monday to sign off on the South Asian country's first nuclear power plant ahead of the contentious facility's expected operational start later this year.
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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
- Mar 10, 2025 11:28 am IST
- Written by: Samiran Mishra
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"
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India Imposes Anti-Dumping Duty On Water Treatment Chemical From China, Japan
- Mar 10, 2025 10:43 am IST
- Press Trust of India
India has imposed anti-dumping duty of up to USD 986 per tonne for five years on a chemical, used for water treatment, imported from China and Japan to protect the domestic industry from cheap inbound shipments.
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In A First, North Korea Unveils Nuclear-Powered Submarine
- Mar 09, 2025 19:53 pm IST
- Posted by: Sanstuti Nath
North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US.
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Who Are The Alawites, Why Are They Being Hunted Down And Killed In Syria?
- Mar 09, 2025 13:47 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who suffered under Assad's rule.
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Chinese Cosplayer Dies After Saying She Hadn't Eaten For Two Days On Livestream
- Mar 09, 2025 09:17 am IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
A day before her death, Shi Ye held a livestream, cosplaying as one of her favourite anime characters.
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"Reconsider": US Issues "Do Not Travel" Advisory For Pakistan Due To Terrorism
- Mar 09, 2025 07:18 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The US has issued an advisory cautioning against travel to the immediate vicinity of the India-Pakistan border and the Line of Control due to terrorism and the potential for armed conflict and to the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Angry At Being Removed From WhatsApp Group, Man Shoots Admin In Pakistan
- Mar 08, 2025 19:39 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
A Pakistani man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group who removed him from the chat, police said Saturday.
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South Korea's Impeached President Yoon Released From Detention
- Mar 08, 2025 15:31 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from detention Saturday after a court voided his arrest on procedural grounds -- but he remains under investigation over his declaration of martial law.
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Porn Star Whitney Wright Faces Outrage After Visiting Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
- Mar 08, 2025 13:39 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
American porn star Whitney Wright faces heavy backlash after posing with an AK47 under Taliban escort in Afghanistan.
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Chinese Con Woman Dupes 36 Men Into Property Trap In Romance Scam
- Mar 08, 2025 11:29 am IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
The woman behind the scam identified herself as Liu Jia to all the 36 men involved.
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China Hits Back At Canada With Fresh Tariffs Amid Donald Trump's Trade War
- Mar 08, 2025 10:48 am IST
- Reuters
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in August that Ottawa was imposing the levies to counter what he called China's intentional state-directed policy of over-capacity.
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Afghan Women Turn To AI Companions Amid Taliban's Harsh Restrictions
- Mar 08, 2025 10:31 am IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
Lima, an 18-year-old from rural Afghanistan said she treats AI as a friend to help her get through the days.
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Putin's Party Gifts Meat Grinder To Mother Of Soldier Killed In Ukraine War, Sparks Row
- Mar 08, 2025 10:09 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
President Vladimir Putin-led United Russia party invitedcriticism for gifting meat grinders to the mother of a soldier, who was killed in Ukraine.