Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio hoists National Flag at state level celebration of 76th Independence Day
LG Admiral D K Joshi hoists National Flag at Netaji Stadium in Port Blair on occasion of Independence day
J&K: LG Manoj Sinha unfurls tricolour at SK stadium in Srinagar
Uttarakhand CM hoists national flag in Dehradun and Gairsain on I- Day
Gujarat celebrates 76th Independence Day with full fervor and patriotism
Enthusiasm and patriotic fervour marks I-Day celebrations in Lakshadweep
President Droupadi Murmu pays tribute to martyrs at National War Memorial
Nation celebrates 76th Independence Day; PM hoists National Flag & addresses nation from ramparts of Red Fort
PM Modi says, Azadi ka Amrit Kaal provided a golden opportunity to fulfill dreams & goals of country's aspirations
PM Modi says, nation should come together to defeat evils of corruption and nepotism
In Egypt, a fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Giza killed 41 people, church officials said.
Five US-listed Chinese state-owned companies whose audits are under scrutiny by the US securities regulator said that they would voluntarily delist from the New York Stock Exchange.
Kuwait has appointed an ambassador to Iran, both countries said on Sunday. It comes after more than six years after Kuwait recalled its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia after it severed ties with the Islamic Republic in 2016.
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and able to talk today, after he was stabbed as he was preparing to give a lecture in upstate New York.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the authorities to allow the opposition to stage their movement and not to arrest and disturb anyone for this, reports the official news agency BSS.
In Israel, at least seven people have been injured as a result of the shooting in two areas of Jerusalem this morning. A gunman opened fire at a bus stop, injuring seven people including a pregnant woman.
Sri Lanka has granted permission to Chinese research vessel to dock at Hambantota port from August 16.
The FBI has seized top secret files in a search of former US President Donald Trump's estate in Florida this week.
Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets amid concern President Jair Bolsonaro will try to stay in power even if he loses October's election.
The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military on Sunday.
In France, firefighters from across Europe came to the country on Friday to battle a massive wildfire. Meanwhile, fire also raged in Portugal and parts of England faced a severe drought.
Sri Lanka's government has granted permission for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite India's concerns that it could spy on New Delhi's military installations, officials said on Saturday.
Indonesia, United States and its allies held a live-fire drill on Friday as part of annual joint combat exercises on Sumatra island amid growing Chinese maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific region.
Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at a literary event in New York, US on Friday. The 75-year-old author is on a ventilator and could lose an eye. Police have identified his attacker.
In Mexico, hundreds of soldiers were sent to the border city of Juarez on Friday after 11 people have been killed in a prison face-off between members of two rival cartels.
In Pakistan, a member of the minority Ahmadi community was stabbed to death in the eastern town of Rabwah on Friday allegedly refusing to chant Islamist slogans.
North Korean government has dropped a face mask mandate and other social distancing rules as leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over COVID-19 this week.
Renowned Bangladeshi architect, researcher and educator Marina Tabassum became the first person from the global south and first south Asian to win the prestigious Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Lifetime Achievement Award.
The British government said on Friday that parts of southern, central and eastern England had officially moved into drought status after a prolonged period of hot and dry weather.
India has expressed concern over the development in Taiwan and urged for de-escalation of tensions by taking efforts to maintain peace and stability in the region.
Bangladesh Ministry of Finance has allayed fears on account of its external debt by pointing out that its external debt to GDP ratio stood at 11.87 percent compared to the IMF mandated threshold of 40 percent.
In Argentina, the Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 950 basis points yesterday as the country struggles to keep a lid on spiraling inflation that rose to a 20-year high of 71 percent.