NEW DELHI, June 28 (Reuters) - The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
KABUL, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan people are optimistic about forging ties with China following the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces, said a recent commentary by Afghanistan's Bakhtar News Agency.
The commentary mooted several fields which are potentially collaborative between Afghanistan and China, including construction, agriculture and education.
"The Afghan people recognize that China can sincerely cooperate with them in various sectors and turn their long-standing dreams into reality," the news agency said.
NEW DELHI, Jun 27 (NNN-PTI) – A 65-year-old woman and an eight-year-old girl died, and another person was injured, when a house collapsed amid heavy rains, in India’s western state of Rajasthan late last night, confirmed local police, today.
The incident occurred in the state’s Udaipur city, a popular tourist destination. The injured has been admitted to a hospital, and is undergoing treatment, a local police officer said.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior official with the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan’s prime minister indicated Tuesday a deal could soon be reached on a much-needed $6 billon bailout package for the impoverished south Asian country.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the IMF on Tuesday, according to a government statement. The two also met last week, on the sidelines of a global finance meeting in Paris.
Later, the IMF’s mission chief to Islamabad suggested that the sides were close to reaching an agreement.
Kanpur: Sticky weather once again disturbs the Jajmauites. The real feel of the mercury stays at 43 degrees Celsius on Tuesday afternoon. Intervals of clouds and sunshine pervade the day's sky.
People find it relatively hard to move in the space the goat markets are arranged. In the absence of the shadow of the trees, they do not wait for long to buy the sacrificial goat.
At a makeshift market, the sellers were more than the buyers. The sellers are not reducing the price at any moment. There remains one more day for the festival.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military said Monday that it has fired three senior army officers over their failure to prevent violent attacks on public property and military installations by supporters of the country’s former prime minister.
MAKKAH, June 26 (APP):The last daunting three years had witnessed a sharp reduction in the scale of annual pilgrimage amid the Covid-19 pandemic but Hajj this year is featuring a historic capacity of pilgrims, gathering in and around the Holy City to begin their lifetime spiritual journey.
More than 2.5 million pilgrims from 160 countries around the world and locals are expected to converge on Islam’s holiest mosque in Makkah.
KATHMANDU, Jun 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The H9665 flight, operated by Himalaya Airlines, took off from Kathmandu yesterday morning and landed in Beijing about four hours later, marking the resumption of direct flights between the Nepali and Chinese capitals, after a hiatus of three years.
The return H9666 flight came back to Kathmandu on the same day, as the Kathmandu-based airline is operating a round trip every Saturday for now.
NEW DELHI, Jun 25 (NNN-PTI) – Two goods trains collided in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, in the early hours of the day, with one injured and 12 wagons of the trains derailed, said a senior official.
There was no loss of human life, he confirmed.
The mishap occurred at the Onda railway station in Bankura district of West Bengal. “A goods train entered the loop line instead of the main line, and collided with another stationary goods train on the track,” local media reported.
KABUL, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan caretaker government's Supreme Leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada said in a message on Sunday that Afghanistan wants good relations with the world but allows no one to interfere in the country's internal affairs.
"Afghanistan wants good political and economic relations with the rest of the world, especially with Islamic countries and has fulfilled its responsibility in this regard," the supreme leader's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid twitted while congratulating Muslims on the arrival of the Eid al-Adha festival.
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