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India-Ukraine sign agreements on agriculture, medicine, food & culture

The historic India-Ukraine agreements were sealed following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Earlier, Modi began the historic visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv amid war shadows to hold talks with President Zelenskyy.

Sri Lankan Presidential candidate Mohammed Ilyas passes away amid election campaign

Advocacy for peace, Modi’s top agenda in his maiden Ukraine visit

Indian registered bus plunges into Marsyangdi river, 11 confirmed dead

Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina faces another murder charge

With this case, Hasina is now facing 45 cases against her, including 28 for murder, four for crimes against humanity and genocide, and one for abduction. Besides, she is also facing seven other cases filed against her with the International Crimes Tribunal.

Rail Force One: Modi's luxury ride to Ukraine's capital Kyiv

PM Modi's Kyiv visit on Aug 23 coincides with Ukraine’s National Flag Day, which makes it all the more significant as Modi is the first prime minister to visit the country since its independence in 1991.

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter among the dead after Bayesian superyacht capsized in Italy

The 56-meter-long (184 feet) British-flagged yacht, called the Bayesian, was carrying 22 people, including 10 crew members, an Italian coastguard said.

More than 25 Pakistani pilgrims killed, 23 injured after bus crashes in Iran

The Pakistani pilgrims were en route to Iraq via Iran to attend the Arbaeen commemoration, which marks the 40th day of mourning for Imam Husain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.

Bangladesh ousted PM Sheikh Hasina faces extradition demands from Opposition party as legal cases mount

Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Aug 20 asked India to “hand her over to the government of Bangladesh in a legal way.”

UK's Coventry university leads digitization project to preserve 20,000 post-Partition documents

The collection is housed at Hamilton Studios in Mumbai and spans nearly 100 years of Indian history and encompasses over 600,000 objects, according to a university statement on Aug 20.