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Nepal is growing more rice but losing indigenous varieties

Nepal, Aug. 11 -- Until a decade ago, the paddies of Nepal's Tarai were dominated by rice varieties whose names were deeply woven into the region's farming culture: Sona Mansuli, Soni, Katarni, Savitr... Read More


Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles Must Go Hand in Hand with Disease Treatment : Shri Prataprao Jadhav

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 11 -- Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Ayush and Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, chaired the Fifth Meeting of the Parliament... Read More


Temasek, Anicut top up bets on consumer portfolio firm

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Singapore state-owned investment firm Temasek and Indian alternative investment firm Anicut Capital have put more money into a common consumer-oriented portfolio company that is ... Read More


FCRA amendments: What the new bill proposes, and why it has sparked pushback

India, Aug. 11 -- The government is working to build consensus on referring the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC), as opposit... Read More


Hundreds more flights are canceled as Tropical Storm Dolphin causes flooding in eastern China

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Shanghai airports canceled hundreds of flights on Monday as Tropical Storm Dolphin dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding in places after making landfall as a typho... Read More


Assam: Dima Hasao restricts roadside cooking, waste dumping and public drinking

Guwahati, Aug. 11 -- The Dima Hasao district administration has prohibited cooking and food preparation along roadsides, viewpoints, lay-bys, open spaces and other public places across the district, c... Read More


India's Consul General Launches AI Construction Platform 'Preckon' in Dubai

Dubai, UAE, Aug. 11 -- In a significant milestone for international technology collaboration, Dr. E. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, IFS, Consul General of India in Dubai, officially launched Preckon, an AI-nat... Read More


Students to get free weekly access to July Uprising Museum

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- The government has taken an initiative to open the July Uprising Museum and other museums across the country to students, with schoolchildren to be allowed to visit the July Uprising... Read More


Vietnam-Spain Friendship Association looks to strengthen people-to-people ties

Hanoi, Aug. 11 -- The Vietnam-Spain Friendship Association will step up people-to-people diplomacy to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two countries, as highlighted at its fourth Nati... Read More


Lebanon: UN Peacekeepers record 455 Israeli projectiles, 97 airspace breaches in this weekend

Beirut, Aug. 11 -- Israeli forces fired 455 projectiles into southern Lebanon and breached Lebanese airspace 97 times between Friday and Sunday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) re... Read More