India-EU connectivity plan to take off with BIMSTEC members

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India and the European Union plan to support regional connectivity, beginning with the member states of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). This was decided as part of their Connectivity Partnership initiative for third countries, announced at Saturday’s Summit. The India-EU Summit has decided to seek synergies and complementarities … Read more

Sturgeon says second independence vote ‘a matter of when, not if’

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Nicola Sturgeon has told Boris Johnson that a second independence referendum is “a matter of when, not if” after the Scottish National party secured a historic forth term at Holyrood on Saturday with a pro-independence majority of MSPs returned despite tactical voting by pro-union supporters. Scotland’s first minister made the assertion in a telephone call … Read more

Out of jail, Lalu Prasad holds first ‘virtual’ interaction with party workers

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Rashtriya Janata Dal founding president Lalu Prasad, who is out on bail after spending more than three years behind bars, on Sunday held a much-awaited “virtual interaction” with workers of his party back home in Bihar. Prasad, who recently walked out of a jail in Ranchi after the Jharkhand High Court granted him bails in … Read more

Quins edge out Wasps in thriller

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Newcastle-bound Mike Brown might have played his last game for Quins after the red card Harlequins (24) 48 Tries: Marchant, Lang, Smith 2, Care, Dombrandt Cons: Smith 6 Pens: Smith 2 Wasps (22) 46 Tries: Bassett 2, Odogwu, Robson, Fekitoa, Young Cons: Umaga 5 Pens: Umaga 2 Marcus Smith’s last-gasp score capped a marvellous individual … Read more

Laos records first Covid-19 related death over a year into the pandemic

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A 53-year-old Vietnamese karaoke club worker died from the virus in the capital Vientiane, the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reportedly said Sunday. The woman’s condition was complicated by diabetes and other medical issues, reported the Vientiane Times. Laos is experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases since its New Year Holiday on April … Read more

Talks for national alliance of oppn parties to start soon: Sanjay Raut

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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that talks for the formation of an alliance of opposition parties at the national level will start in a few days, and he has discussed the issue with NCP chief Sharad Pawar. He also said that Congress will be the soul of such an alliance. “There is … Read more