India has called for the strengthening of bilateral ties with Nigeria, especially in the areas of renewable energy, sustainable development and other environmental challenges. The newly-posted Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Abhay Thakur, made the call when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Environment, Hassan Suleiman Zarma, in Abuja. The Indian […]Read More
India has announced the dates for a national election that will see close to 900 million voters cast their ballots in nearly a million polling booths – the world’s biggest ever democratic exercise. In a press conference in the capital New Delhi on Sunday, the country’s chief election commissioner, Sunil Arora, unveiled the timeline for […]Read More
India has demanded the release of a fighter pilot shot down by Pakistan warplanes in a major escalation between the two nuclear powers over Kashmir. Video showing the pilot – blindfolded and with blood on his face – was shared by Pakistan’s information ministry. India described the images as a “vulgar display of an injured […]Read More
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged India and Pakistan to avoid “further military activity” following a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two South Asian neighbours. His comments on Tuesday came a day after Pakistan said it reserved the right to respond to Indian air raids that struck near the northern Pakistani village […]Read More
Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian military jets and captured two pilots in a major escalation between the nuclear powers over Kashmir. India says it lost one MiG21 fighter and a pilot was missing in action. Pakistani PM Imran Khan said the two sides could not afford a miscalculation with the weapons they […]Read More
At least 70 people were killed when a fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks in a historic part of Dhaka, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, officials said Thursday. It started in one building where chemicals for deodorants and other household uses were illegally stored and spread […]Read More
Four soldiers have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir in a gun battle with militants, police say. The clash occurred in Pulwama district, where more than 40 Indian paramilitary police were killed in a suicide attack on Thursday. A civilian was also killed in the shootout as Indian troops launched a search operation in the area. […]Read More
The Republic of India is sourcing about 10 per cent of its energy requirement from Nigeria, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhay Thakur, stated on Tuesday. He disclosed this during his visit to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, at the headquarters of the NNPC in Abuja. Thakur […]Read More
The massive fire that broke out at 4.30 a.m. on Tuesday inside a four-storey hotel in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area claimed as many as 17 innocent lives, including one child and three women, officials confirmed. Confirming 17 deaths in the incident, Delhi’s top fire officer Atul Garg said that the fire department received a phone […]Read More
Nigeria can explore $5bn line of credit with low interest rate from India, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhay Thakur, has said. Thakur made the disclosure when he visited the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, according to a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. He said that the Prime Minister […]Read More
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