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Citing that friendship between China and Bangladesh runs "long and deep", Beijing said on Friday that it "stands ready" to work with the newly-formed interim government in Bangladesh to promote bilateral relations between the two countries.

The Centre on Friday informed that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has set up a new department to bring standardisation to the growing Ayush sector.

The Supreme Court on Friday said that senior AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia cannot be kept behind bars for an unlimited period of time in the hope of a speedy completion of trial in the excise policy case. 

Japan marked the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of its western city of Nagasaki on Friday, with the city mayor calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Thousands of kilometres away but always close at heart, joy and celebrations busted on Friday in a village of Haryana's Panipat as the family of Neeraj Chopra, who won the silver medal in the men's javelin final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with the athlete's gracious mother saying the "guy who got gold is also my child".

As the mortal remains of former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were brought out from the Peace Heaven mortuary for his last journey and the cortege started towards the Assembly premises, followers lined up the streets for miles on both sides to bid the dream peddler adieu.

Search operations for the missing 152 people continued on Friday, the 11th day of Kerala’s worst-ever natural calamity in Waynand in which 413 casualties have taken place so far.

"As this year’s Independence Day approaches, let’s again make #HarGharTiranga a memorable mass movement. I am changing my profile picture and I urge you all to join me in celebrating our Tricolour by doing the same. And yes, do share your selfies on https://harghartiranga.com," PM Modi posted on his X handle.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov has called on the Security Council members to unite to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a "hotbed of terrorism”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his best wishes to Nobel laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus (84), who took oath as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh on Thursday evening, while expressing that the new regime would restore peace and ensure the protection of Hindus and other minorities in the neighbouring country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning back-to-back bronze medals in the Olympic Games after 52 years and said their "feat will be cherished for generations to come".

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will pay an official three-day visit to Maldives starting Friday as both countries look afresh at ties following a strained relationship since President Mohamed Muizzu came to power in the strategically significant Indian Ocean archipelago, last year.

As Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tabled the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday amid objections from the opposition Congress, various Muslim organisations and leaders expressed mixed reactions to the government's move.

Over 80 per cent of around 13 lakh voters exercised their franchise during the three-tier panchayat elections in Tripura on Thursday amid reports of stray incidents of violence coming in from a few districts, officials said.

Condoling the demise of veteran Left leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (80), the CPI-M in Tripura said on Thursday that whenever the erstwhile Left Front government in the state or the party sought his help, he immediately responded.

Along with the rest of the states, the Tripura government will launch the third edition of the "Har Ghar Tiranga" (HGT) campaign from August 9-15 as part of the Independence Day celebrations.

The Border Security Force (BSF) with the help of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) facilitated the return of 17 Indian workers who were stranded in the unrest-struck neighbouring nation of Bangladesh, an official said on Thursday.

Nobel laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will take charge as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh late Thursday evening as the country battles its biggest political crisis since gaining Independence in 1971.

Miyazaki Port in the southern Miyazaki Prefecture was hit by 50 cm tsunami waves after 7.1 magnitude quake rocked Japan, according to the country's Meteorological Agency.

The influential North East Students' Organisation (NESO) -- an apex body of eight students' bodies representing seven NE states -- on Thursday urged Home Minister Amit Shah to not provide shelter to any individual from the trouble-torn neighbouring nation of Bangladesh in India's northeastern region.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday expressed strong opposition to the Waqf Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, during a heated Lok Sabha session.

Saima Wazed, daughter of former Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday said she is “heartbroken” as she cannot hug her mother after the unrest in her country.

The Tripura State Election Commission (SEC) officials said that 50 per cent of around 13 lakh electorate had exercised their franchise. There is no major incident of violence, except for a few minor ones and the voting was by and large peaceful in all the eight districts of the state, an SEC official said.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju moved the Waqf Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, sparking disruptions by the Congress.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday briefly left the House while condemning the behaviour of some opposition members, who staged a walkout over the chair's refusal to allow discussion on Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris Olympics.