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North Korea made a surprise proposal Monday that the two Koreas suspend verbal mud-slinging and military hostilities especially near the disputed Yellow Sea border from this week.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Pakistan this week for talks with Pakistani leaders aimed at consolidating political, strategic and economic cooperation, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

A few minutes back, PTI chief Imran Khan took oath as Pakistan's 22nd Prime Minister. The journey of this World cup winning cricket captain to becoming a strong voice in opposition and then becoming PM has been both colorful and controversial. Here are 5 lesser known facts about him.

Many schemes for electrification were launched in India, yet, there are millions of households without electricity. To address this issue, in 2017, PM Narendra Modi announced Saubhagya Scheme Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana to provide electricity to every rural and urban un-electrified household.

Last month, Rahul Gandhi said he would step down from the post of Congress President after the party faced embarrassing defeat in polls. On many occasions after this, he clarified he won't change his mind. But Congress leaders are unwilling to let him go. And now, Youth Congress has planned a march.

Nepal has almost completed two years of federalism implementation. This has been a landmark achievement as elected representative are working at the local level after gaps of almost two decades. Nepal has successfully elected around 42,000 representatives at local, provincial and federal level. Bulk of the elected representatives is now working at local level. Although it will be too early to assess the performance of federal mode of governance, but two things are evident. First, we wont revert back to old system of governance for any foreseeable future. Second, successful transition from centralist system of governance is not only slow but also complicated due to vested interest of various stakeholders. Focusing on the performance of local government, This paper outlines bright as well as blind spot of the performance of local government in Nepal

Myanmar is the largest country in mainland South-east Asia, sharing borders with around 40% of the world's population. The country is connected to the world through at least three international airports, border roads and waterways, and efforts are on to improve the infrastructure further as more and more tourists are visiting this fascinating country with every passing year.

Myanmar offers an impressive blend of culture and modern life. Unique music, dance, exciting festivals, delicious food, and beautiful traditional crafts along the cities bustling with activities define the way of life in this exciting and unexplored South Asian country.

Sarvesh Kaushal, Chief Secretary of the State has been at the helm of affairs of this change and has been instrumental in bringing about the reforms, finds Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN) in an interview with him

Covid-19 crisis is a bolt from the blue. There is no precedent of this particular strain of the Corona virus and hence, any projections of its impact can at best be treated as intelligent guesses. Predictive numbers need to be relied upon with great caution. One can only hope to keep a very close watch

On 2nd June 2019, BJP MLA of Andheri west Ameet Satam launched his book, 'Rokhthok' a compilation of speeches made by him in the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. The book was inaugurated by Honorable CM of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis in the presence of Ashish Shelar, Gajanan Kirtikar, and all the fellow party mates. In the launch event, Ameet Satam clarified his purpose behind writing this book, which was to show the people that the person they have elected is raising their issues and concerns in front of higher authorities. Let's have a look at the first speech of that book.

On Thursday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his cabinet of ministers took oath at the bedeckedRashtrapati Bhavan. Apart from PM Modi, the swearing-in ceremony of another minister garnered the maximum applause. This minister was Pratap Chandra Sarangi, who became an MP for the first time. Wondering what sets Sarangi apart from others? Here's all about him.

US guest of honor and Fox News host Tucker Carlson was granted a lightning visit by military helicopter to Hungary's 175km (109-mile) high-tech, high-cost razor-wire border fence with Serbia this week.

From the hills of the Hindu Kush on August 23, 1996, Osama Bin Laden told the United States he was coming for them. One can only wonder what the world would be like today if we had taken him seriously

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the past has favored a 6-12% flat income tax.  Though much of this comes from the recent budget crisis, there is a desire to simplify the tax code, close loopholes,