Most exit polls give BJP edge in West Bengal
Star Report
30 April 2026, 00:00 AM India
Thai ex-PM Thaksin to be released from prison next month
AFP, Bangkok
29 April 2026, 15:51 PM Asia
BJP eyes saffron surge in Mamata’s bastion
Star Report
29 April 2026, 00:00 AM India
Indian photographer Raghu Rai, who documented Liberation War, passes away
Star Online Report
26 April 2026, 09:52 AM Entertainment
Manipur ethnic violence kills 3
AFP, New Delhi
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM India
At least 10 killed in Pakistan mining project attack: officials
AFP, Quetta
23 April 2026, 13:16 PM South Asia

It’s a model for aspiring space powers: Modi

India’s budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own space programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday while praising the scientists behind the successful mission.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM

India to send robot to space in October

India today said it will send a robot to space for a trial run in the run-up to its first human space mission
26 August 2023, 14:07 PM

India's Moon mission a model for aspiring space powers: Modi

India's budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own space programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday while praising the scientists behind the successful mission.
26 August 2023, 09:27 AM

S$1b money laundering case: CEA probing property agents

The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) is investigating property agents who might have facilitated property transactions relating to Singapore's recent money laundering case that involved about $1 billion in assets
26 August 2023, 07:13 AM

Taiwan reports combat drone as China military activities continue

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday morning that over the past 24 hours it had detected 20 Chinese air force planes entering the island's air defence zone, including a combat drone the flew along Taiwan's Pacific east coast.
26 August 2023, 02:52 AM

Global warming link to intense rains: scientists

Torrential rains that have battered India’s Himalayas in recent years, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage, are becoming more intense due to a clash of weather systems triggered by global warming, scientists said.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Myanmar plans to curb rice exports

Myanmar is planning to temporarily restrict rice exports to control rising domestic prices, an official of its rice industry body said yesterday, joining India, the world’s biggest shipper of the staple amid tightening world supplies.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM

AI risks repeating mistakes: Microsoft

Breakneck development of artificial intelligence risked repeating mistakes made by the tech industry at the start of the social media era, Microsoft president Brad Smith told a business forum yesterday.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM

2024 India Polls: Inflation hurting Modi but he may win

Indian voters are growing unhappy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government due to high inflation and unemployment but he is still on track to comfortably win a third term in elections next year due to his personal popularity, a key survey said.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Chandrayaan rover now ready to explore moon's South pole

Two days after landing its lander module on the moon, India's space agency today said the Chandrayaan-3 rover, "Pragyan", successfully traversed a distance of about 8m and its payloads have been turned on for analysing the chemical composition of the lunar soil
25 August 2023, 14:20 PM

Myanmar plans to curb rice exports to control domestic prices

"We will temporarily limit rice exports for about 45 days from the end of this month," says a senior member of the Myanmar Rice Federation
25 August 2023, 10:16 AM

SC reiterates decision to resume hearing Imran’s Toshakhana plea

The Supreme Court (SC) reiterated its decision on Thursday to halt proceedings on a plea challenging the remand of the Toshakhana case to Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Humayun Dilawar — who convicted PTI chief Imran Khan in the case — until the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) decision on another petition seeking the suspension of the former premier's sentence
24 August 2023, 19:19 PM

Myanmar Jet Fuel: US expands sanctions Cites junta airstrikes

The United States on Wednesday expanded its sanctions against Myanmar to include foreign companies or individuals helping the country’s military junta to procure jet fuel that it uses to launch airstrikes on its own people, the US Treasury Department said in a statement.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Japan releases water from Fukushima nuke plant China furious

Japan began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean yesterday, prompting a furious China to ban all seafood imports from its neighbour.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Indian rover rolls onto moon surface

The moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft yesterday to begin its exploration of the lunar surface and conduct experiments to help future probes, as the media hailed the historic landing as the country’s biggest scientific feat.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Imran Khan to be quizzed in May 9 attacks case

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday allowed a joint investigation team (JIT) to interrogate and arrest incarcerated PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the case of the attack on the corps commander's house in Lahore during May 9 riots
24 August 2023, 07:02 AM

China halts all Japanese seafood imports over 'selfish' Fukushima release

Chinese customs on Thursday suspended imports of all "aquatic products" from Japan over the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean
24 August 2023, 06:34 AM

Inflation, Covid plunges 68m into poverty in Asia

The health and cost-of-living crises has disproportionately affected the poor and women in developing Asia, hurting their chances of long-term improvement
24 August 2023, 05:49 AM

North Korea says spy satellite launch ends in failure, again

North Korea said its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed on Thursday, three months after the first one crashed into the ocean shortly after launch
24 August 2023, 02:38 AM