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Washington, D.C., bursts with iconic monuments and fabulous museums. I’ve lived in or near our nation’s capital off and on ...

Fables about the availability of large quantities of ambergris and quicksilver on the Nicobar Islands in the sixteenth and seventeenth century drew seafarers and merchant voyagers to these islands.The ...

c. 1665. With the exception of Jakarta and Deshima, all had been captured by the Dutch East India Company from Portugal. [27] ...

It was founded as a royal academy for civil engineers, partly to educate civil servants who would work for the Dutch East India Company. The number of students at TU Delft increased dramatically after ...

The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday expressed its concern on the recent developments in West Asia after precision strike of Israel on Iran's military sites. In a statement, the MEA ...

The first such instance came in 1976 at Port of Spain. After conceding a lead of 131 against the West Indies, India successfully chased down 406. The second and the most recent success came in ...

“The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia are a matter of concern for both of us,” PM Modi said after meeting his German counterpart Olaf Scholz. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday ...

This week's movement toward rapprochement between the leaders of China and India is raising questions about New Delhi's commitment to the Quad, the loose four-nation alliance widely seen as a U.S ...

At the BRICS summit in Russia this week, China's leader Xi Jinping and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands for the first time in five years. The symbolic moment came after a deal was ...

They will focus on benefiting from their Brics membership as much as possible while maintaining close ties with the west. India is the most significant player in Brics when it comes to balancing ...