FGN19 MALI-INDIANS-ABDUCTED
*5 Indian nationals abducted in Mali; embassy working for 'safe release'
Bamako: Five Indian nationals were abducted in Mali last week in an "unfortunate incident", the Indian mission here has said.
FGN32 MALDIVES-INDIA-LD AIRPORT
Maldives inaugurates airport built with assistance from India
Male:Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and India's Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu jointly inaugurated the Hanimaadhoo International Airport, a project completed with India's financial assistance.
FGN28 UK-BOOKER
Wanted to write about global loneliness: Kiran Desai on her Booker shortlisted novel
London: Indian author Kiran Desai, who is in the running for a second Booker Prize in London on Monday for ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’, said she wanted to write a book about global loneliness that drew on her own “artistic loneliness” as a student in the US.
FGN24 BANGLA-EXPLOSION
Crude bomb explosion outside B'desh interim chief Yunus' Grameen bank
Dhaka: Unidentified attackers exploded improvised bombs outside the head office of Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank overnight on Monday.
FGN27 UK-BBC
BBC faces leadership crisis after news bosses quit over Trump speech edit, bias claims
London: The BBC was facing a leadership crisis and mounting political pressure on Monday after its top executive and its head of news both quit over the editing of a speech by US President Donald Trump. (AP)*