The Taliban captured two major Afghan cities, Kandahar and Herat, the country's second and third-largest after Kabul, and strategic provincial capital.
The government has kickstarted the process of selling up to a 25 per cent stake in National Seeds Corporation (NSC) through an initial public offering (IPO).
India exports the first consignment of five apple varieties from Himachal Pradesh - Royal Delicious, Dark Baron Gala, Scarlet Spur, Red Velox and Golden Delicious - to Bahrain
The Indonesian Army ended the "virginity tests" on female cadets which the World Health Organization determined has "no scientific merit or clinical indication" involves someone placing their fingers into a cadet's vagina to supposedly assess whether they have had sex.