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BELGRADE - Indian President Draupadi Murmu said on Thursday in Belgrade the volume of Serbia-India bilateral trade could rise from the present 320 mln dollars a year to 1 bln or 2 bln by the end of this decade.

BELGRADE - Indian President Draupadi Murmu said on Thursday in Belgrade she was delighted Serbia was the first European country she had visited since taking office in July 2022.

She was speaking at a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic welcomed Indian President Draupadi Murmu in a ceremony outside the Palace of Serbia on Thursday.

Murmu was given a red-carpet and guard-of-honour welcome as the national anthems of the two countries were being played.

President of India arrived in front of the Palace of Serbia where she was met by the President of Serbia. Murmu was welcomed with chanting of hymns.

The search for survivors of the deadly train crash in India ended on Sunday and rescuers do not expect to find any more survivors, Reuters reported.

At least 275 people were killed and more than 1,200 injured in India's worst rail disaster in two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of the accident, which happened around 7 p.m. local time on Friday.

More than 280 people were killed in the crash between two passenger trains in the Indian state of Odisha, and about 900 were injured. The death toll is expected to rise, local authorities have warned.

More than 200 ambulances were dispatched to the scene, and more than 100 medics were additionally mobilized.

Bereket Jah, the last ruler of the Hyderabad state in India and the grandson of the last Ottoman caliph Abdülmecid, has passed away at the age of 89 in Istanbul.

Once one of the richest names in the world, Jah had lived a secluded life in Istanbul since 1996.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world to help Pakistan after arriving in the country Friday to see damage from the record floods that have killed hundreds and left more than half a million people homeless and living in tents under the open sky.

Bomb signal at Sofia airport. According to initial information, the authorities are checking one of the planes at the airport. A little later it became clear that the alarm was false.

At least 25 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in southwestern India, officials said on Oct. 17, as rescuers scoured for survivors in muddy debris and the military flew in emergency supplies.

Residents were cut off in parts of the coastal state of Kerala as the rains, which started to intensify from late Oct. 15, swelled rivers and flooded roads.