Moscow, Oct 2 — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s persistent efforts to help end the Ukraine conflict, saying the Indian leader has consistently raised the issue at their meetings and offered “very good ideas” for finding a mutually acceptable solution.Speaking…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar through a video call and praised his courage, presence of mind and composure, saying his actions helped save many lives. During the conversation, PM Modi said the country could proudly say that…
Canberra, Oct 2 — Several Indian diplomatic missions across the world on Friday marked Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary by paying floral tributes and recalling his timeless ideals of truth, non-violence and peace. Marking Gandhi Jayanti and the International Day of Non-Violence, the Indian High…
Tel Aviv, Oct 2 — India's Ambassador to Israel JP Singh lauded Captain Smit Machchhar for his “courage and bravery” that averted a major tragedy and saved hundreds of lives aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel.Singh made the remarks at the India-Israel Festival & National Convention of…
Geneva, Oct 2 — The United Nations experts have strongly condemned Pakistan’s use of “vague and overbroad counter-terrorism” provisions against human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, while calling on the authorities to immediately release them and drop “unfounded” criminal…
Washington, Oct 2 — The US Justice Department said that UCLA School of Law discriminated against Asian and white applicants by using race in admissions, an allegation the prominent California law school disputed as it defended its selection process as merit-based.The department's Civil Rights…
New York, Oct 2 — A gang rape at an Ivy League university that surfaced after two years of attempts by the institution and law enforcement to brush it off has brought attention to the long-festering issue of sexual assaults on US campuses.Only after the victim of the alleged rape at Cornell…
Washington, Oct 2 — US President Donald Trump credited his tariff policies with bringing manufacturing jobs and factories back to the United States, arguing that protection from foreign competition was driving a revival in American industry.Speaking in Texas, Trump pointed to the truck…
Washington, Oct 2 — US President Donald Trump said that the war with Iran would end “very quickly” and predicted oil prices would fall sharply once the conflict was over, as he portrayed Tehran as militarily and economically weakened.Speaking to reporters after arriving in Texas and later during a…
United Nations, Oct 2 — India's Bimal Patel has been sworn in as judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).He took the oath of office on Thursday at the tribunal in Hamburg, starting a nine-year term on the highest judicial body for the law of the sea and continuing India's…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — BAPS Hindu Mandir of Paris, the first traditional Hindu temple of France, has rejected claims that it had asked female employees to be hidden, removed or excluded during a Hindu religious delegation's visit to the Eiffel Tower, saying an official investigation found no such…
Washington, Oct 2 — Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stepped up India's trade diplomacy on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, holding a fresh round of talks with counterparts from Canada, Saudi Arabia and South Korea as New Delhi pursued trade agreements and…
Washington, Oct 2 — US President Donald Trump said his administration was considering a military base in Poland, predicted the Ukraine conflict would be resolved and described Brazil’s election as “very important”, as he addressed a wide range of foreign and domestic issues before leaving for…
Milwaukee, Oct 2 — The United States is pursuing a "managed trade relationship" with China rather than expecting fundamental changes to Beijing's economic system, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said, as he detailed a new mechanism aimed at insulating some trade from future tensions between…
Washington, Oct 2 — A US Department of Energy employee has been arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Houthis after allegedly travelling to Yemen and using his electrical engineering expertise to help the Iran-backed group improve its communications capabilities, the…
Washington, Oct 2 — US President Donald Trump said that he may ask European countries to release some of their diesel stocks as his administration looks for ways to ease pressure on fuel prices amid disruptions to global supplies.Asked during a brief exchange with reporters whether he would ask…
Washington, Oct 2 — The US Justice Department sued the University of Delaware, challenging a policy that allows some immigrants without lawful status to qualify for lower in-state tuition while US citizens living outside Delaware generally pay higher non-resident rates.The lawsuit is the latest in…
Milwaukee, Oct 2 — US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called for reform of the unconditional most-favoured-nation principle that underpins global trade, arguing that countries with vastly different trading relationships should not automatically receive identical treatment.Greer also delivered a…
Washington, Oct 2 — US President Donald Trump warned that Iran would be hit “very hard” if Tehran is found to be behind the attack aboard a Flydubai passenger aircraft, while saying that information he was receiving suggested a possible Iranian link was being investigated.Trump made the remarks…
Milwaukee, Oct 2 — President Donald Trump has "essentially remade" the global trading order in a year, using tariffs and reciprocal trade agreements to rebalance US trade and secure greater market access, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said. Greer said the Trump administration had secured…
Washington, Oct 2 — The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a contract valued at up to $24.4 billion to accelerate production of Standard Missile-6 interceptors, as the Pentagon moves to expand manufacturing capacity for critical missiles and strengthen its weapons stockpiles.The five-year agreement,…