Jodhpur, Oct 2 — Professional interactions between aircrew and teams from various countries continue to further strengthen partnerships during the second edition of the ongoing major multinational air exercise 'Tarang Shakti 2026' in Jodhpur, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.“The skies over…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — India and the Netherlands have agreed to strengthen their agricultural partnership by expanding cooperation in areas such as agricultural innovation, horticulture and the seed sector, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said following bilateral…
Jerusalem, Oct 2 — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that the attacker in the Flydubai incident underwent Islamist radicalisation and intended to crash the plane with all its passengers on board.“As time passes, the picture is becoming clearer. Yaniv and his heroic…
Jerusalem, Oct 2 — Pakistan’s military establishment has long sought to divide provinces in the name of restructuring, with critics alleging that the move is driven by a lust for centralised power to subjugate distinct nationalities and sub-nationalities inhabiting resource-rich lands, a report has…
Abu Dhabi, Oct 2 — Anwar Gargash, an Advisor to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed, on Friday praised Indian Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar for his courage and professionalism during what he described as Wednesday's “dangerous terrorist act”. “The Indian pilot at…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have launched an all-out war against each other, but this time it is not on Afghan soil, but in Pakistan, with the former's entry into the Pakistan theatre putting Islamabad on the back foot and adding to the already existing miseries in the form of…
Nicosia, Oct 2 — India and Cyprus are advancing their strategic partnership through high-level diplomatic engagements, with India's High Commissioner to Cyprus, Manish, attending the country's Independence Day celebrations and meeting President Nikos Christodoulides, the High Commission of India in…
Kathmandu, Oct 2 — More than 800 historical documents relating to Nepal's political, legal, intellectual and cultural heritage, which had been housed in a private museum in Germany, have been handed back to the Himalayan nation. The documents, some of which date back to the 13th century, were…
Seoul, Oct 2 — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung warned Friday that South Korea will take "additional measures" should Ukraine continue to refuse to officially apologise for denying its agreement to keep the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) secret.The South Korean president…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has urged the Prime Minister's Office to consider Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot of Flydubai Flight FZ1073, for an appropriate national bravery award for his conduct during the mid-air emergency in which reportedly 182 people were…
Islamabad, Oct 2 — Pakistan’s repeated attacks on Afghanistan, despite their limited effectiveness, reflect a troubling sense of impunity and expose serious shortcomings in Islamabad’s counterterrorism strategy, a report has stated. It noted that in most cases, the strikes have triggered angry…
Kinshasa, Oct 2 — The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 4,000, with 4,018 deaths reported among 8,300 confirmed cases across seven provinces, the latest figures released Friday by Congolese health authorities showed.A total of…
Seoul, Oct 2 — Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Friday again rejected blame for the recent mine blast inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) and derided Seoul's call to reduce tensions.In a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), she repeated her…
Brussels, Oct 2 — The current phase of the conflict in Pakistan’s Balochistan province resurfaced in the early 21st century, driven by longstanding disputes over political autonomy, representation and control of the region's rich natural gas and mineral resources, while its strategic importance has…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — India is rapidly emerging as a global space power. From Aryabhata in 1975 to Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1, Gaganyaan and the planned Bharatiya Antariksh Station, India has progressed from the early use of space technology for development to the frontiers of scientific exploration and…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — The Indian security agencies carried out two major operations this week, which included the killing of a top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and a huge drug bust to the tune of over Rs 3,000 crore.The operations conducted in Jammu and Kashmir and Lakshadweep were both driven by…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — Pakistan’s external financial position remains heavily dependent on IMF lending and deposits from friendly countries, a combination that helped avert repeated balance-of-payments crises but has failed to deliver long-term economic stability, according to a report.According to a…
Kathmandu, Oct 2 — Devastating floods on August 26 did not deter foreign tourists from visiting Nepal, as foreign tourist arrivals in the country grew by 12.1 per cent in September, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) stated. A total of 88,248 foreign tourists from various countries visited Nepal in…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — With Pakistan carrying out more aerial bombing inside Afghanistan, world leaders continue to condemn these attacks, urging an end to the killing of innocent Afghans and stressing that those responsible must be held accountable, say reports from Kabul. UN Special Rapporteur on the…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — A Pakistan-based company has been ordered to repay more than $2 million after allegedly fraudulently obtaining U.S. federal grants meant to support businesses operating in economically disadvantaged American communities, according to federal authorities.The case is among the…
New Delhi, Oct 2 — The summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, has helped bring some limited gains in the US-China ties, but has stopped well short of resolving the underlying disputes between the two countries, according to an article in Japan…