WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris, the US vice president and Democratic presidential nominee, addressed the country’s relationship with Israel during an interview set to air in full on Monday. She reiterated that Washington will continue to pressure Israel and other players in the Middle East to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza even as advocates say that […]
NEW DELHI: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA, a fundamental mechanism of gene regulation. This discovery has revolutionised our understanding of how genes are controlled and expressed in living organisms. Ambros and Ruvkun’s work unveiled a new class […]
The French president also criticises Israel’s decision to send troops to Lebanon, saying a regional ‘escalation’ must be avoided PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel which has been bombing Gaza for a year now, and recently launched a military operation against Lebanon. “I think that today, […]
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took a critical view of the United Nations, saying it was “like an old company”, not entirely keeping up with the market but occupying the space. During an interaction at the Kautilya Economic Conclave here, he also said that two very serious conflicts are going on […]
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar on Sunday (October 6) said that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a profound factor for the world, after nuclear weapons. He was speaking at the third edition of the Kautilya Economic Conclave. “AI will be as dangerous for the world as nuclear bombs once were,” he said […]
BEIRUT: A Hamas leader, his wife and their two daughters have been killed in an Israeli strike on northern Lebanon, the Palestinian armed group says, as Israeli air raids continue against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Commander Saeed Attallah Ali and his family were killed on Saturday in the […]
WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Flint, Michigan, on Friday. She aims to win back voters upset with US support for Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon. Many Arab Americans, who strongly backed President Joe Biden in 2020, are now thinking about not voting, which could hurt Harris […]
NEW DELHI: Amid growing Chinese assertiveness on maritime issues, the four Quad countries–India, Australia, Japan and the United States– will hold ‘Exercise Malabar’ from 8-18 October beginning with the Harbour Phase in Visakhapatnam, followed by the Sea Phase. The exercise, which began in 1992 as a bilateral naval drill between the India and the US […]
NEW DELHI: While in India we celebrate Teachers’ Day on September 5, likewise to recognise and celebrate educators including teachers, researchers and professors, globally World Teachers Day is celebrated on October 5. The theme of World Teachers Day this year is ‘Valuing Teacher Voices: Towards a New Social Contract for Education.’ It was established in […]
BEIRUT: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said. In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Hezbollah’s booby-trapped pagers on […]