WASHINGTON: The US will continue to support India with equipment and other things it needs along the Line of Actual Control with China, a top American admiral has told lawmakers, asserting that Washington and New Delhi share a “tremendous partnership”. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on ‘Military Posture in the Indo-Pacific Region’, Admiral […]
New Delhi: “This is like a new life,” said medical student Dhruv Pandita as he recounted the horror he went through in the war-torn Ukrainian city of Sumy before he and his fellow students were evacuated and brought back to India on Friday. “Even now that I’m back in India, the situation that I have […]
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the crisis in Ukraine, the Indian embassy in Moscow has said that it sees no security concerns at present for the Indian students in Russia to leave that country. The embassy, however, said certain disruptions in Russian banking services, as well as direct flight connectivity to India, have been […]
Beijing: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for utmost efforts to support the ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, even as he opposed sanctions imposed by the US and the EU on Moscow, stating they will hurt the world economy from recovering amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Calling the current situation in Ukraine “disconcerting,” Li […]
Beijing: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday said that he will retire later this year after serving two five-year terms. Li, 66, the second ranking leader of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) after President Xi Jinping, said: “This is my last year as a premier.” Li along with other members of the government […]
WASHINGTON: A plane carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Saturday evening after experiencing an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, a source familiar with the matter confirmed on Wednesday. The plane, a Dassault Falcon 900, had gone about 75 miles (120 km) from a New Orleans […]
VIENNA: The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was taken over by Russian forces last month, has stopped transmitting data to the IAEA, the UN atomic watchdog has said, expressing deep concern for the staff working under Russian troops at the nuclear site in northern Ukraine. The Chernobyl site is not currently operational and handling of […]
Washington: As part of its efforts to address the global supply chain crisis, the Joe Biden administration plans “to collaborate with India on building resilient supply chains and promote a transparent rules-based trading system for market economies and democracies,” the US Trade Representative has told Congress. In its 2021 Annual Report to Congress, the US […]
ANKARA: Turkey and Israel will seek to overcome years of animosity and insults when their presidents meet for the first time in more than a decade this week, expanding a recent Turkish charm offensive with regional rivals. The two countries have traded accusations over Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and Ankara’s support for the militant […]
ISLAMABAD: Rafiq Tarar, a veteran Pakistani politician and former Supreme Court judge who served as the country’s President from 1997 to 2001, passed away on Monday due to prolonged illness. He was 92. “My grandfather Mohammad Rafiq Tarar has passed away,” his grandson Ataullah Tarar, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader tweeted. Tarar had served […]