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 […]
LONDON: The UK on Friday said it is boosting its humanitarian support for Lebanon with a further GBP 10 million of “lifesaving aid” to respond to the mass displacement of people and a growing number of civilian casualties amid the ongoing conflict in the region. The funding comes as the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office […]
STAVANGER (NORWAY): Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognised when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud of violence. The prize week coincides with the Oct 7 anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, which began a year of bloodshed and war across the Middle East. The literature […]
COLOMBO: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Friday and discussed ways in which the two countries could deepen cooperation and strengthen bilateral ties to benefit the people of their two countries. During the meeting, Dr Jaishankar conveyed warm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]