Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his tough stance on defending India’s national interests without being “intimidated” by any pressure and said the policy pursued by him is the “main guarantor” of the progressively developing bilateral ties. Putin’s comments came at the “Russia Calling!” forum. The Russian […]
United Nations: In a scathing criticism, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj has said the UN Security Council of yesterday is “always late today” and questioned whether 1945’s “security plumbing” will work in the year 2023. “If the trillion dollar question is to ensure peace, do we have a peace infrastructure representative […]
New Delhi: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed that “the ground is prepared” for taking more effective steps to expand cooperation between Iran and Russia in line with the interests of both sides. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday while commenting on the two countries’ […]
Washington: A United Nations spokesman has refuted the US claim that civilians in Gaza should seek refuge in UN-designated safe places. In response to US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller’s suggestion that Gazans should seek refuge in UN-designated sites that are listed by Israel as “deconfliction zones”, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, […]
Tehran: Iran has sent a capsule carrying animals into space as it boosts its Western-contested space programme in preparation for human missions. State media on Wednesday released a clip of the launch of an Iranian-made rocket carrying the capsule, which they said was successfully sent 130km (80 miles) into orbit. The Salman rocket carried an […]
Dubai: The world is in danger of surpassing the five vital limits crucial for life on Earth due to current warming levels, a team of 200 scientists warned in a critical report released at the UN climate conference here on Wednesday. Released at the International Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai, the “Global Tipping Points” report […]
Dubai: Worsening climate change made the 2011-2020 decade wetter and warmer for India, a new report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released at the UN climate conference here said on Tuesday. “Compared to the state of climate reports the WMO publishes every year, the new report provides a long-term perspective and sustained trends from […]
Beijing: China has become the first country to confer diplomatic status to a Taliban-nominated official as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Beijing, thereby formally recognising the Taliban-run administration as a legitimate government in Kabul. “As a long-standing friendly neighbour of Afghanistan, China believes that Afghanistan should not be excluded from the international community,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman […]
Islamabad: Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, head of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Islam, was on Tuesday conferred with ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’, the highest civilian award of Pakistan. “President Dr. Arif Alvi conferred the award of Nishan-e-Pakistan upon Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, Head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, at a special investiture ceremony, held at Aiwan-e-Sadr,” the president’s […]
Jerusalem: A district court here will resume hearing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption case on Tuesday after a more than two-month hiatus due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Palestinian group Hamas on October 7. Under the so-called Case 4000 […]