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PM Modi calls for peace in Eurasia, West Asia; says solutions to problems cannot come from battlefield

VIENTIANE (LAOS): Noting that the most negatively affected countries due to ongoing conflicts in various parts of the world are those from the Global...

Nobel Peace Prize 2024 goes to Japanese nuclear bombs survivors’ movement Nihon Hidankyo

NEW DELHI: Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday,...

Turkey imposes anti-dumping duties on steel imports from China, Russia, India, Japan

ANKARA: Turkey has imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel imports from China, Russia, India and Japan, according to a decision published in the Official...

CDSCO meets WHO international standards for vaccine regulations

NEW DELHI: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), along with the National Regulatory Authority of India (NRA) and affiliated institutions, has been found...

PM Modi is ‘total killer’ with nation’s adversaries, refused offers of help to deal with threat: Trump

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “total killer” with the nation’s adversaries and turned down offers of help when India faced threats, former...

US President Biden holds ‘direct,’ 30-minute call with Netanyahu

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden held a “direct,” 30-minute phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, their first conversation in almost two...

South Korea’s Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

STOCKHOLM: South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and...

Nepal’s 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa is youngest to scale all 14 tall peaks

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa has become the youngest climber ever to scale each of the 14 tallest mountains (over 8,000 metres) in...

712 climbers allowed to scale peaks in Nepal

KATHMANDU: A total of 712 climbers have received permission to climb 29 mountains in Nepal during the fall climbing season. The climbers are from 62...

Israel has eliminated Nasrallah’s ‘successors’, says Netanyahu

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the country’s forces have successfully targeted and eliminated potential successors to the recently deceased Hezbollah...

Israeli offensive kills dozens, threatens hospitals in northern Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA STRIP: A large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza has killed dozens of people and threatens to shut down three hospitals over...

UN officials urge negotiations to restore stability along Lebanon-Israel border

BEIRUT: The escalation of violence and destruction along the Lebanon-Israel border will neither solve the core issues nor bring security to any relevant parties...

Israel-Hezbollah fighting intensifies, Hamas vows to rise ‘like a phoenix’

BEIRUT, JERUSALEM: Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its...

Iran says ‘attack on infrastructure will see retaliation’

TEHRAN: Any attack on the country’s infrastructure will be faced with retaliation, Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday, even as the Israeli...

Russia says emergency hotlines with US, NATO remain as nuclear risks rise

MOSCOW: Russia said on Tuesday that it still had an emergency hotline with the United States and the NATO military alliance to deflate crises...

Maldives President & First Lady visit Taj Mahal

Muizzu says words can’t do justice to its beauty AGRA: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, who is in India on a four-day bilateral visit, went to...

Bangladesh interim govt announces 9-member constitution reform commission

DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim government has announced the formation of a nine-member commission to review and evaluate the country's constitution, and recommend necessary reforms. Under the...

Why Netanyahu chooses war over peace

SYDNEY: War-weary and angry, hundreds of thousands of Israelis are taking to the streets week after week, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...

Iran Army chief warns Israel of ‘stronger, more destructive’ response to any mistake

TEHRAN: The chief commander of the Iranian Army says the Islamic Republic will give a “stronger and more destructive” response to Israel if it...

Harris underlines US’ support for Gaza ceasefire as conflict escalates

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...

What is microRNA? The discovery awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine

NEW DELHI: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of...

France’s Macron calls for arms sales ban on Israel as Gaza war nears a year

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...

United Nations like ‘old company’, not entirely keeping up with market: Jaishankar

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took a critical view of the United Nations, saying it was "like an old company",...

‘AI will be as dangerous for world as nuclear bombs once were’

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar on Sunday (October 6) said that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a profound factor for the...

Israeli air strike on northern Lebanon kills Hamas commander, his family

BEIRUT: A Hamas leader, his wife and their two daughters have been killed in an Israeli strike on northern Lebanon, the Palestinian armed group...

Harris meets Arab American leaders amid anger over US support for Israel

WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Flint, Michigan, on Friday. She aims to win back voters upset...

Quad nations to kickstart joint naval drills from Tuesday

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...

Why is World Teachers’ Day celebrated every year on October 5?

NEW DELHI: While in India we celebrate Teachers’ Day on September 5, likewise to recognise and celebrate educators including teachers, researchers and professors, globally...

Iran’s Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say

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...

UK extends humanitarian support for conflict-torn Lebanon

LONDON: The UK on Friday said it is boosting its humanitarian support for Lebanon with a further GBP 10 million of "lifesaving aid" to...

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