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December 9, 2025

MEA seeks assurances from China after Arunachal-origin Indian detained at Shanghai airport

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday urged China to provide clear assurances that Indian travellers transiting through Chinese airports will not be “selectively targeted, arbitrarily det...

December 9, 2025

Lok Sabha to hold crucial debate on electoral reforms today

Lok Sabha is set for a high-stakes debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and wider electoral reforms today, following a prolonged impasse that stalled proceedings. The breakthrough came after intense negotiations between the govern...

December 8, 2025

PM Modi welcomes opening of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee session in New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed the commencement of the 20th Session of UNESCO’s Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage, which began in New Delhi on Monday. The event has drawn delegates from more than 150 countries, united in their mission to s...

December 9, 2025

MEA seeks assurances from China after Arunachal-origin Indian detained at Shanghai airport

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday urged China to provide clear assurances that Indian travellers transiting through Chinese airports will not be “selectively targeted, arbitrarily det...

December 9, 2025

Thailand-Cambodia fighting spreads along contested border

Thailand said it was taking action to expel Cambodian forces from its territory on Tuesday, as renewed fighting between the two Southeast Asian neighbours spread along the disputed border. Each side has blamed the other for the clashes, which have derailed a ...

December 7, 2025

Indonesians climb over logs in walk to aid centre as flood deaths exceed 900

Residents in the Indonesian region of Aceh Tamiang climbed over slippery logs and walked for about an hour on Saturday to get aid, as the death toll from floods and landslides that hit Sumatra island this month reached more than 900. The number known to have ...

December 5, 2025

Saudi Arabia cuts January oil prices to Asia to five-year low

Saudi Arabia has lowered the official selling price of its Arab Light crude for Asian buyers in January to sixty cents a barrel above the Oman/Dubai benchmark, the lowest premium in five years. The mo...

December 5, 2025

Anti-Hamas Gazan tribal leader killed in setback for Israeli policy

The head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza died while mediating a family dispute, the group said on Thursday, in what would be a blow to Israeli efforts to support Gazan clans against the Islamist movement. Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedoui...

December 4, 2025

Indian crew member detained in Yemen since July released and returns home

Government of India has welcomed the release of Indian crew member Anilkumar Raveendran, who was on the ship MV Eternity C and under detention in Yemen since July 7, 2025. He reached Muscat on Tuesday and is expected to travel back to India soon. The governmen...

November 26, 2025

India, EU hold key meetings in Brussels to review strategic partnership and foreign policy cooperation

India and the European Union held the 11th India-EU Foreign Policy and Security Consultations and the 6th Strategic Partnership Review Meeting in Brussels on November 18 and 19. The two sides reviewed...

November 26, 2025

Trump says no firm deadline for Ukraine, Russia to reach peace deal

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to agree to a U.S.-backed peace plan and shrugged off a report that U.S. negotiator Steve Witkoff coached the Russians on how to approach him on the topic. Trump, speaking...

November 16, 2025

IAF participates in ‘Garuda 25’ bilateral exercise with French Air and Space Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in the 8th edition of the bilateral air exercise Garuda 25 with the French Air and Space Force (FASF), being held from November 16 to 27, 2025, at Mont-de-Marsan Air Base. The IAF contingent arrived in France on Nove...

December 7, 2025

US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say

The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week,...

December 7, 2025

US signs $228 million deal with Rwanda for health in new aid model

The United States and Rwanda have signed a five-year deal for the provision of $228 million for the health sector in the East African nation, the State Department said, the second such pact under the Trump administration's new approach to overseas aid. Kenya ...

December 5, 2025

Trump puts his own name on US Institute of Peace ahead of Rwanda-Congo peace deal

President Donald Trump's name has been affixed to the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C., nearly nine months after his Department of Government Efficiency seized the nonprofit organization and all but closed it. The change came ahea...

December 5, 2025

Trump puts his own name on US Institute of Peace ahead of Rwanda-Congo peace deal

President Donald Trump's name has been affixed to the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C., nearly nine months after his Department of Government Efficiency seized the nonprof...

November 30, 2025

In Tinubu's Nigeria, police protect VIPs, not children

In Nigeria, people are sleeping with one eye open. That's how scared they are. Ask businesswoman Ifeoma Aneke. "Everybody is so scared, even to sleep, if you are sleeping now I don’t think people are sleeping with their eyes closed," she says. A spate of ki...

November 30, 2025

Another coup in Africa! Guinea-Bissau falls

The African country of Guinea-Bissau falls under military rule. Again! On the morning of 26th November, gunfire erupts near the Presidential Palace. Witnesses describe sustained automatic fire, explosions, and, armoured vehicles sealing off the city centre. B...

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MEA seeks assurances from China after Arunachal-origin Indian detained at Shanghai airport

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Russia proposes medal for recovering bodies in war zones

Russia's defence ministry has proposed a medal for servicemen and civilians who helped to recover bo...

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Japan lifts tsunami warning after 7.5-magnitude earthquake

Japanese authorities lifted tsunami warnings on Tuesday hours after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern regions, injuring...

December 8, 2025 | antibody linvoseltamab

New Antibody Therapy Shows Promise for Myeloma

An immune- and cancer cell-targeting antibody therapy has shown potent...

December 7, 2025 | US Rwanda deal

US signs $228 million deal with Rwanda for health in new aid ...

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December 6, 2025 | shingles

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33 minutes ago | Prema Wangjom Thongdok

MEA seeks assurances from China after Arunachal-origin Indian...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday urged China to provid...

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Russia proposes medal for recovering bodies in war zones

Russia's defence ministry has proposed a medal for servicemen and civi...

40 minutes ago | Ukraine Russia revised peace plan

Ukraine to share revised peace plan with US on Tuesday, Zelen...

Ukraine will share a revised peace plan with the U.S. on Tuesday that ...

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December 8, 2025 | DD’s ‘Suprabhatam’

PM Modi hails DD’s ‘Suprabhatam’ as inspiring blend of cultur...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised Doordarshan’s morni...

December 7, 2025 | Kohima

Jyotiraditya Scindia attends Hornbill Festival; Switzerland, ...

Union Minister for Communications and DoNER Jyotiraditya M. Scindia pa...

December 6, 2025 | global commodity prices

Brazil robusta coffee growers push for quality amid rising pr...

Amid the din of a chic coffee shop on Sao Paulo's posh Oscar Freire Av...

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December 8, 2025 | IISF 2025

Industry leaders laud PM Modi’s vision for AI-driven Vi...

The India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, underway since D...

December 8, 2025 | Panchkula

Jitendra Singh highlights India’s shift toward innovation-dri...

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh ...

December 7, 2025 | power distribution system

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