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January 19, 2026 9:49 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday called a snap general election with a vow to suspend an 8% food levy for two years, echoing proposals by her rivals despite the potential strain on the country's already precarious finances. A consump...
January 19, 2026 9:47 PM
France was moving closer to a 2026 budget deal on Monday after the government presented a last-ditch proposal that made concessions to most political parties, senior Socialist lawmaker Boris Vallaud said, ahead of a cabinet meeting on Monday afternoo...
January 19, 2026 1:33 PM
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo declared a 30-day nationwide state of siege on Sunday (January 18), after security forces freed dozens of prison guards held hostage by inmates, ending a weekend of gang violence that left at least seven police o...
January 19, 2026 12:51 PM
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government's deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. The U.S. Army pl...
January 19, 2026 12:53 PM
Syria and the main Kurdish fighting force struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday, ending days of fighting in which Syrian troops captured territory including ke...
January 19, 2026 11:22 AM
World leaders from government, business, academia and civil society gathered in Davos on Monday for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting to discuss global issues and set collective priorities. The WEF, scheduled from January 19-23, will foc...
January 19, 2026 10:54 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump has invited India to join his “Board of Peace” initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, according to a White House statement on Sunday, which was shared in a post on X by Washington’s ambassador to New Delhi, ...
January 18, 2026 5:31 PM
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will undertake an official visit to India on January 19 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, further strengthening the growing strategic partnership between the two count...
January 18, 2026 5:37 PM
INS Sagardhwani, India’s oceanographic research vessel operated under the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was flagged off for the fifth edition of the Sagar Maitri init...
January 18, 2026 5:04 PM
Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains while discerning for the first time tens of thousa...
August 25, 2026
India, New Zealand hold second Defence Strategic Dialogue t...August 25, 2026
Indian Navy to commission indigenous diving support vessel ...August 25, 2026
Traditional knowledge must integrate with modern science, m...August 25, 2026
India’s finished steel output rises 4.7% in April-July, con...August 25, 2026
CSIR-NAL unveils indigenous gas turbine engines for UAVs, d...August 25, 2026
Publications Division wins seven honours at FIP Excellence ...August 25, 2026
Five years of e-Shram Portal: Building a digital social sec...August 25, 2026
Rajnath Singh approves transfer of DRDO missile technologie...August 25, 2026
India urges global shift from drought response to drought r...August 25, 2026
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