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May 6, 2025 1:24 AM

“Pained” by ties reaching “boiling point”: Guterres ahead of UNSC meeting on India-Pakistan

Ahead of the UN Security Council meeting on India and Pakistan, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that he is "pained" to see their ties reaching a "boiling point." "Tensions between India and Pakistan are at their highest in years," ...

May 6, 2025 1:17 AM

Jaishankar appreciates Japan’s support for India over Pahalgam terrorist attack

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met the Speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, Fukushiro Nukaga, and expressed gratitude for Tokyo’s expression of solidarity following the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kash...

May 5, 2025 5:27 PM

ADB fully supports India’s development priorities under PM Modi: Masato Kanda

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda, in his meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has expressed the Bank’s full support to India’s development priorities, guided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Viks...

May 5, 2025 4:24 PM

INS Sharda arrives at Maafilaafushi, Maldives for joint disaster relief exercise

In a significant move to bolster regional cooperation and disaster preparedness, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sharda arrived at Maafilaafushi Atoll in the Maldives to participate in a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise being held ...

May 5, 2025 4:21 PM

Putin dials PM Modi, offers Russia’s ‘full support’ to India in fight against terrorism

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and "strongly condemned" the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, offering full support to India in its ongoing fight against terrorism. "He conveyed deepest condolences o...

May 5, 2025 3:51 PM

CSIR-IIIM Jammu–mentored student makes history with solar mech engine, wins global HonorsGradU scholarship

Japteg Singh Bamrah, a Class 12 student from Dalhousie Public School in Himachal Pradesh, has been awarded the prestigious HonorsGradU 2025 scholarship for his invention — the Solar Mech Engine. Japteg received the coveted “Build a Better Future...

May 5, 2025 3:00 PM

Israel calls on Qatar to ‘stop playing both sides’ in Gaza talks

Israel called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, to "stop playing both sides with its double talk and decide if it's on the side of civilization or if it's on the side of Hamas", the Israeli Prime Minister's office said on Saturday. ...

May 5, 2025 2:35 PM

Iran says it will strike back if US or Israel attack

Iran's Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Sunday that Tehran would strike back if the United States or Israel attacked. Nasirzadeh's comments came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate against Iran for the Tehran-b...

May 5, 2025 12:58 PM

Cardinals could pick Filipino Tagle, ‘Asian Francis’, as next pope

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the "Asian Francis" because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and spontaneity with words. Like the late Argentine pope, he hails from a country far from the Catholic Church's traditional po...

May 5, 2025 12:48 PM

Yemen’s Houthis announce campaign targeting Israeli airports

Yemen's Houthi rebels said late on Sunday they would impose a "comprehensive" aerial blockade on Israel by repeatedly targeting its airports, in response to Israel expanding its operations in Gaza. The Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for...

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