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October 16, 2024 8:52 AM

SCO Summit: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets Mongolian PM in Pakistan

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Islamabad. Jaishankar posted on X on Tuesday night, expressing his pleasure in dis...

October 15, 2024 10:15 PM

President Murmu conferred Honorary Doctorate in Algeria

President Droupadi Murmu, currently on a three-nation tour, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Political Science by Sidi Abdellah Science and Technology Pole University in Algiers on October 14. During the ceremony, Murmu expressed her gratitude, ...

October 15, 2024 4:29 PM

India reaffirms support for Africa, calls UNSC exclusion a “historical injustice”

India has reiterated its unwavering commitment to Africa, with Ambassador Yojna Patel, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, calling for global action to address the continent’s challenges. Speaking at the UN General Assembly's plena...

October 15, 2024 3:59 PM

Israel kills at least 40 in Gaza, tanks deepen raid in the north

Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesday, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters. Palestinian health officials...

October 15, 2024 6:15 PM

From farming to politics: The growing influence of the Indian American community in U.S. elections

When Usha Vance stood beside her husband, JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, at the Republican National Convention in July, it marked a historic moment: for the first time, an Indian American stood a chance of becoming the Vice President’s sp...

October 15, 2024 1:40 PM

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road on its side of border, Seoul says

North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, South Korea's military said on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean peninsula. At around midday, some...

October 15, 2024 1:19 PM

India engaged in connecting the world by taking it out of conflict, says PM Modi at India Mobile Congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday discussed India's significant developments in the telecom sector, highlighting that the country is now one of the most vibrant nations globally in terms of telecom and related technologies. He emphasised that I...

October 15, 2024 12:31 PM

Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Mykolaiv kills one, injures 16, governor says

Russia's attack on Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv killed one person and injured at least 16, the head of the regional military administration said on Tuesday. The attack damaged an infrastructure facility, a restaurant complex, trade pavilions,...

October 15, 2024 12:11 PM

Iran condemns EU, UK sanctions on Tehran, denies providing ballistic missiles to Russia

Iran condemned new EU and British sanctions on Tehran and denied providing ballistic missiles to Russia, spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei, said in a post on X on Tuesday. The European Union agreed on Monday to impose sanctio...

October 15, 2024 10:51 AM

Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers

Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people in an airstrike in the north, health officials said, while millions of Israelis took shelter from projectiles fired back across the borde...

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