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September 16, 2024 6:12 PM
The Indian government has strongly rejected the U.S. State Department's 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom, describing it as "deeply biased" and lacking in understanding of India's social dynamics. In a statement delivered during a weekly briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) off...
June 28, 2024 9:36 PM
Israeli forces pressed their incursion deeper into two northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip on Friday, and Palestinian health officials said tank shelling in Rafah killed at least 11 people. Residents and Hamas media said tanks advanced further west into the Shakoush neighbourhood of Rafah...
September 16, 2024 6:12 PM
India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will head the country's delegation at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. The summit is scheduled for July 3-4 in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital city. MEA Spokesperson R...
June 28, 2024 8:38 PM
Joe Biden's shaky performance in the U.S. presidential debate drew stunned global reactions on Friday, prompting public calls for him to step aside and likely leaving some of America's closest allies steeling for Donald Trump's return. Biden's supporters had hoped Thursday's debate would erase worr...
September 16, 2024 6:12 PM
The Indian government has announced the appointment of Vikram Misri as the country's new Foreign Secretary. Misri, a 1989-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, will succeed Vinay Mohan Kwatra in this crucial diplomatic role. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal p...
September 16, 2024 6:12 PM
146 Indian students have been selected for the esteemed Erasmus Mundus scholarships for the 2024 academic year. 75 women and 71 men will pursue two-year Master's programmes across Europe, making India one of the top recipients of the scholarship. The Delegation of the European Union to India and Bh...
September 16, 2024 6:12 PM
The heatwave in Saudi Arabia blamed for the deaths of 1,300 people on the haj pilgrimage this month was made worse by climate change, a team of European scientists said on Friday. Temperatures along the route from June 16 to 18 reached 47 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) at times and exceed...
June 28, 2024 4:08 PM
In Russia's far northeastern Yakutia region, local scientists are performing an autopsy on a wolf frozen in permafrost for around 44,000 years, a find they said was the first of its kind. Found by chance by locals in Yakutia's Abyyskiy district in 2021, the wolf's body is only now being properly ex...
September 16, 2024 6:12 PM
Large areas of federal land in Alaska will be protected from development to conserve fish and wildlife habitats that are important to native communities' way of life, under two measures announced by the Biden administration on Friday. The steps by the Interior Department are aligned with President ...
June 26, 2024 11:05 PM
Eusebio Di Francesco has been named the new coach of Venezia on a two-year contract, the newly promoted Serie A club said on Wednesday. The 54-year-old Italian will take over control of the team from Paolo Vanoli, who became the coach of Torino on Friday. Di Francesco has previously coached AS Rom...
