Washington: Director of US National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday warned that Pakistan’s advancing missile programme could eventually put the United States within range, flagging it as part of a growing set of global threats to the American homeland. Presenting the intelligence community’s 2026 Annual Threat...
New Delhi: The Indian Navy has increased the deployment of its warships near the Gulf of Oman and is escorting Indian-flagged ships coming from the Strait of Hormuz region amid heightened tensions in West Asia that have raised concerns over global energy security. According to...
New Delhi: US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, held a "fruitful meeting" with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval Wednesday, discussing "critical security and geopolitical issues" and the ongoing strategic cooperation between the United States and India. The meeting took place amid the current conflict...
New Delhi: The government Wednesday announced that it has offered States and UTs an additional 10 per cent allocation of commercial LPG linked to reforms supporting transition from LPG to PNG. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said that all the oil refineries in...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved a scheme to support small hydro projects (SHPs) with an outlay of Rs 2,584.60 crore. The ‘Small Hydro Power (SHP) Development Scheme for the period FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31 will support...
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) mandated the transfer of 13 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, all in the ranks of District Magistrates (DMs), who are the district electoral officers (DEOs). As per the notification issued by the ECI in the afternoon, Jitin Jadav,...
Bhuj: The Indian‑flagged crude oil tanker, 'Jag Laadki', has safely arrived at Adani Ports’ Mundra terminal in Gujarat, carrying approximately 80,886 metric tonnes of crude oil sourced from the United Arab Emirates. The vessel was loaded at Fujairah Port and berthed here Wednesday, port officials...
New Delhi: Nine members of a family, including three children, died after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area Wednesday morning, officials said. Three others were injured, two of them jumped from the building at Ram Chowk Market...
Kabul: The European Union (EU) has condemned a Pakistani airstrike on a medical facility in Kabul, describing it as a deadly escalation in the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The EU urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint and take all feasible measures to...
Hong Kong: About 90 ships, including oil tankers, have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with Iran, and it is still exporting millions of barrels of oil at a time when the waterway has been effectively closed, according to maritime...
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Consider this thought experiment. Imagine that two large missiles struck the White House. The first hit the residential quarters at...
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