Accra: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Ghana Tuesday on the first leg of his three-nation tour to African countries to explore ways to shore up bilateral ties in trade and investment, and infrastructure development. "Delighted to arrive in Accra, Ghana today. Appreciate the...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked why can’t the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have an electronic surveillance mechanism to immediately track stationary or parked vehicles on highways. The observation came from a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Augustine George Masih and Sandeep...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to submit a report on sand mining from riverbeds, saying it has a "disastrous effect" on the river ecosystem and has to be stopped. The CEC, a statutory body since 2023, was originally...
Chicago: It's official Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its USD 81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The companies completed the deal Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant with the now shorter Skydance nametag. The merger brings two of America's oldest moviemaking studios together. And...
New Delhi: The Central government Tuesday cleared the appointment of Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit as the next Chief of the Air Staff. Ashutosh Dixit will take charge as the nation’s 29th Indian Air Force Chief October 31, with his tenure lasting until December 31, 2028....
Bhavnagar: Seven people travelling to work at the Alang shipbreaking yard were killed after their SUV crashed into a stationary trailer on a service road along the Bhavnagar-Somnath national highway in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district Tuesday. The accident took place around 10 a.m. near Trapaj village...
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Tuesday announced that it has successfully conducted the flight trial of its indigenously developed High-Altitude Platform System (HAPS), achieving an altitude of 21 km and demonstrating long-endurance stratospheric flight capabilities. The milestone is expected to strengthen...
New Delhi: India Tuesday condemned the attack on a Panama-flagged commercial vessel MT On Peace off the coast of Oman, which was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz and reiterated its call for an immediate cessation of such incidents in the...
Stockholm: Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award in Stockholm. The prize money this year is 12...
New Delhi: Assistant Commissioner of Police Vivek Bhagat, who has been accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a protest here, has written to the Delhi Police chief requesting that the order assigning him the current duty charge of additional DCP be kept on...
The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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