Brussels: In the year after Russia launched an outright war on Ukraine, NATO leaders approved a set of military plans designed to repel an invasion of Europe. It was the biggest shake-up of the alliance's defence readiness preparations since the Cold War. The secret plans...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his gratitude to several world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, for their continued attention to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. During a press briefing Thursday, Putin acknowledged the efforts of these leaders and...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he agrees in principle with a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but the terms need to be worked out, and he emphasised that it should pave the way to lasting peace. “So the idea...
Colombo: India has donated urgently needed medicines to Sri Lanka, responding to an urgent request from Colombo, the Indian High Commission said here Thursday. India gifted 50,000 ampoules of Furosemide injection 20mg/2ml to cater to its shortage in Sri Lankan hospitals in the immediate term....
Washington: President Donald Trump Thursday threatened a 200 per cent tariff on European wine, champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey. The European tariff, which was unveiled in response to steel and aluminum tariffs by the...
Dhaka: Bangladesh Thursday termed the recent remarks by the Ministry of the External Affairs on the country as unwarranted and amounting to interference in another country's domestic affairs. Last week, India voiced concern over Bangladesh releasing certain violent extremists and underlined that it is the...
Mekele: As a displaced person in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, 76-year-old Haile Tsege is no stranger to hunger. During its war with Tigray fighters that devastated the region in 2020-2022, the Ethiopian government's restrictions on the rebellious region reduced aid flows to a trickle. Then,...
Seoul: The South Korean prosecution said Thursday that there is "no change" in its decision not to appeal the release of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from jail. The statement by the Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) came a day after Chun Dae-yup, the...
Moscow: Russia claimed Thursday that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia's Kursk border region, as a senior Kremlin official said that a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire in the war three years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine would...
Seoul: South Korea's top court Thursday rejected social media giant Meta's appeal against a 6.7 billion-won ($4.6 million) fine imposed by the data protection watchdog for sharing user information without their consent, judicial sources said. In November 2020, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) fined...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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