International

United Nations: India has been elected to several key bodies at the UN, including a significant victory by its nominee Jagjit Pavadia who was re-elected for a third term to the International Narcotics Control Board after garnering the highest number of votes. Pavadia was re-elected...

Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Tuesday in a sign of mutual support and shared opposition to Western democracies amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. “We would like to express our highest appreciation and admiration for the successes that you...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday congratulated Simon Harris for becoming Ireland's youngest prime minister and said he looks forward to working with him to further strengthen the partnership between the two countries. Lawmaker Harris was elected Ireland's prime minister by a vote in...

Washington: The partnership between India and the United States has reached a new height with collaboration on technology and other fields, the US National Security Advisor has said. "The partnership between the US and India, a country in BRICs, has gone to new heights with...

United Nations: India remains a "strong" recipient of foreign investments as multinationals recognise it as an alternative manufacturing base for supply chains, according to the United Nations. "India is benefiting by growing interest from multinationals, which see the country as an alternative manufacturing base in...

London: Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday “peacefully at home following a short illness.” Higgs...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has escalated his pledge to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is filled with around 1.4 million Palestinians, most of whom are displaced from other parts of the Gaza Strip. “It will happen. There is a date,”...

Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Tuesday in a sign of mutual support and shared opposition to Western democracies amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. “We would like to express our highest appreciation and admiration for the successes that you...

Washington: The United States denied issuing any comment Monday when asked about media reports that Indian government agents allegedly carried out assassinations inside Pakistan. "We have been following the media reports about this issue. We don't have any comment on the underlined allegations,” State Department...

Jakarta: A 6.0 magnitude quake hit Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua Tuesday, but did not trigger a tsunami warning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The agency initially reported the quake's magnitude to be 6.1 before revising it, Xinhua news agency reported....