Washington: A powerful American Senator has said he plans to introduce a bill to make India part of the NATO Plus grouping that would facilitate the transfer of topmost American technology and defence equipment without much bureaucratic hassle, amid growing challenges from a rising China. NATO Plus, currently NATO Plus 5, is a security arrangement that…
New York: Tesla Inc, the world’s largest electric car producer, is looking to make a significant investment in India, said its chief Elon Musk, who saw India as holding more promise than any other large country around the globe. Musk, after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said he plans to visit India in 2024. “I am…
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India has always nurtured traditions that unite, adopt and embrace, and made a fervent appeal to eliminate contradictions, hurdles and resistances through yoga. In a video message on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, Modi said Indians have welcomed new ideas, conserved them and…
Washington: India will be a critical strategic partner for the US in the coming decades, the White House said and asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State Visit to the country will affirm the deep and close partnership between the two nations. Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of President Joe…
United Nations: China on Tuesday blocked a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Sajid Mir, wanted for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as a global terrorist. Beijing blocked the proposal that had been moved by the US and co-designated by India to blacklist Mir…
Kathmandu: The triple whammy of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine-Russia war, and frequent natural disasters have made the food security system in South Asia more vulnerable while increasing the prevalence of undernourishment in the region, including in India, according to an international report. The Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) 2023 launched by the International Food…
London: Hamish Harding, a British businessman who collaborated with the Indian government to reintroduce eight wild cheetahs from Namibia to India, is among five people who went missing in the Atlantic Ocean aboard a tourist submersible on a mission to view the wreckage of the iconic ocean liner the Titanic. British-Pakistani billionaire businessman Shahzada Dawood and…
Islamabad: Pakistan, currently in the throes of a major political as well as economic crisis, has started preparations for the general elections with a meeting of the election body chaired by its chief reviewing the arrangements made so far to organise polls in a fair and free manner later this year. Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar…
Lahore: Two teenage girls and a man were killed while a man’s nose and an ear were cut off “in the name of honour” in three separate incidents in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Tuesday. In the first incident in Sargodha district of Punjab, some 200 kilometres from Lahore, police said Naseer Ahmad suspected…
Islamabad: Key leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are holding meetings to sort out their disagreement over budget amid rumours of intensifying discord between the two major parties of the coalition government ahead of the general election, according to media reports. The attempt by the PML-N and PPP to sort out…
