Bishek: India on Tuesday highlighted several key outcomes from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, including measures to strengthen cooperation on security and tackle transnational threats such as terrorism and extremism. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) listed 13 outcomes, one of which was the approval of regulations for a “Universal Centre for Countering Challenges…
London: An Indian citizen was among 12 people killed in the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday. In a social media post, Zelenskyy said since Monday evening, guided aerial bomb and drone strikes have continued against Odesa and the region. “A significant number of jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles were…
Bishkek: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) must work unitedly to dismantle the entire ecosystem of terrorism as well as its financing, and there can’t be any room for double standards in combating the menace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. In his address at the annual SCO summit in this Kyrgyz capital city, the…
Kathmandu: The death toll from the devastating flash flood in Nepal rose to 987 on Tuesday, with security forces recovering more bodies from different parts of the country, officials said. The authorities estimate that 3,916 people, including 583 foreigners, remain unaccounted for as security personnel, including those from the Nepal Army, intensify search and rescue…
Singapore: Global energy majors and investors took note of the multi-billion-dollar opportunities in India’s oil and gas and the reforms underpinning them at an India energy showcase held in Singapore on Monday. The programme was presided over by Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), and attended by senior officials. Deputy High…
Washington: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. One source said the decision was unsurprising given tension between Driscoll and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. A second source familiar said that in his resignation, Driscoll “brought up concerns with the administration surrounding…
Bishkek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to move towards “endless war to end of war”, saying every day of conflict “pushes humanity back” and calling for all outstanding issues to be resolved peacefully. Meeting Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan’s capital Bishkek,…
Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 903 on Monday, with more bodies being recovered and nearly 4,250 people still missing following the disaster, authorities said. Bodies have been recovered from all eight affected districts as rescuers race against time to search for those missing and rescue those stranded on the…
Tehran: Iran launched ballistic missiles at two US-operated air bases in Jordan on Sunday, state media reported, hours after US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, in the first American strikes on Iran in a month. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the missiles targeted technical infrastructure, maintenance facilities and…
Islamabad: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to increase Islamabad’s agricultural and food exports to Riyadh to USD 3 billion over the next two years, according to a joint statement on Sunday. The agreement was reached during Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman A Al-Fadley’s visit to Pakistan from August 26 to 28….
