Imphal: Security forces in Manipur arrested seven militants belonging to different banned outfits from Imphal East and Imphal West districts, officials said on Friday. A police officer said the arrested militants belonged to different factions of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), the People’s Liberation Army, and the United National Liberation Front (UNLF). The militants were…
New Delhi: The commerce ministry on Friday will meet stakeholders, including shipping lines, exporters, container firms, and other departments, to assess the impact of the Iran-Israel conflict on India’s overseas trade and address related issues, an official said. The industry official said that the meeting will be chaired by Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal. “The meeting…
New Delhi: Fearing use of its electronic data to create “malicious narratives”, the Election Commission has instructed its state poll officers to destroy CCTV cameras, webcasting and video footage of the election process after 45 days, if the verdict is not challenged in courts within that period. In a letter to state chief electoral officers…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a clarion call that no civilized society can afford to ignore: stand with Israel, or stand with terror. In a message that cuts through the fog of hypocritical diplomacy and moral cowardice, Netanyahu has reminded the world that Israel is not merely fighting Hamas or Hezbollah—it is confronting…
Jerusalem: Israel on Thursday welcomed “all help” in striking Iran’s nuclear sites as President Donald Trump dangled the prospect of US involvement in the war, saying he will decide “within the next two weeks”. Israel, claiming Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon, launched air strikes against its arch-enemy last week, triggering…
New Delhi: If the world continues to release carbon dioxide at the current rate, the carbon budget for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will be exhausted in just over three years, according to an international group of scientists. The carbon budget refers to the total amount of carbon dioxide the planet can emit…
New Delhi: NASA has put off Sunday’s launch of the Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others to the International Space Station and a new date will be announced in the coming days. “NASA has made the decision to stand down from a launch on Sunday, June 22, and will target a…
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena factions hit a humorous low on Thursday as Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s camp publicly mocked the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) for celebrating the party’s 59th foundation day, despite the latter faction only being formed in 2022. The Shinde camp used its social media platform to post a cartoon directly…
Ottawa: An Indian student at the University of Calgary in Canada has died, the Consulate General of India in Vancouver said on Thursday. The Consulate said it was “saddened by the sudden demise” of the Indian student, identified as Tanya Tyagi. It was immediately not clear how the Indian student died and under what circumstances….
In a spectacle that exposed not just diplomatic hypocrisy but also the slow unravelling of US hegemony, the US President Donald Trump recently held a closed-door meeting with Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir at the White House. The official version was that Munir was “invited.” But every shred of context points to something else:…
