Singapore: A key priority for Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will be to deepen the trade-focused country’s relations with the major powers, especially the US and China, engaging with them honestly in a principled manner while not getting caught in their rivalry. Speaking after his newly re-elected government was sworn in on Friday, Wong stressed,…
United Nations: India ripped through Pakistan’s “disinformation” at the UN on the Indus Waters Treaty, asserting that Islamabad violated its spirit by inflicting three wars and thousands of terror attacks on India that seek to hold hostage lives of civilians, religious harmony and economic prosperity. “We are constrained to respond to the disinformation being carried…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said it is ok for Apple to go to India to build its plants, but then the tech company will not be able to sell its products in America without tariffs. Trump’s remarks came as he signed multiple executive orders in the Oval Office to boost US nuclear…
In a development that raises more questions than it answers, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently issued a statement affirming the safety and security of Pakistan’s nuclear facilities. This came amid unverified reports of a radiation leak following a reported Indian strike near Pakistan’s Nur Jahan airbase, believed to be in proximity to key…
Sandhyaa Bombay How loyal are we to our country—and to one another? We proudly proclaim that we do not target Pakistani civilian populations, air bases, or the regular army. Yet it is our own civilians who continue to bleed at the hands of terrorists. And even worse, some among us, lured by money or ideology,…
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said its command and control structures are robust. The Foreign Office here also said the country remained fully confident in the strength of its “comprehensive nuclear security regime”. “Pakistan remains fully confident in the strength of its comprehensive nuclear security regime and the robustness of its command and control structures,” the…
Lucknow: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 42 runs in an IPL match here on Friday. Sunrisers Hyderabad posted a competitive 231 for 6, riding on Ishan Kishan’s 48-ball unbeaten 94 and then restricted RCB to 189 in 19.5 overs. Apart from Kishan, left-handed opener Abhishek Sharma smashed 17-ball 34 with almost all the…
New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said his government is trying to “rectify at the earliest” the damage caused by the previous YSRCP dispensation and that it would take a minimum of 10 years to bring the state back on track. Speaking to reporters here, Naidu said he met Union…
Moscow/Tokyo/Abu Dhabi: Diplomatic leadership from Russia, Japan and United Arab Emirates on Friday came forward to join hands with New Delhi against all forms of terrorism as the Indian multi-party Parliamentary delegation held wide-ranging discussion on counter-terrorism combat and briefed them on Operation Sindoor. “#TeamIndia sends a strong and united message on combating terrorism,” External…
As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) intensifies its pursuit of the Congress party’s top brass in the National Herald scam, the spotlight now glares uncomfortably on two powerful southern satraps—Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Their names have now surfaced in connection with fresh financial irregularities, with the ED…
