Melbourne: United States President Donald Trump is well advanced in his systematic campaign to undermine the American media and eviscerate its function of holding him and others in power to account. Since the late 18th century, this function has often been called the fourth estate. It’s the idea the media is a watchdog over the…
Beijing: Super typhoon Ragasa left 14 people dead and 18 injured in Taiwan, while China’s southern Guangdong province, a key global manufacturing hub, evacuated over a million residents in preparation for the powerful storm’s landfall expected later on Wednesday. Described as the most powerful storm to hit the Chinese coast this year, Ragasa, the 18th…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called for greater solidarity among Global South nations, a renewed commitment to multilateralism, and a collective push to reform the United Nations and other global institutions. He made the remarks at a High-Level Meeting of Like-Minded Global South countries here on Tuesday on the sidelines of the…
United Nations: In his first meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres after beginning his second term as US president in January, Donald Trump on Tuesday said, “Our country is behind the United Nations 100 per cent.” After lashing out at the UN in his address to the General Assembly, Trump said he supports the…
New York: India has highlighted its national efforts to tackle extreme heat, including Heat Action Plans, use of digital tools for last-mile alerts, and promotion of low-cost cooling solutions, at a high-level dialogue held as part of the 80th anniversary session of the UN General Assembly here. Sibi George, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of…
New York: India is a relationship of critical importance to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said as he met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here and voiced “appreciation” for New Delhi’s continued engagement on bilateral issues, including trade, defence, and energy. He met Jaishankar here on Monday morning on the sidelines…
Lahore: Taking a jibe at Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, jailed former cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan has said that he, along with Army Chief Asim Munir, should bat as openers if they want to win a cricket match against India. Khan’s sarcastic comments came after India comfortably defeated Pakistan in two matches in the…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met with US Ambassador to India-designate Sergio Gor on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly session, and the two leaders look forward to promoting the success of the bilateral relationship. “US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia and Ambassador Nominee to India Sergio…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump will meet Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here on Tuesday on the margins of the high-level 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Trump will address the General Debate of the UN General Assembly today, his first address to world leaders in his second term as president from…
Rabat: Indian armed forces were given complete freedom to appropriately respond to the cowardly terror attack on innocent civilians in Pahalgam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. Singh also said that India’s actions in response to the attack were “measured and non-escalatory.” The defence minister made the remarks in an address to the Indian community…
