LONDON, July 15: More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to UN health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children. In their annual estimate of global vaccine coverage, released Tuesday, the World...
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EAM Jaishankar Meets Chinese Prez Along With Other SCO Foreign Ministers
Beijing, Jul 15: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterparts from the SCO member nations on Tuesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a social media post, Jaishankar said he apprised President Xi about the recent development in India-China bilateral ties. The external affairs minister landed in China on Monday on a two-day visit...
Russia to import 1 million skilled workforce from India
MOSCOW, July 14: Russia will import up to 1 million workforce by the end of this year to address labour shortage in the country’s highly industrialised areas, a business leader said. “As far as I know, by the end of the year, 1 million specialists from India will come to Russia, including the Sverdlovsk region....
Shubhanshu Shukla, Other Axiom-4 Astronauts Board Spacecraft For Return To Earth
NEW DELHI, Jul 14: Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts of the Axiom-4 entered the Dragon Grace spacecraft on Monday and were suited up to begin their journey back to Earth after an 18-day stay at the International Space Station. Shukla, the mission pilot, commander Peggy Whitson, and mission specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and...
Jaishankar Meets Chinese VP; Says Normalisation Of Ties Can Produce Mutually Beneficial Outcomes
Beijing, Jul 14: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to Chinese Vice President Han Zheng that continued normalisation of India-China ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes and an open exchange of views between the two sides is “very important” considering the “complex” global scenario. The external affairs minister held talks with Zheng shortly...
NSA Doval Says India Smashed 9 Terror Targets, Missed None; Dares Foreign Media To Show ‘One Image’ Of Damage To Indian Structure
Chennai, Jul 11: India smashed nine terror targets with precision, crisscrossing Pakistan, under Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said here on Friday and dared the foreign media to show “even one image” of damage to any Indian structure, even a “glass pane having been broken”. Speaking at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Madras,...
Rubio meets China’s foreign minister in Malaysia as US-Chinese tensions mount
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrapped up his second and final day at a Southeast Asian security conference in a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart as tensions grow between Washington and Beijing over issues from trade to security and China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. After discussions with regional...
Op Sindoor: Ajit Doval debunks international media claims, dares to provide proof of damage on Indian side
Chennai, July 11: Debunking the claims in international media, especially The New York Times, over the reportage on Operation Sindoor, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today dared them to provide at least one single image to prove that India suffered damages in the conflict with Pakistan. “Foreign press has written that Pakistan had done this...
Pakistan To Send Hockey Team To India For Asia Cup And WC After Reviewing Security Threats
Karachi, Jul 11: Pakistan is set to review the security situation in India before taking a call on sending its national hockey team to the neighbouring country for the upcoming Asia Cup and Junior World Cup later this year. A top government official has said that the national team will not be sent to...
UAE Unveils Golden Visa Scheme; Indians Could Be Benefitted
New Delhi, Jul 9: In line with its vision to become an engine of growth and diverting from an oil-based economy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has restructured its visa programme to offer renewable residency of up to 10 years for investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors, athletes and students. The UAE’s “Golden Visa” programme provides talented...
PM Modi Arrives In Namibia To Enhance Bilateral Ties
WINDHOEK (NAMIBIA), Jul 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Namibia on Wednesday on the final leg of his five-nation visit, during which he will hold bilateral talks with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. This is the first visit of Prime Minister Modi to Namibia nd the third ever Prime Ministerial visit from India to the country....
Netanyahu Nominates Trump For Nobel Peace Prize
Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump that he was nominating the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize as the two took a victory lap on Monday to hail their recent joint strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities as an unmitigated success. The two leaders sat down with their top aides for a...
US President Donald Trump wishes peace with Iran, eyes sanctions relief at ‘right time’
Washington, July 8 (UNI) Amid his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the US capital, President Donald Trump said that he has no wish to hurt Iran any further and wants to make peace, even expressing a willingness to lift the sanctions from Tehran “at the right time”. “I would love to be...
For India, climate justice is no alternative; it is a moral duty: PM Modi at BRICS
RIO DE JAENIRO : Under its presidency, India will work to define BRICS in a new form and it will be ‘Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sustainability’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the summit of the grouping on Monday. India will hold the BRICS presidency next year. In an address at a...
EAM Jaishankar meets counterparts from Russia, Iran, Mexico on sidelines of BRICS Summit
RIO DE JAENIRO, Jul 7: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met his counterparts from Russia, Iran and Mexico and discussed bilateral cooperation and global issues. Jaishankar met these leaders on Sunday the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit here in Brazil. Jaishankar, during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, discussed bilateral cooperation,...
There Should Be No Hesitation In Imposing Sanctions Against Terrorists: PM Modi At BRICS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 7: There should be no hesitation in imposing sanctions against terrorists and the victims and supporters of terrorism cannot be weighed on the same scale, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the BRICS Summit while calling for united efforts to combat the menace. In an address at a session on peace...
Trinidad & Tobago Extends Full Support To India For UNSC Permanent Membership
PORT OF SPAIN, Jul 5: India and Trinidad and Tobago have inked six agreements to boost cooperation in several sectors, including infrastructure and pharmaceuticals, following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart from the Caribbean nation, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. In the meeting held on Friday, Prime Minister Modi announced a decision by India to...
Jaishankar Set To Visit China For SCO Meet, His First Since 2020 Military Standoff
New Delhi, Jul 4: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit China around July 13 to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), people familiar with the matter said on Friday. It would be Jaishankar’s first visit to China after the ties between the two countries came under severe strain following...
Message Conveyed With Great Clarity: Jaishankar On Objective Of Operation Sindoor
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Jul 3: Operation Sindoor conveyed to the world with great clarity that India will act against terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in a statement in line with the UN Security Council calling for those responsible for the Pahalgam attacks to be brought to justice. “What is important for us in the...
Israel agrees to necessary conditions to finalise 60-day ceasefire in Gaza: Trump
Gaza City, July 2 : U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalise a 60-day ceasefire to end the conflict in Gaza, and also urged Hamas to accept the deal. “Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalise the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we...
EAM Jaishankar meets US Secy of Defence Pete Hegseth, discusses advancing bilateral defence partnership
Washington/New Delhi, July 2 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth during which they discussed advancing the bilateral defence partnership and building on growing convergences and capabilities. In a post on X, the EAM said: “Great to meet @SecDef Pete Hegseth in Washington DC today. “Had a productive...