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India asks Iran to free Indians on seized ship

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

US mentions Kejriwal arrest, Congress allegations; India responds

Youths inspect a damaged ambulance at the site of an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in the southern Lebanese village of Odaisseh near the border with Israel on March 5, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (AFP)

Kerala man killed in missile attack in Israel

The Panamanian-flagged tanker, MT Pollux, reportedly sustained minor damage and its crew remains unharmed. (Representational Image: Twitter)

Houthis target oil tanker to India

The India-Maldives high level core group held a crucial meeting in New Delhi on Friday primarily exploring ways to resolve the matter, over two weeks after the two sides deliberated over it in their first meeting in Male. (ANI)

New Delhi, Male agree on mutually workable solution to continue operation of Indian platforms in Maldives

The damaged part of the vessel following the drone attack.

Navy Rushes to Aid Ship Hit by Houthi Drone

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. (PTI)

Maldives may be small but it doesn't give them license to bully us: President Muizzu

Some Indian nationals were duped and fraudulently recruited by foreign private militia groups as non-combatant security helpers with the Russian Army. (AP)

India in touch with Russia for discharge of Indians: Official

An Israel-affiliated merchant vessel, MV Chem Pluto, that was moving towards India with crude oil was hit by a drone on Saturday in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast. The Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard rushed their aircraft and ships to aid the merchant vessel. (Representational Image: DC)

Drone strikes tanker carrying oil for India

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks to India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, second left, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. ( AP/PTI)

Putin vows to boost ties with India amid turmoil

The Qatari Court's decision provides substantial relief to the individuals who had challenged the initial verdict. (Representational Image)

Qatar court commutes death sentence of 8 Navy veterans

COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (C) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Simon Stiell (L) and other officials attend a plenary session during the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 13, 2023. (AFP)

COP28 seals deal on fossil fuels

Modi Defends Indian Interests Well, Says Putin

The British tourists were placed third with over 8,000 arrivals. Tourist arrivals to the island nation had slumped since the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that left 270 persons, including 11 Indians, dead and over 500 injured. (File Image)

Sri Lanka Implements Free Tourist Visas to Nationals From India

Pakistan President Arif Alvi. (Image Source: Twitter)

Pakistan President advances elections by 3 days on SC's direction

Columns

Sunil Gatade

Sunil Gatade | Is the absence of a ‘big idea’ hurting the BJP?

Analysis reveals Prime Minister Modi's diminishing impact as opposition highlights governance failures and divisive tactics.

Dilip Cherian

Dilip Cherian | Wheels of discord: IPS officer in Haryana has an odd complaint

Senior IPS Officer Y. Puran Kumar Raises Eyebrows with Complaint of Car Discrimination Amid Lok Sabha Elections

Sanjeev Ahluwalia

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The choice in Elections 2024: A grand spectacle or a wake?

Modi's "Guarantee 2024" vs Congress' "Nyay Patra" - A Clash of Narratives

Aakar Patel

Aakar Patel | If India becomes a Hindu Rashtra, will there be any difference at all?

Exploring the historical context and implications of the term "Hindu Rashtra" in light of constitutional and legal frameworks.

South Asia

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a mural in Beijing, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

Queues snaked around malls and outside office complexes on Monday as people waited to be swabbed for samples by health workers

Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses the media representatives during his visit at the Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president

Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka at the Parliament complex before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya

People sit by the swimming pool as they throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence on the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022.

Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa hits airport standoff in escape attempt

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a 'peaceful transition of power'

Sri Lankans wait at a fuel station after spending hours to unsuccessfully buy kerosene oil in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Lankan fuel pumps may go dry by April end; India's credit line exhausting fast

People have been protesting for weeks over lengthy power cuts and shortage of gas, food and other basic goods

Protestors burn an effigy of acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as they demand his resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Voting begins to elect Sri Lanka's new president in three-cornered contest

A candidate has to cross the magical figure of 113 in the 225-member House to win the election

Asia

The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country. (AFP file image)

WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations

Passengers are seen upon their arrival at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport from other countries, in Shanghai on January 8, 2023. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China welcomes first batch of int'l travellers after scrapping of quarantine norms

First flights under China's new 'no quarantine' rules for international travellers landed at airports in Guangzhou and Shenzhen on Sunday

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a bilateral meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo: AP)

PM Modi holds talks with British counterpart Sunak

After his talks with Sunak, Modi said India attaches great importance to the robust India-UK ties

Aviation ground crew wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) working on an aircraft that flew in from abroad at the airport in Yantai in China's eastern Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)

China to reopen borders, scrap quarantine for international travellers from Jan 8

Previously passengers coming from abroad had to mandatorily stay in over two weeks of quarantine in government accommodations

Middle East

Al Jazeera journalist Shereen Abu Aqleh (Image credit: Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

Ali Samoudi, another Palestinian journalist, was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the back

The spokesperson emphasised the fact that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had kept flying in and out of Kabul under "difficult circumstances" when others had ceased their operations. (AP Image)

Pakistan opens air route to Afghanistan for commercial cargo

Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan International Airlines said that it had immediately suspended its operation in Kabul citing 'security reasons'

Afghans wait to receive food rations organized by the World Food Program (WFP) in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province. eastern of Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

UN expresses concern over human rights violations in Afghanistan

The UNAMA Human Rights said that there is a need for investigations, transparency and accountability of such cases

Taliban fighters working as a police force stand guard at the entrance gate of a police district in Kabul. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

US, Taliban to hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal

Since the Taliban took power, IS extremists have ramped up attacks on the militant group, as well as ethnic and religious minorities

The Taliban has recently requested India's aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to resume commercial flight operations to Kabul. (Representational image: AFP)

Turkey, Uzbekistan to resume flights to Kabul; India yet to decide on services

It will be the first time Kabul is hosting commercial flights from the two countries after the Taliban takeover

Africa

Japanese MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, can be seen from the coast of Mauritius. The oil spill disaster turned deadly this week when a tugboat leaving the shipwreck collided with a barge and sank, killing at least three sailors, police said Tuesday Sept. 1, 2020. (AP)

Mauritius oil spill ship operator to pay $9.4 million

More than 1,000 tonnes of oil is believed to have leaked from the ship, with the rest siphoned out before it spilled

Without practicing social distancing, people queue for social grant payments at a post office in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge. (AP)

African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

African health officials also worry that the continent will suffer as richer countries buy up supplies

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a televised announcement from Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. (AFP)

Maduro announces arrest of 'American spy' near Venezuelan refineries

The arrest occurred after a 'plan to cause an explosion' was 'discovered and dismantled' at El Palito refinery, authorities say

The Biden administration has proposed a massive hike in immigration fees, including the much sought-after H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers.

Biden administration proposes massive hike in immigration fees including H-1B visas

The application for the H-1B visa increases from USD 460 to USD 780, and L-1 from USD 460 to USD 1,385

Europe

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (AP)

Blinken to visit Kyiv on Sunday: Zelensky

It will be the first official visit by US government officials since the February 24 invasion

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. (AP)

Russia 'would deploy nuclear arms' near Finland, Sweden if join NATO

Finland said this week it will decide whether to apply for NATO membership within weeks and Sweden is also discussing membership

In this photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, attends Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (AP)

Boris Johnson to resign, will stay UK PM until new leader elected

The move came after days of high drama and a steady stream of resignations from his Cabinet since Tuesday

A Ukrainian man rides his bicycle near to a factory and a store burning after been bombarded in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Russia announces opening of humanitarian corridors in Kyiv, other cities

Russian forces, for humanitarian purposes, are declaring a 'regime of silence' from 10:00 am on 7 March, the Russian defence ministry said

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach attends a press conference on controlled supply of cannabis to adults, in Berlin, on October 26, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Germany unveils cannabis liberalisation plan, with caveats

The plan calls for the sale of cannabis to adults at licensed outlets, and the aim is to combat the black market

Americas

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department, in Washington, DC. (PTI Photo)

U.S. monitoring rise in human rights abuses in India: Antony Blinken

Ministers Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the briefing, did not comment on the human rights issue

Demonstrators burn a placard depicting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi during a Sikh rally outside the Consulate General of India, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 25, 2023, following the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (AFP)

SFJ protests grip Indian missions in Canada

According to Canadian TV channel CTV News, the protesters burned the Indian flag and shouted slogans against India

A woman shows a poster in support of the Ukraine at a demonstration along the street near the Russian embassy to protest against the escalation of the tension between Russia and Ukraine in Berlin, Germany (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

US sanctions Russia for 'beginning' invasion of Ukraine

Russia's upper house, the Federation Council, gave Putin unanimous approval to deploy 'peacekeepers' to two breakaway Ukrainian regions

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price (AP)

Not familiar with it, familiar with shared values with India: US on BBC documentary

Price said that there are numerous elements that bolster the US' global strategic partnership with India

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