Miscellaneous

Taipei: Taiwan on Monday marked the "Double Ten" or 10 October, the self-ruled island's national day. The annual celebration is especially significant this year -- tensions with Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory, are at an…

Pyongyang: North Korea on Monday said its recent barrage of missile launches were actually nuclear attack simulation on the South. It comes as intelligence suggests North Korea is preparing to hold its first nuclear weapon test in five…

Kyiv: Ukraine cities came under Russian missile attack on Monday as the war entered 229th day, the country's military chief said 75 missiles have so far been fired in the sudden wave of attacks. General Valerii Zaluzhnyi tweeted that 41 of…

Dhaka: The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), was observed in the country on Sunday with due religious fervor and festivity. In separate messages, President M Abdul Hamid and…

Beijing: China has successfully launched its first solar observatory, nicknamed Kuafu-1, after a giant in Chinese mythology who wished to capture and tame the Sun, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) informs. The…

Washington: Former US President Donald Trump said it is necessary for Russia and Ukraine to start immediate negotiations, otherwise the crisis may turn into World War III and cause global destruction. "And now we have a war between Russia…

New Delhi: India on Friday categorically stated that human rights of the people of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China should be respected and guaranteed. "The human rights of the people of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region…

Washington: The risk of a nuclear "Armageddon" is at its highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, US President Joe Biden has said. Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "not joking" when he spoke of using tactical…

Colombo: China has given away scholarships amounting to Rs 4.3 million to 82 students of Jaffna University. The Island newspaper reported on Friday that Chinese ambassador Qi Zhenhong handed over the money to University Vice Chancellor…

Tokyo: Japanese automaker Toyota issued an apology on Friday to over 296,000 customers who use its T-connect smartphone app as their personal data may have been leaked. "Toyota Motor Corporation discovered that the email addresses and…

Washington: The US Department of Commerce added 31 Chinese companies and entities to its "unverified" export control list in what could be a first step toward adding them to its economic blacklist, according to a federal registry notice.…

New Delhi: If India truly aspires to be a developed nation by 2047, artificial intelligence will help the country reach that destination and bring prosperity to every citizen of the country, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on…

Moscow: SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said on Thursday that despite most of Ukraine's regions wanting to remain Ukrainian the eastern regions prefer Russia. Musk made the statement on Twitter in response to a comment by US Senator…

Bangkok: A mass shooting at a childcare center on Thursday in northeast Thailand's Nong Bua Lamphu province has killed at least 36 people, including 24 children, local authorities said here on Thursday. The victims included 24 children and…

Auckland: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar was accorded a traditional Maori welcome in New Zealand ahead of his official engagements. The Minister shared a video of the welcome on Twitter and appreciated the symbolism associated…

Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala-based agro-business startup has launched a pioneering venture to build India’s first full-stack supply chain connecting banana cultivators, traders and exporters on a single platform, tapping into the country’s…

Washington/Seoul: South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea over Japan on Tuesday a serious provocation during the phone conversation,…

New Delhi: In a telephonic conversation with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated India's call for an early cessation of hostilities and the need to pursue the path of dialogue and…

Jammu: A police officer of Director General rank was found murdered under suspicious circumstances late on Monday night in Udheywala area here. Police sources said that the officer, identified as Hemant Kumar Lohia, DGP Prisons, was found…