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New Delhi : India and Bulgaria have called for the early implementation of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), emphasising that the pact will play a crucial role in significantly boosting economic and commercial engagement…

Milwaukee : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal met with Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Senator Don Farrell on Thursday (local time) on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting, where both leaders…

Florida : SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 first-stage booster at Landing Zone 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shortly after launching the Dragon spacecraft into orbit on Thursday, beginning NASA’s Crew-13 mission to the…

New Delhi : India’s plans to acquire 114 Rafale fighter jets is moving ahead with Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh stating on Thursday that the project is likely to be completed by the end of this financial year. The Indian side is…

Tel Aviv : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, for saving passengers after he was stabbed by his colleague in an alleged attempt to crash the plane on…

Tel Aviv : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his "unbelievable courage" after he was seriously injured in a mid-air attack aboard an Israel-bound flydubai flight, saying the pilot…

Kabul : An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Afghanistan on Thursday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 6:59:20 am IST at a depth of 126 km. In a post shared on X, the…

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, during which the two leaders comprehensively reviewed bilateral cooperation across key sectors including trade,…

Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday (local time) commended Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his "extraordinary bravery" after the Dubai-based Indian pilot’s heroics saved the day aboard flydubai flight…

Tel Aviv : Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said that the evidence indicates that the flydubai pilot stabbed his fellow pilot, who he claimed intended to crash the plane. Referring to the Tel Aviv-bound flydubai…

Myagdi : The death toll from last week's rain-induced disaster in Nepal has risen to 35, as survivors in several parts of the country, particularly western Nepal, struggle to return to their settlements amid widespread destruction caused by…

New York : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (local time) and discussed ongoing conflicts and the need to mitigate their impact, especially on the Global South. In a…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said Iran would “give up” and claimed that the United States had taken more oil out of the Strait of Hormuz over the previous couple of days than at any point in history.…

New Delhi : United States Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Tuesday hosted the US Ambassadors Regional Conference in India, convening American envoys and Chiefs of Mission stationed across South and Central Asia to review regional…

Washington DC : United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) signed an executive order formally directing the federal government to replace the terms "Artificial Intelligence" and "AI" with "Super Intelligence" and "SI"…

Washington DC : United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) launched America.gov, describing the new federal portal as "one of the most revolutionary product launches of all time," designed to put the entire machinery of…

Washington DC : United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) hosted a high-level luncheon at the White House with leading technology industry executives, including SpaceX and Tesla chief Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg,…

New Delhi : India is in talks with China to explore Xinjiang airspace as an alternate route for Indian airlines amid Pakistan airspace ban, sources said on Tuesday. "The Indian government is in talks with China over airspace. The Indian…

New Delhi : India and the United States have examined avenues to expand bilateral defence collaboration alongside deliberating upon shifting security imperatives across the Indo-Pacific region. The talks took place on Monday in the…

New Delhi : Oman Ambassador to India Issa Saleh Abdullah Alshibani on Monday highlighted Oman's focus on renewable energy and green hydrogen, saying the country has formulated a policy for green hydrogen and is working towards developing…