Porbandar, Nov 19 (IANS) The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) on Saturday reportedly captured six Indian boats off the Gujarat coast with at least 36 fishermen aboard. According to Manish Lodhari, Secretary of the National…
Abu Dhabi, Nov 19 (IANS/WAM) UAE and Canadian officials discussed bilateral ties and ways to enhance cooperation in all fields on Saturday. Mohammed Saif Hilal Al Shihi, UAE Ambassador to Canada, met Geoff Regan, Speaker…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who has suffered kidney failure and is waiting for a transplant, on Saturday was under close observation of a team of top doctors at the…
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday flagged off the Indo-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Motor Rally from a hotel in Guwahati and said that the rally is a first step towards boosting trade…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) The United States Consulate in Chennai handles nearly 1,600 visa applications every day even as the number of Indian students studying in the US registered the largest growth for the second…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) With his new book “Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy” hitting the bookstands, former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon has said that the likelihood of Pakistan using tactical nuclear…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) The United States Consulate in Chennai handles nearly 16,000 visa applications every day even as the number of Indian students studying in the US registered the largest growth for the second…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Nov 19 (IANS) India has opposed a UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, saying it goes against Indian law and the sovereign right of countries to…
Kathmandu/New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) India’s demonetisation of high-value currency has hit hard the tens of thousands of Nepali migrant workers employed in India as security guards, daily wagers, domestic helps and others who receive…
By Vishal Gulati Marrakech, Nov 19 (IANS) Nearly 200 countries reiterated global climate action across a broad range of areas at the 2016 UN climate Change conference as they fast-tracked the political and practical aims…
Islamabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Pakistan, Russia and China will hold consultations on Afghanistan in December to explore ways to reach reconciliation and restore peace in the war-torn country, an official here said. “We attach high…
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) US Department of State spokesperson John Kirby has reiterated that India remains and will remain Washington’s key partner and strong bilateral relations will also continue. While responding to a question on…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Israel on Friday expressed its commitment for ‘Make in India and Make with India’ in the security domain, said a industry release. Participating at a ‘Round table on Indo-Israel Cooperation…
By Kushagra Dixit Marrakech, Nov 18 (IANS) As the Marrakech Climate Talks — hailed as the COP of action, comes to an end, Indian Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said that whatever issues India had…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) India on Friday signed a revised double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with Cyprus, an official statement said here. “A revised agreement between India and Cyprus for the Avoidance of Double…
By Vishal Gulati Marrakech, Nov 18 (IANS) A high-level summit on climate action in this Moroccan city has brought together global leaders to make a range of announcements, which are accelerating action to fast-track the…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) India and Britain on Friday signed three more bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) taking the total number of these pacts to a total of 111 so far, an official statement…
Chandigarh, Nov 18 (IANS) The 12th edition of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) biennial agro technology and business fair, Agro Tech 2016, will be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee and his visiting Israeli counterpart…
By Vishal Gulati Marrakech, Nov 18 (IANS) The Climate Vulnerable Forum — a group comprising over 40 countries — on Friday agreed to meet 100 per cent domestic renewable energy production as rapidly as possible…
Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Pakistan has said Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s recent statement on no-first-use of nuclear weapons “amounts to nothing”. “Pakistan believes the ambiguous ‘no-first-use’ declaration is not verifiable and amounts to nothing….