Several European countries are advising their residents to be ready for war even as Russia and Ukraine witnessed a grim milestone recently – the 1,000th day of conflict. Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark have issued advisories that ask citizens to make sure they sustain themselves in case of a crisis. While Sweden started sending out…
The US presidential election is one such event that gets the massive attention of the whole world, and the results of 2024’s polls were much more awaited as it was being seen as either a comeback of Trump or as the end of his political career. Now Donald Trump has won the 2024 election as…
Bengaluru: Donald Trump’s presidency in the United States is going to be “pro-business and pro-growth” and good for the tech services industry, Wipro Executive Chairman Rishad Premji said at an event in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Indian companies and investors will keep a close eye on Donald Trump’s return to the White House to assess the…
Brasilia: Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet, suspected of involvement in an alleged plan to kill then-President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022, days before he took office. Documents seized by police revealed a plan to shoot or poison Lula and his Vice President-elect…
Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile was estimated at 6,604.4 kilos as of October 26 (Representational) Vienna: The UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said that Iran’s estimated stockpile of enriched uranium had reached more than 32 times the limit set in a 2015 accord between Iran and world powers to limit its nuclear programme. According to a…
Marius Borg Hoiby, the 27-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of rape. He was taken into custody on Monday in Oslo on a preliminary charge of having sexual intercourse with someone unconscious or unable to resist the act, CNN reported. Police specified that he is accused of carrying out a…
Rio de Janeiro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and took stock of the full range of bilateral ties while reaffirming India’s commitment to improving cooperation in sectors like energy, biofuels, defence and agriculture. Modi, who arrived in the Brazilian city on Sunday after concluding a two-day…
Geneva: The UN said Tuesday that over 200 children have been killed in Lebanon since Israel escalated attacks targeting Hezbollah in September. “Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two months, a disconcerting pattern has emerged: their deaths are met with inertia from those able to stop this violence,” James Elder,…
New Delhi: Palestine on Tuesday expressed its deep gratitude to India for releasing the second tranche of $2.5 million financial aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), thus fulfilling its pledged annual contribution of $5 million for the year 2024-2025. In a statement, the Palestinian…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched GSAT-20 – ISRO’s latest communications satellite Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched GSAT-20 – ISRO’s latest communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida on November 19th. The launch had utilised Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket. This is a unique collaboration as this indicates the first major commercial partnership between SpaceX and ISRO. The…
