Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore said on Tuesday that the United Nations (UN) is “not weak by accident, but by design” and also argued that India should replace the United Kingdom (UK) on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to make it stronger. Speaking at the NDTV […]
9thOct 17 At least 28 Palestinians were killed and 160 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people in the Jabalia camp of northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said. Fires broke out in the tents of the displaced individuals in the schoolyard because of the […]
Gandhinagar Germany’s Development Minister Svenja Schulze, who was on a three-day visit to Gujarat to represent her country at the 4th Global Renewable Energy Investor’s (RE-INVEST) meet, said that the problems of the world cannot be solved without India’s involvement. Schulze, who was leading a delegation of around 20 representatives, emphasised the growing importance of […]
United Nations, Sep 27 Defying calls for a ceasefire and the harsh criticism from many world leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to continue the military campaign against Hezbollah and Hamas till there is “total victory”. “Enough is enough,” he said at the high-level General Assembly meeting. “Israel has every right to […]
United Nations, Sep 27 Totally isolated at the world organisation in trying to raise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in a sabre-rattling speech at the General Assembly, on Friday threatened a decisive response to a “limited war” by India that he made up. He made up the claim that India’s “war […]
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow NASA colleague Butch Wilmore, currently stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), expressed their anticipation on Saturday for casting their votes in the 2024 US presidential elections from space. Both astronauts emphasised the significance of fulfilling their civic duty despite being in orbit. Williams […]
Washington US Vice President Kamala Harris raised a record $310 million in July, her campaign announced, more than double of Trump campaign’s $139 million haul for the same month. July was an extraordinary month. First, it saw an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump who was crowned the Republican nominee for President days after, […]
Washington, July 29 In their first week of head-to-head match, Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee for US President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to define the race and each other in their own terms. Harris framed it as a fight between a “prosecutor and a convicted felon”, referring to her […]
New Delhi, July 16 India, Indonesia and Australia on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to advancing their shared values and working together towards a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, prosperous and rules-based Indo-Pacific region. Holding discussions during the India-Indonesia-Australia Trilateral Focal Points Meeting, the three sides explored opportunities for collaboration including under the framework of Indo-Pacific […]
United Nations, July 16 The world should address the “root causes” that caused a “crisis” in Europe and sparked the Ukrainian conflict, while the West must back off from threatening Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Any “political and diplomatic settlement (of the Ukraine conflict) should be accompanied by specific steps aimed […]