File photo: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during the BRICS 12th Parliamentary Forum, at Parliament House, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: In a joint declaration Tuesday, Brics Parliamentary Forum expressed deep concern over the continued escalation of tensions in West Asia, calling for exercise of maximum restraint and condemning attacks on civilians in Brics member-states….
File photo: India and Pakistan flags (Image enhanced using AI) NEW DELHI: India has invited Pakistan for the inaugural meeting of the SCO civilisational dialogue forum that it will host next month.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed the dialogue forum during his visit to Tianjin last year for the SCO summit, saying that it would…
Rahul Gandhi and other petitioners told the SC that the EC appeared to accept Form 6 charges, seeking preservation of SIR records, despite the EC denying all allegations. NEW DELHI: Some of the petitioners, including Rahul Gandhi and INDIA bloc netas, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Election Commission “appeared to have accepted…
File photo: Ladakh’s Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra SRINAGAR: Amid protests by women in large numbers demanding a ban on liquor and declaring Ladakh a dry Union Territory, the administration on Tuesday asked the Ladakhi Buddhist Association’s women’s wing to have wider consultations to build consensus on the issue and find a middle ground.The protesters are…
Pic credit: Kavanaugh Real Estate The 41-acre vineyard estate in Portola Valley, owned by the Fogarty Family Trust associated with the late cardiovascular surgeon and Thomas Fogarty Winery founder Dr Thomas J. Fogarty, sold for $11.04 million in September, the Mountain View Voice reported. The property includes a three-level stone Italian villa with breathtaking views…
US President Donald Trump said the technology should be referred to as “super intelligence”. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration would ban the term “artificial intelligence” in official documents, calling it inaccurate. He said the technology should instead be called “super intelligence”.In a post on Truth Social, Trump questioned why The Wall…
A Pinaka ER rocket and various artillery ammunition shells are displayed at the Munitions India Limited company exhibition stand during the DSEI trade show in London India’s defence industry is capitalising on Europe’s growing appetite for ammunition as the Russia-Ukraine war forces countries to replenish military stockpiles and accelerate rearmament, opening a major export opportunity…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday said that the INDIA bloc’s “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would be held at party president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s residence.This comes after Congress accused the government of denying permission for the event at the state-run Ashoka Hotel.Earlier in the day, Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal said the…
Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Colorado arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (US Navy) The Pentagon has designated the USS Colorado as the first US Navy submarine to join an Australian-based rotational force, strengthening Washington’s undersea military posture in the Indo-Pacific as the US and its allies seek to deter China’s growing naval influence in…
NEW DELHI: Union petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that India was not under any pressure to stop buying Russian oil.During an interaction at the 29th Energy Technology and Innovation Meet, Puri said Indian refiners would purchase crude from suppliers offering the most competitive prices as the country prioritises energy security amid global…
