New Delhi: Apple inaugurated its first retail store in India on Tuesday showing its increased focus on the market in the country as people queued outside the store to be among the first to enter. The store located in Reliance-owned Jio World Drive mall in Mumbai,
New Delhi: General (r) Shankar Roychowdhury, former chief of the Indian Army, said that the primary responsibility for the deaths of Central Reserve Police Force soldiers in the Pulwama incident rests “on the government headed by the Prime Minister, who is advised by the national
Belfast, Northern Ireland: Former US President Bill Clinton and past leaders of the UK and Ireland are gathering in Belfast on Monday, 25 years after their charm, clout and determination helped Northern Ireland strike a historic peace accord. They are meeting for an anniversary conference in
New York: The US Navy’s 7th Fleet said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” through waters “where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law”. TAIPEI: The US warship USS Milius sailed through the Taiwan
United Nations: The World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, temporarily halted all operations, as a result of the fighting between rival military groups in Sudan, which led to the deaths of three WFP employees on Saturday. According to a statement attributable to WFP’s Executive
Kyiv: More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal full-scale war last February. While celebrations were
Sydney: At least 50 climate change activists were charged with unlawful demonstration near Australia's largest coal export port on Sunday after protesters climbed on a coal train and shovelled the coal. New South Wales state police said 47 demonstrators were charged with "rail corridor offences", two
Karuizawa, Japan: Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are vowing a tough stance on China’s increasing threats to Taiwan and on North Korea’s unchecked tests of long-range missiles, while building momentum on ways to boost support for Ukraine and punish Russia for
United Nations: Without $97 billion in extra funding, a range of countries will fail to meet their 2030 national education targets, a new UN report has revealed, calling for an urgent review of financing. The paper ‘Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks?’ by the Global
New Delhi: The arrest of an Indian soldier over the killing of four others at a military base has brought into focus the issue of fratricide in the country's military and paramilitary forces. Fratricide, in military parlance, refers to a soldier or security personnel killing their