New Delhi: India has become the world's most populous nation, and for the country's new mothers it is a moment of great hope but also anxiety as they face an uncertain future. Phenomenal economic growth in recent decades has had a transformative effect on Indian families,
Beijing: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is planning to open a liaison office in Japan, its first in Asia, to conduct consultations with its key allies in the region, the Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. The station will allow the military alliance to facilitate periodic
Rome: A new report on global food insecurity is "a stinging indictment" of humanity's failure to end hunger, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. Around 258 million people in 58 countries faced "acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels" in 2022, according to the latest
Beijing: State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Pakistan from May 5 to 6 and attend the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue in Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning announced on Thursday. Sharing the relevant arrangements for the visit, she said that this is
Beijing: China sincerely hopes Myanmar will achieve stability and national development, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang said during his visit to Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw, during which China and Myanmar agreed to further promote comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries
Gaza/Jerusalem: A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on April 2, 2023, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had agreed to a ceasefire. Earlier, Israeli jets struck in Gaza as armed groups
Tehran: A second US oil tanker has been "seized by Iran" in the Strait of Hormuz, said the US Navy, as the tensions have been growing with Washington in the gulf waters, reported Reuters. According to the Bahrain-based US Navy Fifth Fleet: "The Panama-flagged oil tanker
Panaji, India: India’s foreign minister is expected to hold bilateral talks Thursday with counterparts from China and Russia ahead of a Central Asian security forum meeting. Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation began arriving in host India’s tourist hotspot Goa, where they are expected to
Nairobi: Kenya is currently mourning the hundreds of people including children, found dead in mass graves on a ranch deep in Kenya’s Shakahola Forest. Hundreds more are still missing. These deaths are allegedly a result of the sermons of Pastor Paul Mackenzie, who successfully persuaded the followers
Toronto: Major disruptions will occur in the job market over the next five years as more companies adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the global economy worsens, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said in its latest report. AI and economic and social conditions are expected to