Manila: The Philippines and the United States will this year carry out their biggest joint military drills since 2015, Manila’s army chief said, against a backdrop of growing tensions with China in the South China Sea. The exercises underscore improved ties with the United States under
Jakarta: A boat carrying about 50 Rohingya Muslims arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, a local official said, the latest in a wave of landings as hundreds flee desperate conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps. Miftah Cut Ade, a senior member of the area's traditional fishing
Geneva: An inflatable rubber boat carrying migrants wrecked off the coast of Libya and 73 people were missing and presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said. It was the latest tragedy involving migrants seeking better lives in Europe. The U.N. International Organization for Migration said in
United Nations: Marking one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN General Assembly will vote next week on a draft resolution stressing "the need to reach, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in line with the founding United Nations Charter. It again
New Delhi: In the financial year 2021-22, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received nearly 80% (Rs 614 crore) of the total funds (Rs 780 crore) donated to the eight national parties in the country, the latest report published by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) revealed. The
Tamil Nadu: An Army soldier succumbed to his injuries after he was was allegedly beaten up by a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and his relatives over a dispute of washing clothes near a public water tap in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district, The Indian Express reported,
New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to probe the Adani Group’s debt exposure to prevent a possible collapse of India’s banking system. Ramesh has been at the forefront of demanding a
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is being used as a tool by anti-India forces, a magazine associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) alleged in an article published on Wednesday. “After efforts to save terrorists in the name of human rights, creating hurdles in India’s growth
Mumbai: Indian tax officials examined mobile phones and laptops used by some BBC editorial and administrative employees, two sources told Reuters, as an inspection at the British broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai entered a third day on Thursday. Tax officials had remained at the
Karnataka: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka chief Nalin Kumar Kateel urged people to chase away supporters of 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan “to the forest”, The Indian Express reported. The BJP claims that Tipu Sultan was a tyrant who destroyed many temples and villages and converted