Germany will send more weapons to Israel, says Scholz
BERLIN: Germany will supply more weapons to Israel soon, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, after a significant drop in deliveries this year prompted opposition accusations that Berlin deliberately delayed the exports. “We have not decided not to supply weapons. We have supplied weapons and we will supply weapons,” Scholz told parliament at an event […]
Israel ramps up Gaza shelling, blocks aid routes
GAZA: The Israeli army intensified shelling of northern Gaza and closed roads, preventing the delivery of aid, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday. At least 18 people were killed in overnight military strikes on Gaza, Palestinian medics said, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid on the Jabalia refugee camp […]
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata dies at 86
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Ratan Naval Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who transformed a staid group into India’s largest and most influential conglomerate with a string of eye-catching deals, has died. He was 86. Tata, who was chairman of the salt to software group for more than two decades, breathed his last at south Mumbai’s Breach […]
Floods, landslides leave 15 dead in Meghalaya
GUWAHATI: At least 15 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya over the last four days, officials said on Monday. More rain is expected in parts of the state through this week, with the India Meteorological Department forecasting “isolated heavy rainfall”. The weather department […]
BJP Govt at Centre will fall soon: Akhilesh Yadav
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has said that the BJP government at the Center will not last long and is going to fall soon. “The BJP government has betrayed the farmers, youth, and businessmen. Every class is troubled by the wrong policies of the BJP. Inflation and unemployment are at their peak in the […]
Khamenei decorates commander for Israel attack
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader has decorated the Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander for the Islamic republic’s missile attacks on arch-foe Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website said on Sunday. “Ayatollah Khamenei presented the Order of Fath ( “Conquest” in Farsi) to General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Guards Aerospace Force,” it said. Hajizadeh, 62, has headed the […]
Concern over use of AI to influence US election
WASHINGTON: The US sees a growing threat of Russia, Iran and China attempting to influence the Nov 5 elections, including by using artificial intelligence to disseminate fake or divisive information, according to an annual US threat assessment released on Wednesday. Russian “influence actors” have amplified stories about migrants entering the US in an attempt to […]
‘Pothole-free Delhi’: CM Atishi, ministers inspect roads
Delhi cabinet ministers led by Chief Minister Atishi hit the ground running on Monday morning, inspecting and identifying damaged roads across the city to ensure a pothole-free national capital by Diwali. Atishi, accompanied by Public Works Department (PWD) engineers, visited different areas in south and southeast Delhi. In a post on X, the chief minister […]
170 dead in Nepal floods, landslides after rains
KATHMANDU: Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation killed 170 people, with dozens more missing, officials said on Sunday. The floods brought traffic and normal activity to a standstill in the Kathmandu valley over the weekend, though domestic flights resumed […]
Charanjit Singh Channi to head Parliamentary panel on agriculture
Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi was on Thursday appointed chairman of the key department related parliamentary committee on agriculture with the Lok Sabha Speaker consituting all 24 panels — 16 of Lok Sabha and eight of Rajya Sabha. Congress has bagged the presidency of four panels — Shashi Tharoor (external […]