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22 March 2023
Global Diplomacy
Japan PM Fumio Kishida arrives in India; set to discuss defense, tech deals
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in New Delhi today morning to explore ways to boost bilateral ties in a range of areas,...
International Crime Court issues arrest warrant for Putin over human rights violations
The International Criminal Court issued warrants of arrest for Russian President Vladimir Putin and official Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova...
US releases video showing Russian jet dumping fuel on drone
The US today released a minute-long declassified video footage of an armed Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting what it called "an...
Biden invites Sunak to White House; likely to discuss fostering economic ties
US President Joe Biden invited British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to the White House in June.
US President proposes doubling down on financial aid to Pakistan
US President Joe Biden has proposed to double the economic support fund to cash-strapped Pakistan to USD 82 million for the fiscal year...
Col Geeta Rana Becomes the First Lady Officer to be posted in Ladakh near China Border
Col Geeta Rana of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) made history by becoming the first woman army officer to be given the charge of...
China pegs lowest economic targets in decades
China announced one of its lowest economic growth targets in years, kicking off meetings of its rubber-stamp parliament set to hand Xi...
Quad ministers review maritime security
The foreign ministers of Quad countries reaffirmed the grouping's commitment for a free and open Indo-Pacific, and said it strongly supports...
School girls deliberately poisoned to stall education, admits Iranian minister
An Iranian deputy minister said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for...
Six dead as fresh quake strikes Turkey-Syria border
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria on Monday evening, killing six people and sparking...
BJP government vs George Soros: What all parties are saying
This week, the headlines were all about the feud between billionaire investor George Soros and the BJP government over the former’s...
Russia hits Kyiv’s largest oil refinery in fresh attack
Russia bombarded Ukraine with missiles and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said.
Turkey-Syria quake: Survivors still being rescued as death toll crosses 45,000
Turkish rescuers have pulled three people, including a child, alive from the rubble 13 days after a massive quake claimed tens of thousands...
Another quake hits Turkey as death toll climbs to 35,000
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the death toll in Turkey due to last week’s earthquake has increased to 35,418.
US shoots down four ‘unidentified objects’ in a week
The US military shot down an unidentified object flying above Michigan, making it the fourth airborne object downed by American forces in...
Turkey-Syria quake: As death toll crosses 23,000, infant found alive in collapsed building
A number of small children were rescued from rubble by rescue crews searching for survivors on the fifth day after a major earthquake struck...
Death toll in Turkey-Syria quake crosses 15,000
With the death toll crossing 15,000 due to devastating earthquakes across Turkey and Syria, anger has mounted in the quake-hit pockets over...
US recovers parts of Chinese spy balloon; triggers row
United States authorities have begun collecting remnants of the Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down on Sunday, sparking a...
US to help Ukraine with seized Russian capital
United States' Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he had authorised the United States to begin using seized Russian money to aid...
Ex-Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf passes away
Former President of Pakistan and Army chief Pervez Musharraf passed away at a private hospital in Dubai. He was 79.
India celebrates 74th Republic Day event with Egypt President as chief guest
India has celebrated its 74th Republic Day on a revamped ceremonial boulevard in Delhi, with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as a...
Russia warns it will destroy tanks supplied to Ukraine
Russia said that if Western countries supply Ukraine with heavy tanks they will be destroyed on the battlefield, as Kyiv awaits a decision...
First G20 health working group meet to kick off in Kerala from today
The first Health Working Group meeting under India's G20 presidency will be held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala during January 18-20, the...
Ukraine calls for faster artillery supplies as Russia steps up attack
Ukraine insisted on the need for faster supplies of weapons from the West with the central city of Dnipro reeling from a Russian missile...