Blinken visits Israel in an effort to minimise civilian causalities

IANS | November 3, 2023 9:52 PM

Tel Aviv, Nov 3 (IANS) U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials of his government in an effort to push for concrete steps to minimise the civilian casualties in Gaza and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the besieged Strip.

Strength of a nation is most impactful defence and deterrent: VP

IANS | November 3, 2023 3:24 PM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) While the world rightly acknowledges India as a land of great spiritual thinkers, it has also been the ‘Karm bhoomi’ of some of the finest strategic minds and hard-nosed realists. Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankhar said this on Friday during the Indian Army's 'Chanakya Defence Dialogue' in the national Capital.