India withdraws its envoy, other 'targeted diplomats' from Canada

IANS | October 14, 2024 7:51 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) In what could be one of the lowest points in relations between the two countries, India on Monday evening decided to withdraw its High Commissioner and "other targeted diplomats and officials" from Canada following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's continued "hostility" towards the country.

Innovation thrives in harmony, not isolation: Scindia sets stage for historic WTSA 2024

IANS | October 14, 2024 7:39 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Setting the stage for the historic World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly (WTSA) 2024 in India -- which is being hosted for the first time in the country as well as in Asia-Pacific – Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday inaugurated the fifth Global Standards Symposium (GSS-24) here.

Japan's grassroots anti-nuclear weapon organisation awarded Nobel Peace Prize

IANS | October 11, 2024 3:45 PM

Oslo, Oct 11 (IANS) As nuclear powers modernise their arsenals and threaten their use amid various global conflicts, Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to showcase efforts to rid the world of these weapons of mass destruction.