Jerusalem, Oct 5 (IANS) The Omani co-pilot who attempted to crash a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv had planned to deliberately crash the aircraft into a building or another plane at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, according to reports in the Israeli media.
Chicago, Oct 5 (IANS) More than a decade of research across archives in India, Britain and the United States has led Indian-American scholar Sridhar D. Damle to a portrait of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar that he says is strikingly different from the political images built around one of modern India’s most contested figures.
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) Global trade is proving unexpectedly resilient despite aggressive US tariffs, the Iran war, high energy prices and growing strains on the rules-based trading system, World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said, pointing to an AI-driven surge in commerce while warning that the system remains vulnerable.
New York, Oct 5 (IANS) The US Coast Guard has announced that it has suspended the search for the six passengers aboard the medical aircraft that crashed off the coast of Nantucket, officials said.
Ottawa, Oct 5 (IANS) India and Canada will begin a crucial fifth round of negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement here Monday, accelerating efforts to conclude a deal before the end of the year as the two countries rapidly expand an economic relationship that only recently emerged from a prolonged diplomatic chill.
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) The Iran conflict could continue through the remainder of President Donald Trump's term and be inherited by his successor, a former senior White House Middle East official warned, as the Trump administration said it was simultaneously pursuing diplomatic and military pressure on Tehran and preparing for further contingencies.
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) Artificial intelligence could transform the lives of farmers and other workers in India and developing countries without posing the same immediate threat to jobs seen in advanced economies, World Bank President Ajay Banga has said, citing an AI initiative helping women farmers in Uttar Pradesh diagnose crop diseases using basic mobile phones.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Swiss Confederation President Guy Parmelin is arriving in India on Monday for a three-day State visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the visit set to focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, science, technology, innovation and mobility.
Brasilia, Oct 5 (IANS) Right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has finished ahead of incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, but failed to cross the 50 per cent mark needed for an outright victory, setting up a closely watched run-off on October 25.
Jerusalem, Oct 5 (IANS) The Israeli Foreign Ministry has said that the world saw Israelis, Emiratis and Indians showing extraordinary courage and standing together against terror during the attack on a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv earlier this week.
