Between Mount Carmel and India: Inside Baha’i World Centre in Israel's Haifa

Elezabeth Kurian | July 6, 2026 9:33 PM

Haifa (Israel), July 6 (IANS) High above the Mediterranean port city of Haifa, 19 terraced gardens unfold in precise symmetry across the slopes of Mount Carmel, forming one of Israel's most visited cultural and spiritual landmarks. Cypress-lined pathways, geometric flower beds and flowing water channels create a landscape that feels suspended between nature and design, leading down to a golden-domed shrine that rises above the city overlooking Haifa's port, coastline and the open sea.

India's 'Operation Amistad' concludes after winning hearts and minds of Venezuelan people

IANS | July 6, 2026 8:32 PM

Caracas, July 6 (IANS) India’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission in Venezuela, Operation Amistad, concluded on Monday with the Army Field Hospital being closed after serving the people of Venezuela following twin earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 on June 24 that claimed over 3,300 lives and caused widespread destruction across the country.

PoJK residents seek food, better living conditions, instead get reprisal

IANS | July 6, 2026 8:24 PM

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The ongoing unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is not a sudden flare-up, but the culmination of decades of political marginalisation, economic injustice, and reprisal, meted out by the political and military masters in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

Balen Shah administration must impart new momentum to Nepal-India relations: Report

IANS | July 6, 2026 8:09 PM

New Delhi/Kathmandu, July 6 (IANS) While Kathmandu acknowledges India's emergence as a rising global power, New Delhi has continued to respect Nepal's sovereignty and strategic autonomy. There are no objective reasons why the relationship between the two countries should not continue to progress smoothly, a report has stated.