Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Saturday flagged off a massive consignment of humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, which is reeling under the devastating impact of Cyclone Ditwah.
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s just-concluded trip to India for a bilateral summit underscored New Delhi’s commitment to strategic autonomy and its freedom of choice in foreign policy, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said on Saturday. His remarks came in the backdrop of US pressure on India to scale back purchases of Russian oil and defence equipment.
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday said that a significant share of India's challenges, including terrorism, stems from the Pakistani Army, asserting that while the threat exists, New Delhi will "deal with it".
Johannesburg, Dec 6 (IANS) The number of people killed in a deadly shooting incident in Pretoria on Saturday has risen to 11, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed.
Asmara, Dec 6 (IANS) India and Eritrea held the third round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in the Eritrean capital Asmara, where the two sides exchanged views on regional issues of mutual interest, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Saturday.
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) India plans to unveil a new voice-enabled Large Language Model ahead of next year's global Artificial Intelligence (AI) summit in New Delhi, a top government official, Abhishek Singh, has told the Silicon Valley community this week, outlining an expansive road map to accelerate the country's AI capabilities.
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) Powerful US media outlets framed the New Delhi summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin as a high-stakes display of India's strategic balancing act.
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) A federal court in Michigan has denied an emergency request from an Indian national seeking to stop US immigration authorities from arresting him during a scheduled check-in next week.
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) A 42-year-old woman from upstate New York has been indicted for her alleged role in an international human smuggling network that federal prosecutors say moved foreign nationals -- primarily Indian citizens -- across the US-Canada border in multiple illicit crossings this year.
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) A senior US lawmaker on Friday urged the Trump Administration to intensify federal scrutiny of corporate use of H-1B visas, warning that major American technology firms are laying off domestic workers even as they continue recruiting thousands of foreign professionals — a trend with direct implications for Indian engineers who make up the single largest group of H-1B beneficiaries.
