Indian envoy meets Canadian leader, discusses strengthening bilateral ties

IANS | November 25, 2025 9:07 AM

Ottawa, Nov 25 (IANS) In a significant step towards enhancing India-Canada bilateral ties, Indian High Commissioner to the North American country, Dinesh K Patnaik met the Premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, Danielle Smith. Both sides discussed important areas of bilateral partnership, including energy, trade, agriculture, technology collaboration, research, and people-to-people connections.

Volcanic ash plume from Ethiopia moving over North India will not impact AQI: Experts

IANS | November 25, 2025 9:00 AM

New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) A massive ash cloud from the Hayli Gubbi volcanic eruption in northern Ethiopia that drifted across the Arabian Sea and reached India on Monday night is now moving over parts of north India, prompting aviation authorities to issue safety guidelines for airlines. However, it is not expected to impact the air quality as the ash cloud is primarily at mid-levels of the atmosphere, experts said on Tuesday.

Russia plans to start transportation to India and China via Iran next year

IANS | November 24, 2025 9:12 PM

Moscow, Nov 24 (IANS) Russia has planned to start transportation along the Russia-Iran-India and Russia-Iran-China routes within the North-South International Transport Corridor in 2026, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport Andrey Tarasenko was reported as saying by the local media on Monday.