New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) India is strengthening the security of its financial infrastructure through a combination of physical decentralisation, indigenous cybersecurity capabilities and independent pool of technical defenders, a new report has said.
Madrid, Oct 28 (IANS) At least 46 people were reportedly killed after two high-speed trains collided in Spain's Toledo province on Wednesday. The accident involved a Renfe AVE service and a private Iryo train, local media reported fearing that the number of casualties might rise further.
Cebu (Philippines), Oct 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, on the sidelines of the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in the Philippines' Cebu on Wednesday, during which both sides took stock of progress on operational coordination, information sharing, and defence industrial cooperation.
London, Oct 28 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation has called on British parliamentarians to recognise that the deepening human rights abuses in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) cannot be viewed solely as a law-and-order issue.
Islamabad, Oct 28 (IANS) Pakistan is among the South Asian countries most affected by online child exploitation, with a comparative study recording approximately 41.3 cases of exposure to child sexual abuse material per 10,000 people in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said.
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Several countries are increasingly going for local currency transactions in cross-border trade instead of using the US dollar as an international currency across all deals. This could, in the long run, reduce the importance that the US dollar currently enjoys in the global financial system, according to a new report.
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Wednesday recalled Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker's visit to India in April this year and said that he and his Austrian counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger will be reviewing the progress on understandings and agreements reached following the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Austrian leader.
Cebu (Philippines), Oct 28 (IANS) India and Japan on Wednesday reviewed defence cooperation and explored new avenues to further strengthen the Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership during a meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Koizumi Shinjiro on the sidelines of the 13th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in the Philippines.
Kabul, Oct 28 (IANS) Heavy clashes were reported between forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the Angoor Ada area of Barmal district in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on Tuesday, local media reported on Wednesday.
Quetta, Oct 28 (IANS) At least three female students were injured after masked gunmen opened fire inside the Girls Degree College in Balochistan's Nushki district, local media reported, citing the college administration.
