Moscow, Oct 5 (IANS) Reacting to reports about suspected outbreak of ‘plague’ in the Irkutsk region, Russian Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Monday said that professional assessments and official statements should be heeded, not idle gossip and hearsay.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Japan’s business engagement with India is steadily accelerating and now outpaces the growth of Japan-China business engagement, a new report has said, highlighting the importance of Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s recent visit to India.
Dubai, Oct 5 (IANS) India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday discussed ways to further expand trade, investment and business cooperation.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which has found a new friend in the Pakistani establishment, is set to step up attacks against Deobandi organisations that are supportive of the Afghan Taliban.
Paris, Oct 5 (IANS) Around 500 secondary schools in France are expected to remain shut or partially closed on Monday as another day of mobilisation is planned for Tuesday, after several days of protests which involved clashes with police, damage to schools, and violence on roads.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The 2026 Nobel for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics -- a technique that has transformed the study of the brain, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm said on Monday.
Kathmandu, Oct 5 (IANS) The Nepali government has decided to call off the search and rescue operations launched following the deadly floods that struck the country on August 26, as hopes of finding survivors have faded, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India and Switzerland on Monday signed several MoUs to deepen their cooperation across sectors, including sustainable infrastructure development, exchange of young professionals, innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) An underground market for access to Anthropic’s AI model Claude has rapidly expanded in China, with brokers reselling account tokens to domestic users even as the service is officially blocked in the country, a new report has said.
Taipei, Oct 5 (IANS) Taiwan will never agree to trade its independence for China's embrace, as it is a reality rooted in democracy, identity, and hard-won freedom, with Tibet's experience showcasing what happens when nations trust Beijing's promises - autonomy becomes occupation, culture becomes propaganda, and freedom becomes repression, according to a media report.
