India seeks deeper shipbuilding, maritime partnership with South Korea: Sonowal

IANS | November 25, 2025 10:16 AM

Seoul, Nov 25 (IANS) India sees South Korea as a strong partner in its efforts to expand shipbuilding capacity and strengthen maritime security, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, said on Tuesday, underscoring New Delhi's ambition to become one of the world's top five shipbuilding nations by 2047.

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.

India to convene Global South Biosecurity Conference as BWC marks 50 years

IANS | November 24, 2025 11:50 PM

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) India is set to host a major international conference next week to mark the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), bringing together representatives from more than 80 countries of the Global South to discuss the evolving challenges of biosecurity, biosafety and emerging biological technologies.

Chhattisgarh: 15 Maoists with Rs 48 lakh bounty surrender in Sukma

IANS | November 24, 2025 11:43 PM

Raipur/Sukma, Nov 24 (IANS) The killing of the most-wanted Maoist commander Madvi Hidma on the Andhra-Chhattisgarh border has triggered a wave of desertions inside the outlawed CPI (Maoist), with fifteen active cadres carrying a combined bounty of nearly fifty lakh rupees laying down arms in Sukma district on Monday.