China confirms LAC patrolling agreement as PM Modi, Xi Jinping reach Russia for BRICS Summit

 Beijing (IANS) China on Tuesday confirmed the agreement that has been reached between New Delhi and Beijing on the patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China border areas. "Over the past few weeks, China and India…

South Korea considering sending personnel to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops

 Seoul (IANS) South Korea is considering sending a team of personnel to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops being deployed to support Russia, a government source said Tuesday.

Last week, Seoul's spy agency said that North Korea sent…

EAM Jaishankar slams Canadian 'double standards'

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday slammed the "double standards" adopted by the Justin Trudeau-led government in Canada on the way it treats Indian envoys, and its expectations from New Delhi on Canadian diplomats'…

Russia has never done anything to impact India's interests negatively: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's departure to Kazan for the 16th BRICS Summit, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar hailed the longstanding and time-tested India-Russia relationship which has advanced to…

India-China breakthrough: LAC patrol pact enables disengagement ahead of PM Modi's BRICS engagement

Delhi (IANS) In a major breakthrough ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Russia for the BRICS summit, India and China have established arrangements for patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas, which could lead…

PM Modi and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez to inaugurate C-295 aircraft plant in Vadodara

Ahmedabad (IANS) Accompanied by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the final assembly line of Tata Advanced Systems' aircraft manufacturing plant in Vadodara on October 28. 

The plant, a collaboration…

Prabowo Subianto sworn in as Indonesian president

Jakarta (IANS) Indonesia's former army general, Prabowo Subianto, was sworn in as the country's eighth president on Sunday morning at the parliament building, succeeding Joko Widodo, who led the world's fourth most populous nation for…

Drone from Lebanon targets Netanyahu's residence: PM office

Jerusalem (IANS) A drone, launched from Lebanon on Saturday, was targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence in the northern coastal town of Caesarea, the Prime Minister's office said. 

The office said Netanyahu…

Pannun 'murder plot': Gupta pleads not guilty, asks for Hindi-speaking lawyer, return of prayer book

New York (IANS) Nikhil Gupta who has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to attack Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has reiterated his innocence and asked a federal judge for a Hindi-speaking lawyer saying that he was not fluent in English. 

PM Modi to visit Russia for first Summit of expanded BRICS

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit and will also hold bilateral meetings with leaders of the group's members and other invitees, the Ministry of External Affairs announced…