China continues to amass forces, build military infrastructure on border with India: Pentagon

Washington (IANS) The US Pentagon has said that China continues to amass forces and build military infrastructure across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India.

Addressing a briefing, Brigadier General Pat Ryder, Press Secretary of the…

Iran expelled from UN panel on women; India abstains on vote

United Nations (IANS) In an unprecedented move, Iran has been expelled from the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a vote on which India abstained.

The US proposal at the UN Economic and Social Council to remove Iran from the…

Jaishankar discusses India's G20 leadership with Guterres

United Nations (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres working together on G20, which is being led by India.

Jaishankar tweeted after their meeting here on Wednesday that they…

UNSC reform: Jaishankar cites Covid vaccine source as example of changed world order

United Nations (IANS) India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar cited on Wednesday India's role in becoming the world's vaccinator in the Covid pandemic to demonstrate how the world order has changed requiring Security Council reforms.

Forest fire destroys 46 homes in Chile, kills one person

Santiago (IANS) A forest fire in Chile's Metropolitan region has left one person dead, five people injured and 46 homes destroyed after razing at least 659 hectares of land, authorities said.

The Interior and Public Security Ministry's…

Second Russian shopping mall mysteriously destroyed by fire raising suspicions of sabotage

Moscow (IANS) A new inferno at a Russian shopping mall on Monday has raised suspicions of coordinated sabotage attacks, the media reported.

StroyPark Mall in Balashikha, to the east of Moscow, was filmed in flames early Monday as thick black…

Proposed laws to compel Australian companies to reveal climate efforts

Canberra (IANS) The Australian government has announced new laws that will force big companies to disclose their emissions reduction efforts.

In a speech on Monday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said that the proposed Australian climate risk disclosure…

First G20 meeting of finance & central bank deputies on Dec 13 in B'luru

New Delhi (IANS) The first meeting of the Finance and Central Bank Deputies under the G20 presidency of India will be held between December 13 and 15 in Bengaluru.

This meeting, which will mark the start of discussions on the Finance Track…

White House, Congress remain underwater in approval ratings: Survey

Washington (IANS) The White House and Congress remained underwater in their approval ratings, according to a new Gallup survey.

President Joe Biden's approval rating stands at 40 per cent, with 55 per cent disapproving of the way he is…

9 dead in Indonesia coal mine explosion

Jakarta (IANS) A coal mine explosion in Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Friday, leaving nine workers dead, two others injured and one missing, an official said.

The explosion in the mine located in Sawahlunto town occurred at about…