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BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said wars are no longer fought with weapons alone and a country could also be weakened by attacking its economy as he stressed on the need to protect India's banking system from cybercriminals and cyberterrorists. Inaugurating the Reserve Bank of India's data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar, Modi said the changing nature of cyber threats required modern infrastructure, stronger computing systems and a skilled workforce....more
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran and its regional allies against any attempt to disrupt their parliamentary elections on October 27. The country’s military is prepared to respond to possible attacks, Netanyahu said on Sunday. He claimed Israeli intelligence detected signs that Iran and its allies could attempt attacks to interfere with the vote....more
PARIS: Global commitments to cut planet-heating emissions are falling far short of the Paris climate goals and put the world on course for 2.6C warming this century, the UN warned Wednesday. The report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) lays bare the chasm between rhetoric and action when it comes to tackling global warming, and the challenge before political leaders at November's COP31 climate summit....more
TEHRAN: Qatari mediators arrived in Tehran on Sunday as efforts continued to ease regional tensions in coordination with the United States. However, Iran has indicated that negotiations with Washington cannot move forward unless its previously stated conditions are accepted. Abbas Gouzardi, spokesman for the speaker of Iran’s parliament, said talks with the US would serve no purpose until Tehran’s seven conditions were met....more
By Deepak Arora
 NEW YORK: Shudh Parkash Singh’s journey from Punjab to the United States began with a family crisis, not a business plan. He came to America nearly four decades ago to seek life-saving treatment for his elder brother. He eventually stayed, took a low-paying job, drove a gypsy cab and entered the gas station business with his brothers. Today, he is the founder and president of JGroup, with interests in commercial real estate, hospitality, retail and restaurants....more
ALWAR: A political row erupted on Friday over Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief Shatrujeet Kapur's purported remarks that the Shaurya platoon, an elite unit of the force, is successfully dealing with a “face-off in Arunachal Pradesh”. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the government of remaining "silent on this grave issue". There was no immediate reaction by government officials or the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)....more
LONDON: Nuclear conflict and the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI), including the development of bioweapons, are among the threats that could potentially lead to human extinction by 2100, according to a report called The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health, released by the general medical journal....more
PARIS: From the streets of Paris and Tirana to Madrid, Rome and Lisbon, a fresh wave of protests has swept across Europe, driven by public anger over rising living costs, housing pressures, government policies and other social grievances. The demonstrations have triggered clashes with police in several countries as authorities struggle to contain the unrest....more
NEW DELHI: VFS Global, the global leader in trusted technology services, has announced the opening of a new Visa Application Centre in Guwahati, reinforcing its commitment to expanding access to international mobility solutions across Northeast India. According to a press release, the centre was jointly inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma; Minister for Tourism Ajanta Neog; Minister for Transport Charan Boro; and Chief Operating Officer, South Asia, VFS Global Yummi Talwar....more
WASHINGTON: The US White House said on Friday that first lady Melania Trump had secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the city of Oleshky, which is set to take effect on October 29. The ceasefire will temporarily halt all military action in Oleshky to allow humanitarian aid to enter the city and facilitate the evacuation of civilians through a designated safe passageway, the White House said in a statement....more
KYIV: Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were now fully functional after over a week of restrictions that disrupted military operations and intensified tensions with the US. Problems with Elon Musk's SpaceX-owned systems came after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel while pressing Kyiv to stop striking Russian oil refineries....more
MOSCOW: Russia agreed Wednesday to resume three-way negotiations next month with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said, potentially setting up the first such talks since February. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to restart the talks after Nov. 10, Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters following a meeting in St. Petersburg between the Russian leader and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff....more
NEW DELHI: Trade ministers of India and the United Kingdom on Monday said their shared ambition is to double the bilateral trade by 2030 as both are committed to utilise mutually beneficial opportunities created under the free trade agreement that entered into force on July 15....more
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday rejected China’s contention that it has “never recognised” the Union Territory of Ladakh as well as its opposition to New Delhi’s naming of features in the region, and emphasised that the Chinese side’s actions cannot change the established fact that Ladakh is “an integral and inalienable part” of the country....more |
'Global Action Must Match Global Ambition': Modi At UN Summit
