NATO reacts to Putin’s nuclear threat: ‘Dangerous, irresponsible’.
NATO on Sunday criticised Russia for its "dangerous and irresponsible" nuclear rhetoric, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus."NATO is vigilant, and we are closely monitoring the situation. We have not seen any changes in Russia's nuclear posture that would lead us to adjust our own," a NATO spokesperson said."Russia's reference to NATO's nuclear sharing is totally misleading. NATO allies act with full respect of their international...
India summons Canadian envoy to protest activities of pro-Khalistan groups.
India summoned Canadian high commissioner Cameron MacKay and conveyed its strong concerns about actions by pro-Khalistan elements against the country’s missions in Canada, days after similar protests were lodged with the UK and the US.MacKay was summoned to the external affairs ministry on Saturday, when the Indian side sought an explanation about how “separatist and extremist elements” were able to breach the security of Indian missions in Canada despite the presence of police, the ministry...
‘UNESCO statistics can be misleading’.
The annual statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) show that there were 221,820 children of school age in Kuwait who did not enroll in schools during 2023, including 60,790 children of primary school age, 81,180 middle school boys, and 79,850 students of secondary school age, reports Al-Rai daily. An educational source told the daily the numbers mentioned in the statistic include Kuwaiti and expatriate children.The source described the statistics...
India pushes for equity at crucial climate meeting.
The negotiations leading to the latest synthesis report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealed deep differences between wealthy nations and developing countries like India on funding needed to combat the climate crisis and the role of the developed world in precipitating the emergency.The world’s largest body of climate experts last week delivered another warning on the dangers of exceeding global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius. India made a number of interventions to address...
Massive tornado in Mississippi kills 25, dozens injured; Biden assures help.
Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was killed in Alabama.The tornado devastated a swath of the Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town's water tower....
ISRO successfully launches 36 satellites for OneWeb.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully launched the second batch of 36 satellites for the UK-based OneWeb.“We have lift off! Thanks to our colleagues at @isro and @NSIL_India for a successful launch. If you don’t already, make sure to follow us for more updates throughout the rest of the mission,” OneWeb tweeted at 9.04am on Sunday.This batch of satellites by the UK-based company will be its 18th launch to date, its third this year and the second with ISRO. This...
New Zealand to spend $4 million to help teenagers recover from breakups.
“We know that break-ups hurt,” affirmed a New Zealand government press release on Wednesday, as it launched a campaign ‘Love Better’. The initiative is the government’s approach to family harm prevention as the country hopes to inculcate a life-long attitude among younger generations to ‘deal better with being hurt’.With a planned budget of about $4 million over a span of three years, the campaign is being run by the country’s social development ministry. “The initiative will...
India working to eradicate TB by 2025 against global target of 2030: PM Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is now working on eradicating Tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the global deadline of 2030.PM Modi was speaking at the One World TB Summit at Rudrakash Convention Centre in Varanasi after launching various initiatives, including the TB-Mukt Panchayat, the official pan-India rollout of a shorter TB Preventive Treatment (TPT), a family-centric care model for TB and the release of India’s Annual TB Report 2023.PM Modi also laid the foundation...
Russian missile kills 3 women at Ukraine’s ‘invincibility point’: Report.
A Russian missile slammed into an "invincibility point" set up to offer refuge for Ukrainian civilians, killing at least three women, local officials said on Friday.Four other civilians were also killed during the night, local officials said. The dead included two people killed in heavy Russian shelling of the Sumy region on northern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office said.The invincibility point that was hit overnight in the city of Kostiantynivka in the eastern Donetsk region was one of many...
‘Not interested in assurances’: India messages UK after FIR over London protest.
The Delhi Police have registered a case under several penal provisions, including India’s anti-terror law, against people involved in a violent protest by pro-Khalistan groups outside the Indian high commission in London during which an activist pulled down the national flag.The case was registered by the city police’s special cell, which investigates terrorist activities, a senior police officer said on condition of anonymity on Friday. The first information report (FIR) was registered on...