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WASHINGTON: US vice president JD Vance has reportedly reached out to one of Iran's “most powerful hardliner” as President Donald Trump weighs the possibility of resuming military action against Iran following next week’s midterm elections. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Vance sent a letter, at Trump’s direction, to Mohsen Rezaei, a senior figure in Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a former longtime commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)....more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said a meeting would soon be arranged involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort to end the war between their countries, now in its fifth year. “I think with Russia, we’re making a lot of progress with Russia-Ukraine,” Trump told reporters early Wednesday after returning from Texas, where he held two midterm election campaign rallies. “There’ll be a meeting set up here soon,” he added, “with President Putin and President Zelenskyy.”...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
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
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
NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi believes there is more to her story than what has been written about her over the years. Her upcoming memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love will offer her account, though she expects readers to have differing reactions, the Congress leader said on Tuesday. “There’s bound to be some tamasha when this book comes out,” Gandhi said in a video....more
CEBU, Oct 28: India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Cebu, Philippines on Wednesday. The meeting marked a vital opportunity to review the progress under the India-US Major Defence Partnership. Reflecting on the ongoing collaboration, both sides noted the robust progression of their foundational security agreements and explored fresh pathways to accelerate operational readiness, technology sharing and defence industrial integration....more
SULTANPUR: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, has been acquitted in a defamation case over his remarks against then-BJP president and currrent Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. A court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur pronounced Gandhi 'not guilty' stating that his remarks were not defamatory....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
MADRID: At least 64 people were killed after two high-speed trains collided in Spain’s Toledo province on Wednesday. The crash, the country’s second deadly railway accident this year, disrupted rail services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia. Rescue workers are searching the wreckage for more bodies. Evacuated passengers were seen walking along a road near the crash site, some covered in blood or with bandaged wounds, while others carried their suitcases. Volunteers distributed water donated by neighbouring towns as emergency services continued rescue operations, as per Spanish media ABC....more
NEW DELHI: The daily drive into Delhi from Noida, Gurugram or Ghaziabad could become difficult for motorists with older petrol and diesel vehicles from November 1, when the capital begins barring entry to vehicles registered outside Delhi that do not meet BS-VI emission standards. The restriction will remain in place until January 31, 2027, as part of Delhi's winter pollution-control plan....more
TEHRAN: Saudi Arabia offered a $1 billion financial package to Yemen's Houthi rebels through an Iran-brokered deal to secure a ceasefire and halt attacks on the kingdom, according to a report by Israel Hayom, an Israeli newspaper. The report by Israel Hayom cites Gulf diplomatic sources and states that the proposal aims to completely halt Houthi strikes on Saudi infrastructure....more
TEL AVIV: As counting of votes continue in Israel's high-stakes election, partial results released by the Central Elections Committee and reported by The Times of Israel show a close race. According to the Central Elections Committee's partial results at 11:35 pm (local time), the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bloc has 53 seats, while the opposing Eisenkot-led bloc holds 48 seats. Arab-led parties, the Joint List and Ra’am have 19 seats. These figures are based on 90 per cent of votes counted across 97.5 per cent of ballot boxes....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 |
'Global Action Must Match Global Ambition': Modi At UN Summit
