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U.S. defense chief refocuses attention on China security risks

By Idrees Ali SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday tried to refocus attention on China's threat in the Pacific, seeking to alleviate concerns that conflicts in Ukraine

China’s Ambassador-designate to India commits to strengthening bilateral relations

New Delhi , June 1 (ANI): China's Ambassador-designate to India, Xu Feihong, expressed his honour in presenting the Letter of Credence to Droupadi Murmu,...

Biden lays out 3-phase Gaza truce proposal, says ‘it’s time for the war to end’

Hamas said it was ready to engage with any proposal based on a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces, reconstruction of Gaza, return of displaced, and a 'genuine' prisoner swap.

Shangri La Dialogue: President Marcos Jr upholds Philippines’ commitment to peace, ASEAN centrality

Singapore, June 1 (ANI): President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr of the Philippines made history on Friday as he became the first Philippine leader to...

Five killed in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk, says Russian-installed governor

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Shelling by the Ukrainian military killed five civilians and wounded several others in different districts of the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday,

Houthis fire missiles and drones from Yemen, US military says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday Yemen's Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles and one drone over the Gulf of Aden and four drones over the Red Sea. Three of the

British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at staff

MEXICO CITY/LODON (Reuters) -The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from his post after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in a car, according to media reports and a

US: Congressional leaders extend invitation to Netanyahu to deliver speech at Capitol Hill

Washington, DC , June 1 (ANI): Congressional leaders extended an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session on Capitol...

Trump says he will appeal historic conviction

By Luc Cohen, Helen Coster and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump said on Friday he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first U.S. president convicted of a crime, though he

China food security law comes into force, aims for absolute self-sufficiency

By Mei Mei Chu BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first food security law aimed at achieving "absolute self-sufficiency" in staple grains came into effect on Saturday, reinforcing efforts by the world's

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Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?