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Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha. Rights organisations have strongly criticised the controversial UN move to exclude the groups, including women’s rights activists, from the two-day meeting on … Read more
In the 2024 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican former president Donald Trump will square off in what promises to be a contentious and highly competitive race. Here is a timeline of events related to the November 5 election between now and Inauguration Day in January 2025. 2024 – July 11: Trump, the first sitting or … Read more
Steve Ballmer passed Bill Gates on Monday to become the sixth-richest person in the world, the first time the former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. has been wealthier than the company’s co-founder. The move came as Microsoft shares rose to a fresh record, bringing their total gain this year to 21%. The company, through … Read more
The cost of an international student’s student visa in Australia has more than doubled, from $710 to $1,600. This decision will affect the thousands of Indians who intend to study abroad. The move has triggered outrage from student representatives who say that the price hike will drive potential students to competitors, ABC News reported on … Read more
Projected to last only days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts onboard faces uncertainty with no exact return to Earth announced. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager, Steve Stich has said that the US space agency is considering extending the duration of Starliner’s mission from 45 days to 90 days, … Read more
India has called the US State Department’s report on religious freedom a “deeply biased” one that “is visibly driven by vote bank considerations and a prescriptive outlook”. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters the report also lacks an understanding of India’s social fabric, and selectively picked incidents to advance a preconceived … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted the relevance of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, which gained traction with the Non-Aligned Movement, to end the present-day conflicts and sought to expand influence in the Global South amid its tussle with the West. Xi Jinping, 71, invoked the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, termed as ‘Panchsheel’ by … Read more
North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, according to state-run KCNA news agency Thursday. Pyongyang “successfully conducted the separation and guidance control test of individual mobile warheads” on Wednesday,” KCNA reported, adding that the “separated mobile warheads were guided correctly to the three coordinate targets.” “The test is aimed at securing … Read more
While much has been written about the extraordinarily high number of Indian-origin executives in Silicon Valley, only one Indian-American has reached the list of the top ten highest paid CEOs in the United States – and it isn’t Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadella. According to a research by C-Suite Comp, Nikesh Arora, CEO and chairman … Read more
SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, may be able to step in to save Sunita Williams and her coworker Butch Wilmore, who were left stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) following concerning helium leaks on their Boeing Starliner. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched on the Starliner on June 5, expecting a nine-day mission … Read more
Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate Thursday, with the stage set for what could be an inflection point in the 2024 race as millions of voters tune in to the clash of rivals. The showdown — between the oldest-ever incumbent and a convicted felon — fires the starting … Read more
NATO allies on Wednesday selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as NATO’s next boss, as the war in Ukraine rages on its doorstep and uncertainty hangs over the United States’ future attitude to the transatlantic alliance. Rutte’s appointment became a formality after his only rival for the post, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, announced last week … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held “productive and deep” conversations with his United Arab Emirates counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on India and UAE’s “ever-growing” comprehensive strategic ties and discussed regional and global issues. Mr Jaishankar, who was in the UAE on Sunday, visited the iconic BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi and participated … Read more
In a hypothetical exercise, the US space agency NASA discovered that a potentially harmful asteroid has a 72% chance of colliding with Earth, and we may be unprepared to prevent it. According to an official report by the space agency, NASA conducted the fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise in April. On June 20, … Read more
Saudi Arabia reported Sunday that more than 1,300 people died during the hajj pilgrimage, which took place in extreme temperatures, adding that the majority of those who died did not have official licences. “Regrettably, the number of mortalities reached 1,301, with 83 percent being unauthorised to perform hajj and having walked long distances under direct … Read more