Xi appoints new envoy to India after 18-month delay amid frozen ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed senior diplomat Xu Feihong as the new ambassador to India after an unusually long delay of 18 months amid frozen relations between the two countries over......

Tension escalates as Iran seizes Israel-linked ship near Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seized the Israel-linked MSC ARIES container ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, The Times of Israel reported, citing Iranian news agency.......

How India enhanced its military might in 2023

India firmed up defence procurement worth over Rs 3.50 lakh crore in 2023 as the lingering border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh as well as the crises and conflicts around the world kept the......

Want To Have A Good Laugh? See This!

Meet the winners of the Comedy Wildlife Awards 2023. Jason Moore, with his excellent capture of a kangaroo titled Air Guitar Roo won the first prize. This stunning photograph also won the Creatures......

IOC, Adani-Total, Shell, 26 other firms lap up Reliance's KG-D6 gas

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Adani-Total Gas Ltd and Shell were among the 29 companies that bid and bought natural gas to be produced from the deepest field in the KG-D6 block of......

Why Switzerland is as desperate as Adityanath for Noida airport to take off

The contract is important because the future of Switzerland’s most crucial airport - Zurich - hangs in the balance. IMAGE: Daniel Bircher, the Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Airport......

Olympic fever hits France following tense build-up

IMAGE: Swimming Gold medallist Leon Marchand of France celebrates on the podium. File Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina Stadiums are packed. Crowds are going wild, chanting, applauding,......

Olympics PIX: Chaos as Morocco beat Argentina; France whip US

A round-up of the opening day's action in the men's football tournament at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. IMAGE: Argentina's Cristian Medina celebrates with teammates after finding the net in......

Football, Rugby kick-off Paris Olympic games

IMAGE: Players of Uzbekistan and Spain walk out for the pre-match ceremony at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw The sporting action at the Paris Olympics......

All About Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

IMAGE: Unlike for previous Olympics, the Paris 2024 opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium. Photograph: Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Paris will begin its Olympics extravaganza with......

IOC: Bow to demands to ban Russian or risk boycott

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters The Olympic movement is facing its biggest dilemma since the Cold War: bow to demands to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes or risk the first......