Long-delayed Ukraine aid clears US Congress, awaits Biden signatureThe US Congress approved a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, including provisions to ban TikTok. President Biden will send supplies to t...
25 Apr, 2024, 10.35 AM IST
Hyderabad pips Pune, B'luru among India's best cities in Mercer's quality of living indexChennai is the fourth Indian city in the list at the 161 spot followed by Mumbai at 164. Kolkata (170) and New Delhi (172). Mercer's Qualit...
12 Dec, 2023, 01.44 PM IST
Carbon footprint: The one big and underrated fallout of conflictsAt a time when there is little way of knowing or measuring — let alone reducing — the carbon footprint of these conflicts, the internationa...
09 Oct, 2023, 11.07 PM IST
China weaponizing investment on foreign soil as part of 'debt-trap diplomacy': ReportChina has been weaponizing investment on foreign soil as a part of its 'debt-trap diplomacy' to fulfil agendas of economic and military exp...
04 Jun, 2023, 03.17 PM IST
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy joins Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia amidst presence of Moscow-aligned leadersUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of an Arab summit on Friday, where he was set to address leaders who ...
19 May, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
Operation Kaveri: Another flight carrying 231 Indian passengers from Sudan reaches New DelhiAnother flight carrying 231 Indian passengers who were evacuated from conflict-torn Sudan reached New Delhi on Saturday under 'Operation Ka...
29 Apr, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
India facilitates return of 22,500 students from Ukraine; explores options to minimise impact on education: Ambassador Ruchira KambojIndia's envoy at the UN Security Council briefing, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj reiterated India's continued concern over the situation in Ukr...
07 Dec, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine show that there's already one victor in that war: IranIran is among Russia's most vocal supporters in the war. As a military analyst who specialises in Iranian national security strategy, I see...
19 Oct, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and yearsFor the past 11 years I have closely followed the post-9/11 conflicts for the Costs of War Project, an initiative that brings together more...
01 Sep, 2021, 06.56 PM IST
Israel's Gaza challenge: Stopping metal tubes turning into rocketsCurrent and former officials see no easy answers, saying it is all but impossible to seal off even a relatively small area such as Gaza and...
24 May, 2021, 08.09 PM IST
IBC companies set to see substantial impairment of deferred tax assets due to Covid pandemicLosses incurred in a company can be carried forwarded for eight years to set off against profits. Several companies that have acquired loss...
15 Sep, 2020, 11.40 AM IST
Covid fight needs women to be agents of changeWomen civil servants and police at Centre, state and local levels are managing and enforcing the lockdown but also overseeing necessary rel...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
To bag more overseas projects, CPWD nominates nodal officerAccording to an official, the CPWD is currently executing projects in Myanmar, Nepal and South Sudan.
31 Aug, 2019, 01.51 PM IST
Indian peacekeepers rebuild bridge in record time in South SudanThe bridge in Akoka village of the land-locked country had been inoperable since last June when heavy rains washed away a 300-metre-long ro...
14 Jan, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
India's offer to mediate in the conflict in Sudan is a progressive step for diplomacyNewly-carved nation-state of South Sudan is a welcome development that should become a harbinger of deeper Indian involvement in peacemakin...
21 Apr, 2012, 05.28 AM IST
- South Sudan joins World Bank, IMF
Oil-rich South Sudan, the world's newest nation and one of the least developed countries, has joined the World Bank Group and the IMF.
19 Apr, 2012, 10.53 AM IST
- Ban outlines plan to bring peace in Darfur
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has outlined an ambitious three-point plan to end the conflict in Sudan.
29 Aug, 2007, 10.00 AM IST