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Stephane Dujarric (File – ANI) United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres is “very supportive” of reforming the UN security council (UNSC) to better reflect current global realities, with India emerging as a pivotal voice in the multilateral system, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told news agency ANI.Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing UN general assembly session…

Market attention will now shift to Piyush Goyal’s US visit for trade negotiations, the first since the Trump administration’s 50% tariff implementation. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Tuesday after being pulled into red the previous trading session after Donald Trump administration hiked…

L-R: Pakistan’s Muhammad Abdullah’s post-goal antics; and India players celebrating after a goal. NEW DELHI: The Pakistan U-17 football team’s dramatic 2-3 loss to India in the SAFF U-17 Championship on Monday, in Colombo, not only highlighted the thrilling nature of the match but also drew attention for a controversial celebration that went viral on…

NEW DELHI: Indian IT companies are preparing to cushion the impact of the US administration’s steep hike in H-1B visa fees, with analysts saying the blow, while sharp, is unlikely to be fatal for the sector. On September 19, President Donald Trump signed an executive order raising the fee for new H-1B applications to $100,000,…

(AI image generated using ChatGPT) US President Donald Trump has reignited controversy in the medical community by urging pregnant people to avoid Tylenol over an alleged link to autism, despite the absence of scientific consensus. Speaking at a White House event on Monday, he called on mothers-to-be to “tough it out” rather than take acetaminophen,…

Hamas publicly executes three Palestinians Three Palestinians accused of “collaborating” with Israel were executed publicly by Hamas gunmen in Gaza on Sunday. The masked militants carried out the killings outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, a key focus of a major Israeli ground offensive, reported the BBC.The victims, blindfolded and kneeling, were shot multiple times…

Taiwan detects 15 Chinese aircraft and 1 naval vessels near its territory Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Tuesday reported a surge in Chinese military activity around the island, with 15 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and one PLA Navy (PLAN) vessel detected by 6 am local time. According to the MND, 11 of…

COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s busiest airport was shut for several hours on Monday evening after unidentified drones were spotted in its airspace, forcing dozens of flights to be cancelled and diverted.Copenhagen police said that two or three large drones had been “observed flying in the area” of the airport around 8:30 pm local time. Airport spokeswoman Lise…

PM Modi took his message of GST 2.0 and swadeshi resurgence to India’s easternmost state of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, hitting the ground running with public interactions and handing local traders in Itanagar posters declaring “Garv se kaho yeh swadeshi hai”.PM Modi, who inaugurated and launched projects worth Rs 5,000 crore — including two hydropower…

RUDRAPUR: A man from Udham Singh Nagar who had recently travelled to Russia for higher studies was allegedly coerced into joining the Russian army and sent to the war front in Ukraine, his family said, adding they have had no contact with him since early Sept and are now desperate for help. The family of…