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World Central Kitchen suspends Gaza operations after 7 workers killed

WCK confirmed that seven of its workers were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike on a convoy of trucks delivering food in Deir al-Balah in the early hours of Tuesday morning

Nato proposes $100 billion package over five years to aid Ukraine

Allies are still discussing Stoltenberg's proposal and any mechanics of the accounting, including whether to factor in bilateral aid to Ukraine into the overall sum

Red Sea crisis: India's responsibility to look at such situations, says EAM

Jaishankar stated that it is the responsibility of India to look at such situations in the neighbourhood and how to tackle them in cooperation with other nations

Govt rejects 'senseless attempts' by China to rename places in Arunachal

The statement was issued by the MEA in response to media queries in the wake of China releasing a fourth list of 30 new names of various places in Arunachal Pradesh

India will get permanent UNSC seat, but have to work harder for it: EAM

He was speaking during an interaction with intellectuals in Gujarat's Rajkot city and was asked by the audience on India's chances of becoming the permanent member of the world body

ICG ship makes port call in Vietnam on overseas deployment to Asean nations

The ICG ship is on an overseas deployment to theEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries -- the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei -- from March 25 to April 12

Pak defence min optimistic of improving ties with Delhi post elections

Most recently, India abstained from the adoption of a resolution on 'Measures to Combat Islamophobia' introduced by the Pakistan envoy at the UNGA

ICG rebased at northern, southern flanks of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Indian Coast Guard has strategically based additional hovercraft at Jakhau, close to the Indo-Pakistan maritime frontier and a capital ship at Vadinar in the Gulf of Kutch

Israeli airstrike in Damascus kills top Iranian commander Zahedi: Report

A Lebanese security source, speaking to Reuters, said one of the dead was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)

India must focus on manufacturing to compete with China: Jaishankar

Jaishankar maintained that there is no doubt that India is rising, and now it is up to 'us to see how we connect ourselves with the world and use opportunities and challenges thrown by it'

Indian arms exports touch record Rs 21,083 cr in FY24: Ministry of Defence

Private sector and DPSUs contributed about 60 per cent and 40 per cent of FY24's defence exports, respectively

BRI implementation plan discussed with China: Nepal Dy PM Shrestha

He held discussions with Chinese officials on matters relating to giving final shape to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Implementation Plan for its actual implementation

Defence exports scaled to 'unprecedented heights', says Rajnath Singh

The Union minister also said that defence exports have reached to level of Rs 21,083 crore in the financial year 2023-24 which is a "spectacular growth" of 32.5 per cent over the previous fiscal

HAL posts double-digit growth with record revenues of Rs 29,810 cr for FY24

The company signed an export contract with Guyana Defence Forces for supply of two Hindustan228 aircrafts which were delivered within a month of singing the contract

Why Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif may find it hard to complete 5-year term

Report by Washington-based Institute of International Finance has a grim prognosis concerning Pakistan's economic and political future

2 Pakistan soldiers killed as armed men open fire on security personnel

The data indicates that the remaining regions were relatively peaceful, suffering less than 8 per cent of all fatalities

China releases 4th list of 30 more names for places in Arunachal Pradesh

The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs released the fourth list of standardised geographical names in Zangnan, the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh which Beijing claims as part of south Tibet

Katchatheevu: Jaishankar says Nehru, Indira were 'indifferent' about issue

External Affairs Minister says over 6,000 Indian fishermen have been detained by Sri Lanka in past 20 years

US-India ties not damaged by Pannun murder plot probe: Eric Garcetti

The alleged plot, which US authorities said was thwarted, was revealed after an associate of Pannun was killed in Canada

Tri-service exercise 'Tiger Triumph-24' between India, US conclude

The exercise that began on March 18 aimed at developing interoperability for conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations