United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today welcomed the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “an important milestone” toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, PTI has reported. Guterres urged all those concerned to “seize this momentous opportunity” and again offered UN help to achieve the […]
“Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.” Former US President John F. Kennedy once said these words as a part of an appeal to the country’s arch enemy at the time — the Soviet Union.These are wise words, and one can only hope that the Indians engaging in […]
Buoyed by its entry into three of the four multilateral export control regimes, India is depending on its partners, led by the US and France, to push for membership at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary meeting on Thursday and Friday in Jurmala, Latvia, sources told The Indian Express. Membership of the NSG, the […]
MOSCOW: Russian women should refrain from sleeping with visiting World Cup fans so as to avoid becoming single mothers with mixed-race children, a lawmaker who heads the parliament’s family committee said Wednesday. Tamara Pletneva, a 70-year-old Communist who leads the lower house’s family, women and children body, told Govorit Moskva radio station she hoped […]
Islamabad: The ongoing tussle between Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and ex-wife Reham Khan is getting mucky. While there were reports in Pakistani media, stating that Reham had termed Imran of being homosexual and having relationships with Pakistani actor Hamza Ali Abbasi and PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf) member Murad Saeed, she clarified her stance on the issue […]
US president Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G7 meeting over the weekend. The escalating clash over trade between Washington and some of its closest global partners cast a cloud over […]
Maha Push: Stating his strategy for growth in the state of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the state aspires to become a $1 trillion economy by 2025. “If I grow business usual, I would anyway become a trillion dollar economy by 2029. But, I want Maharashtra to become a trillion dollar economy by […]
The government will soon revive the sale of its money-losing flag carrier with new guidelines after a recent attempt ended in a debacle last month, as the proposed terms deterred potential investors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is ready to “re-examine” its privatisation process, including a clause requiring a minority state stake in Air India […]
NEW DELHI: The Trump-Kim summit, unthinkable just a few months ago, is yet more vindication of the Cold War doctrine of deterrence where the capacity and threat to inflict pain augments the force of diplomacy, and can prompt ‘rogue’ regimes to display a strong survival instinct. After warning one another of nuclear annihilation, US President […]
People go to extreme lengths to do something special for their loved ones, especially when they lose someone. We have seen cases where family members honored their dead loved ones with something special. However, a man known as Azubuike, went one step further to honor his dead father, after losing him to old age. According […]