Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Idalia prompts over 900 flight | Washington, Aug 31 : More than 900 flights have been cancelled as of Wednesday afternoon, as Hurricane Idalia made landfall and disrupted travel across the US Southeast. | 30-Aug-2023 |
| Over 20,000 Ukrainian troops get trainin | Kiev, Aug 31 : More than 20,000 Ukrainian military personnel have already received training in the UK, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said in a statement. | 30-Aug-2023 |
| Four Russian Il-76 transport aircraft de | Kiev, Aug 31 : Ukraine has said that four Il-76 transport aircraft were destroyed during an overnight drone attack at Pskov airport in western Russia. | 30-Aug-2023 |
| BRICS marching ahead | New Delhi, Aug 28 : The 15th summit of the BRICS bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, was held in Johannesburg, and majorly focussed on two issues; first, admitting new members to the five-nation organisation and boosting trade using the local currency of the member nations. | 28-Aug-2023 |
| Wildfires burn 60,000 hectares in Italy | Rome, Aug 26 : Wildfires have so far burned more than 600 square km. (60,000 hectares) of land in Italy, more than in all of 2022, Coldiretti, the country's main agricultural association said. It said on Friday that the past two unusually dry and hot summers have left water levels in rivers and lakes low, contributing to dry conditions in wooded areas. The areas impacted most by the fires are the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, but other parts of southern Italy also experienced uncontrolled blazes. Most recently, fires torched the eastern part of the Tuscan island of Elba. | 25-Aug-2023 |
| 12 dead, 80 injured in stampede in Madag | Antananarivo, Madagascar, Aug 26 : At least 12 people were killed Friday in a crowd stampede at a stadium in the Madagascar capital of Antananarivo, the prime minister of the Indian Ocean nation Christian Ntsay said. | 25-Aug-2023 |
| Putin extends condolences to families of | Moscow, Aug 26 : Russian President Vladimir Putin extended condolences to the families of those who died in a plane crash near Moscow two days ago. | 25-Aug-2023 |
| Centre refutes China's claim of Modi-Xi | New Delhi, Aug 26 : The Centre on Friday refuted China's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg happened at New Delhi's request, saying that there was a "pending request from China's side for a bilateral meeting". | 25-Aug-2023 |
| New global fund to halt, reverse biodive | Vancouver, Aug 25 : Amid a record wildfires in British Columbia, a good news for nature in a challenging moment came, with representatives of 185 countries agreed at the Global Environment Facility's Seventh Assembly here to launch an innovative new fund for biodiversity that will attract funding from governments, philanthropy and the private sector. The new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) has been designed to mobilise and accelerate investment in the conservation and sustainability of wild species and ecosystems, whose health is under threat from wildfires, flooding, extreme weather and human activity, including urban sprawl. | 24-Aug-2023 |
| Xi says int'l rules can't be dictated by | New Delhi, Aug 23 : Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that international rules should not be dictated by "those with strongest muscles or the loudest of voice", indirectly hinting at the US while adding that BRICS countries should practice true multilateralism. | 23-Aug-2023 |
| Australia expects to revive FTA talks wi | Canberra, Aug 23 : Australia's Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres has identified reviving stalled talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) as his priority at the G20 trade and investment ministerial meeting. | 23-Aug-2023 |
| Brazilian president calls for replacemen | Johannesburg, Aug 23 : Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for creating a common trading currency for BRICS countries to counter US dollar hegemony. | 23-Aug-2023 |
| Sri Lanka thanks India for helping to pr | Colombo, Aug 17 : Sri Lanka has thanked India for helping to protect the island nation’s airspace and the sea including its exclusive economic zone through maritime and coastal surveillance operations. | 17-Aug-2023 |
| 1 killed, 8 injured in 'terrorist' attac | Tehran, Aug 14 : At least one person was reportedly killed and eight others injured in a "terrorist" attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Iran's southern Fars province. | 14-Aug-2023 |
| Sri Lanka to relax import restrictions o | Colombo, Aug 13 : Sri Lanka will relax restrictions on imports of vehicles required for transportation of goods and passengers this week, State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said on Sunday. | 13-Aug-2023 |