NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India is a “peace-loving nation” but the Armed Forces need to be “prepared for war in order to preserve peace”. Speaking at the maiden Joint Commanders’ Conference in Lucknow on the second and final day of the apex-level military leadership meeting, Singh commended the Armed Forces…
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people from the same family on Saturday. The airstrike targeted a house and adjacent warehouse sheltering displaced people at the entrance to the town of Zawaida, as confirmed by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where the casualties were taken. An Associated Press reporter counted the…
NEW DELHI: Amid heightened tensions with Hezbollah and Iran, a former Israel Defense Force (IDF) general has said that the prospect of a “regional war” is “very close”.Israel has been braced for a major attack since last month when a missile strike killed 12 youngsters in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Israel responded by killing…
NEW DELHI: As PM Narendra Modi visited the Kargil war memorial in Drass on Friday, the Modi Archives account on X shared a thread reminiscing about him, then BJP general secretary and in-charge of Himachal, visiting soldiers during the war 25 years ago.In the thread, ‘A Pilgrimage of a Lifetime – Narendra Modi’s Lessons from…
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had a “very good call” on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Trump has asserted that he will end the war in Ukraine before he even takes office in January if he wins the November 5 election. In his Truth Social post, Trump declared…
NEW DELHI: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, made a subtle comment on Friday in response to news of Israeli strikes on the Iranian city of Isfehan in Central Iran. He suggested that rockets be fired toward the stars rather than at one another.“We should send rockets not at each other, but rather to the…
Residents reported heavy Israeli fire in central Gaza on Friday, with regional tensions soaring after Iran threatened reprisals over a strike in Syria this month that killed two Iranian generals.As talks for a truce and hostage release dragged on, fears that Iran could soon launch an attack on Israel spurred France to recommend its citizens…
JERUSALEM: Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing to strike Israel in response for the killing of senior Iranian commanders. “Whoever harms us, we will harm them. We are prepared to meet all…
Rising tension between Israel and Palestine is not likely to have any adverse impact on the gem and jewellery industry’s exports, GJEPC has said. India has witnessed substantial exports of gem and jewellery to Israel, amounting to USD 1,279.76 million in 2022-23, according to data by the Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). It is…
