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New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) International news agency Reuters' X account has been withheld in India "in response to a legal demand", as per notice displayed by the social media platform. However, a government spokesperson said there is no legal requirement made by it to withhold the account and it is working with X to resolve the issue. Reuters' X account is likely to be restored soon. "There is no requirement from the Government of India to withhold Reuters and we are continuously working with X ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- India has demanded that the government of Mali secure the safe and expeditious release of three Indian nationals who were abducted two days ago in the West African nation. The three Indians were employed at the "Diamond Cement Factory" in Kayes, Mali. They were abducted on July 1 when a group of unidentified armed assailants carried out a coordinated attack at the factory premises where they were working, and later kept them as hostages. In an official statement, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- India has demanded that the government of Mali secure the safe and expeditious release of three Indian nationals who were abducted two days ago in the West African nation. The three Indians were employed at the "Diamond Cement Factory" in Kayes, Mali. They were abducted on July 1 when a group of unidentified armed assailants carried out a coordinated attack at the factory premises where they were working, and later kept them as hostages. In an official statement, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Three Indian nationals have been abducted in Mali amid a surge in terrorist violence across the West African country. On Wednesday, India expressed serious concern over the incident and urged the Malian authorities to ensure the safe return of the kidnapped persons. "The Ministry of External Affairs is deeply concerned about the abduction of three Indians employed at the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, Mali. The kidnapping took place on July 1, 2025, when armed attackers stormed the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed and 34 others went missing after multiple cloudbursts and flash floods hit India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, officials said Wednesday. According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), the state witnessed 16 cloudbursts and three flash floods in 24 hours as a result of incessant rains that wreaked havoc and caused widespread devastation. The worst-affected area was Mandi district, about 133 km north of Shimla, the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people were killed and over 30 others injured in a massive explosion inside a chemical factory in the southern Indian state of Telangana, officials said Tuesday. The death toll swelled due to the recovery of more bodies from the debris during the overnight rescue operation. The blast took place on Monday in the Pashamylaram industrial area of Patancheru, Sangareddy district, about 48 km northwest of Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana. According ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major medical breakthrough, scientists from Israel and the US have developed a simple blood test capable of detecting a person's risk of developing leukaemia, a deadly form of blood cancer. The findings were published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine and reported by Xinhua news agency. The new test could potentially replace the current invasive diagnostic method -- bone marrow sampling. This traditional method requires local anaesthesia and can cause significant discom ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Beijing's bid for enhanced regional leadership suffered a setback Thursday when India rejected signing a joint statement put before members of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization, saying it was pro-Pakistan in not mentioning April's terror attack on Indian tourists. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said the statement diluted India's position on critical issues such as terrorism and regional security, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Pre ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sleep patterns are significantly influenced by the day of the week, the season, and geographic locations, according to a study. The study, led by researchers from Flinders University in South Australia, is based on data from more than 116,000 adults and over 73 million nights of sleep. The team used an under-mattress device to objectively track sleep duration and timing across 3.5 years, Xinhua news agency reported. The study finds that sleep is shaped not j ...Read More >
Digha/Kolkata: Why were those speaking Bengali "being tortured across the country every day", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Speaking in Digha, where she has gone to attend the first Rath Yatra of the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple, the CM spoke of Bengali-speaking migrant workers being detained at two places in Odisha.Asking Odisha "not to be jealous", Banerjee said while she respected the Puri Jagannath temple, she expected the same respect for the Digha Jagannath temple."I learnt th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government said on Thursday that the black box data of crashed Air India Flight AI-171 has been downloaded to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to its crash recently in the western Indian state of Gujarat. According to India's federal civil aviation ministry, the analysis of Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR) data was underway. The ministry said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau promptly initiated an investi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- India's federal government has appointed V Narayanan as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and secretary of the Department of Space, officials said Wednesday. According to a government order, Narayanan will assume office on Jan. 14. He will succeed the incumbent ISRO chairman S Somanath. A distinguished scientist at ISRO, Narayanan presently serves as the director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center. India's state-run broadcaste ...Read More >
The Iranian security and intelligence forces have killed four and arrested three members of a "separatist terrorist team" in an operation in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday. The Iranian security and intelligence forces have killed four and arrested three members of a "separatist terrorist team" in an operation in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday. In ...Read More >
The Syrian army announced on Monday that it has intensified operations against rebel forces in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, claiming to have killed more than 400 militants in the past 24 hours with the support of Russian forces. The Syrian army announced on Monday that it has intensified operations against rebel forces in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, claiming to have killed more than 400 militants in the past 24 hours with the support of Russian forces. In a state ...Read More >
Average temperature across Japan from September to November this year has come in at the highest since records began in 1898, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Monday. The nationwide autumn average was 1.97 degrees Celsius above the normal baseline, breaking the previous record set last year by a significant margin of 0.58 degrees, the data showed. The agency attributed the record-breaking warmth to the effects of global warming and a northward shift in the jet stream, which allowed warm ...Read More >
A ministerial conference kicked off on Monday in Cairo to garner regional and international support for the besieged Gaza and alleviate the sufferings of the Palestinian people. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the Egyptian President with the participation of 103 delegations of various countries, international organisations, and financial institutions, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the ...Read More >
Canberra: Australian authorities have issued an alert over a surge in reports of forced labour and exploitation in the country. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday said that the number of reported cases of forced labour and exploitation has increased by 140 per cent over the last six years, Xinhua news agency reported. The data was released by the AFP on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery -- a United Nations (UN) initiative -- to highlight how criminal networks target ...Read More >
Damascus: Turkish-backed factions launched an offensive on Kurdish-held areas in Aleppo province, leading to the isolation of over 200,000 Syrian Kurds, a war monitor reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack, dubbed 'Operation Dawn of Freedom,' has targeted rural Aleppo, where over 200,000 Syrian Kurds reside, Xinhua news agency reported. The Observatory said the Turkish-backed forces, operating under the Syrian National Army banner, have captured several areas, includ ...Read More >
Jerusalem: Israel's military confirmed that it had carried out several strikes in Lebanon over the past two days, describing the actions as efforts to "thwart" violations of the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. In a statement, the military said that it had targeted a church used by Hezbollah militants. According to the statement, the militants -- identified by the Israeli side as members of Hezbollah's Khiam ground defence, anti-tank missile, and artillery units -- had reportedly fired at Is ...Read More >
Aden: A Houthi drone attack on a popular market in Yemen's Taiz province killed six people and injured eight others. The local pro-government military official, who requested anonymity, said on Sunday that "the Houthi bombing occurred in the Maqbanah district of Taiz during a busy market day when dozens of local residents were present," Xinhua news agency reported. The attack has drawn strong condemnation from the Yemeni government, which directly blamed the Houthi group for the incident. Mua ...Read More >
Ramallah: Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in Jenin, the northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The Ministry said on Sunday in a press statement that the four victims, whose identities were still unknown, died during an "occupation assault" on the town of Sir, southeast of Jenin as reported by Xinhua news agency. Jenin Governor Kamal Abu Rab told Xinhua that the victims' identities could not be confirmed due to the severe damage and charring of thei ...Read More >
he Australian government claimed on Thursday that the country is on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target, with new figures showing improved projections. In an annual climate change statement delivered to parliament, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced that Australia is projected to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 42.6 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 -- up from the 37-per cent cut projected in 2023.The government has committed to cutting Australia's em ...Read More >
Ulan Bator: Mongolia's economy is projected to grow by 5.3 per cent in 2024 and 6.5 per cent in 2025, driven by robust mining production and domestic demand, according to the World Bank's latest semi-annual Mongolia Economic Update on Friday. Economic growth in Mongolia remained steady at 5.7 per cent year-on-year during the first half of 2024, with high-frequency data indicating continued momentum into the third quarter, Xinhua news agency reported. The World Bank attributed this solid perfor ...Read More >
Moscow: Russia has ordered journalists of the German media ARD to leave the country in response to German authorities' closure of Russian broadcaster Channel One's office, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. "In response to the unfriendly actions of German authorities, which were taken against Russian correspondents ... as a mirror measure, it is prescribed to German correspondents to hand over their accreditation certificates and leave the territory of the ...Read More >
Across the United States, rural students are feeling shortchanged and frustrated, as many of the comparatively few universities that serve them are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises, local media reported. "Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 per cent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard," report Xinhua news agency, quoting The Washington Post on T ...Read More >
Citing current and former US officials familiar with the situation, British newspaper the Financial Times said the investigation into Dong was part of that broader probe into military corruption. If confirmed, Dong would be the third Chinese defence minister in a row to fall under investigation for corruption. Asked about the report at a regular briefing on Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said it was just "chasing shadows" and did not offer further information. A form ...Read More >
United Nations, November 27 (IANS): The United Nations welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, a senior UN official said in a statement. The agreement marks the starting point of a critical process, anchored in the full implementation of resolution 1701 (2006), to restore the safety and security that civilians on both sides of the Blue Line deserve, said Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN special coordinator for Lebanon, on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. The ...Read More >
Fiuggi, November 27 (IANS): Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries called on Israel to comply with its obligations under international law at a meeting. The ministers said in a statement that they support a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and the full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, Xinhua news agency reported. The ministers expressed their concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. They called on the Israeli government to ease ...Read More >
ore than a quarter of New Zealand kids at eight have experienced at least one type of online content that worried or upset them, like bullying, peer pressure, or adult content, showed a study published on Tuesday. The survey of almost 5,000 New Zealand eight-year-olds produced the self-reported data from children, alongside their parents' assessments of their emotions, behavior, and access to digital devices and media. Children with behavioral difficulties or more personal devices were at high ...Read More >
Wellington: More than a quarter of New Zealand kids at eight have experienced at least one type of online content that worried or upset them, like bullying, peer pressure, or adult content, showed a study published on Tuesday. The survey of almost 5,000 New Zealand eight-year-olds produced the self-reported data from children, alongside their parents' assessments of their emotions, behavior, and access to digital devices and media. Children with behavioral difficulties or more personal devices ...Read More >
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