London, Sep 13 (UNI) The UK Royal Navy shadowed Russian vessels while the Royal Air Force (RAF) intercepted two Russian aircraft, the UK Defence Ministry said in a statement. Moscow has said more than once that all flights by Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in strict compliance with international airspace regulations. “HMS Iron…
Beijing, Sep 13 (UNI) Countries in the world should not interfere in the domestic policy of other countries or infringe upon their interests, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said at the opening of the 11th Xiangshan Security Forum in Beijing. “All [countries] have their own legitimate sovereignty and security interests,” Dong said. He said the…
Tel Aviv, Sep 13 (UNI) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported the elimination of three senior militants of the Palestinian radical group Islamic Jihad in an airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarm. The IDF said the strike was delivered while the Palestinian radicals were riding in a car. It said the killed militants…
Washington, Sep 13 (UNI) Vice President Kamala Harris said that she believes voters deserve another debate. “I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate,” Harris said on Thursday during a campaign rally in Charlotte. Earlier today, former US President Donald Trump said that he will not participate in another debate against…
Kochi, Sep 13 (UNI) In a significant breakthrough on bivalve research, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has unearthed the genome secret of Asian green mussel (Perna viridis). This is the first-ever chromosome-level genome sequencing of a marine invertebrate species from India. Earlier, CMFRI had come out with a similar genome finding for Indian…
Tel Aviv, Sep 13 (UNI) An attack by Lebanese movement Hezbollah on the base of the 8200 Glilot intelligence unit in the suburbs of Tel Aviv resulted in the death of 22 Israeli servicemen and left 74 injured, the Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV channel reported, citing its European security sources. Hezbollah launched a massive strike…
Kolkata, Sep 12 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was ready to resign but claimed some forces were “provoking” the protesting junior doctors to defame her ” Ma Mati Manus’ (mother, land and people) government. Banerjee also said they were after the chair (seat of power) by presenting “distorted information”…
Chennai, Sep 12 (UNI) Members of the Indian cricket team led by Rohit Sharma started arriving in batches on Thursday for the first test against Bangladesh to be played at the M A Chidambram stadium here from September 19 as pat of the World Test Championship series. Start batsman Virat Kohli will arrive tomorrow and…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (UNI) In a dramatic turn of events in the last hour of trading the stock market rose to all-time high crossing the historic 83,000-mark for the first time, led by buying in heavy weight shares including Reliance Industries, Infosys, Airtel and others as the BSE Sensex soared over 1,440 points (1.77…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (UNI) India’s retail inflation measured by consumer price index (CPI) inched up marginally to 3.65% in August 2024 on annualised basis from 3.60% in the previous month, as per data released by Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation on Thursday. With this, retail inflation has remained below the Reserve Bank of…
