Jakarta, Feb 26 (UNI) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s North Sulawesi Province earlier Wednesday without prompting large waves, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported. The tremor occurred at 5:55 a.m. local time Wednesday, the agency said. The epicenter was located 45 km southeast of East Bolaang Mongondow. Regency with a depth of 10…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (UNI) An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal near Odisha’s Puri early on Tuesday morning, with tremors being felt in Kolkata and several regions of West Bengal, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS). According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 6.10 a.m. on…
Moscow, Feb 23 (UNI) NATO is becoming a means of containing the United States itself due to the contradictions between the European elites and Washington, the deputy director general of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and member of the Russian Security Council’s science board, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Alexander Yakovenko told Sputnik. “Having lost support…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed to Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain during their meeting in Muscat earlier this week that it is important for Bangladesh not to normalise terrorism. EAM conveyed this when the Interim Government Foreign Affairs Advisor brought up the issue of SAARC and its revival…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI) In the aftermath of the tragic stampede at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday, which claimed the lives of at least 18 people, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking urgent safety measures. The petition, filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari, urged the Apex Court…
Jakarta, Feb 4 (UNI) A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia’s North Maluku province early Tuesday without prompting large waves, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. The agency had first issued the quake’s magnitude at 6.2 before revising it. The earthquake struck at 04:35 a.m. Jakarta time Tuesday (2135 GMT Monday), with its epicenter…
Beijing, Feb. 2 (UNI) China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent tariff on goods imported from China, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday. In response to the erroneous action by the United States, China will file a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (UNI) India is in touch with Tehran over three Indian nationals who have gone missing while on a business trip to Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs said today. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, addressing a media briefing, said the ministry is in touch with the families of the three Indian nationals,…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (UNI) With the US Supreme Court declining to hear a petition from 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana against his extradition, India said today that it is working with the US side on the procedural issues for his early extradition to the country. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, addressing a media…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (UNI) India and the US are working on an early visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US following the phone conversation between PM Modi and President Donald Trump on January 27, the Ministry of External Affairs said today. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, addressing a media briefing, said: “The PM…
