India has commissioned its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, Vikrant, at a ceremony in the southern state of Kerala. The BBC’s Jugal Purohit took a tour of the vessel ahead of its induction into the Indian navy. On Friday morning, the 45,000-tonne Vikrant got the prefix INS (Indian Naval Ship) at a formal commissioning ceremony, attended…
The four-day journey to South Korea and Japan, intended to counter Chinese influence, will now highlight concerns connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. SEOUL — President Joe Biden on Friday begins his first trip to Asia since he took office amid some of his lowest domestic approval numbers as he looks to make strides in…
KARACHI: Under the influence of a heatwave that has gripped Sindh and Punjab, Karachiites experienced the hottest night in April on Friday when the mercury did not drop below 29.4 degrees Celsius (84.92 F.), Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) officials said on Saturday. The hottest place in the country in the daytime was Jacobabad where 49…
‘No electricity, no food, no clothes, everything is gone. We have nothing’ Srinivaslu Konda and his 40-strong extended family spent more than two days trapped on the top floor of their home by the flash flooding that hit India’s southern coastal regions on Friday. Extreme weather killed at least 39 people and more than 20…
As India, China border conflict persists and the possibility of another clash remains high, Indian Army Chief Gen. MM Naravane’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh comes at a time when China has completed the construction of a strategically significant highway close to the Indian border state. Constructed at a cost of around $310 million, the highway…
(Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images) An increasing number of migrants from India, Romania, Haiti, and Cuba are attempting to enter the U.S. through the southern border, Axios reported Wednesday. Migrants are reportedly flying to Central America since U.S. courts are backlogged with asylum cases preventing them from living or working in the country…
Waves crash ashore during high tide in the Bay Of Bengal before Cyclone Yaas arrives in Digha, south of Kolkata, eastern India, on Tuesday. Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA-EFE May 25 (UPI) — Cyclone Yaas churned closer to northeastern India on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of residents in the COVID-weary country fled their homes to find safety….
A move by India, Japan and Australia last month to collectively boost supply chain resilience could eventually squeeze China out of the trios’ supply chains for sectors such as semiconductors, batteries and rare earths, experts say. The Indian, Japanese and Australian trade ministers announced the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) following a video call on…
KEY POINTS India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday. It was the first time India’s daily case count had topped 400,000 after 10 consecutive days over 300,000. Deaths from COVID-19 jumped by 3,523 over the past 24 hours. Some experts blame mass religious gatherings and political rallies for the…