A comprehensive report to refute Pakistan’s GI tag claims on Basmati rice at the European Commission is being finalized through consultations with key stakeholders, say officials. In the fiscal year 2024, up to January 2024, India’s basmati exports to the EU continued to grow, with 130,122 MT exported, valued at $168 millionNew Delhi: India is gearing up to challenge Pakistan’s attempts to

Malda: Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "spreading lies" regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the legislation will ensure the safety of the persecuted minorities.The Defence Minister held three election campaign meetings in West Bengal, including two meetings near the Bangladesh border.The first meeting was held in

Beijing: Leaked documents from i-Soon, a Chinese cybersecurity company linked to the country’s cybersecurity apparatus, have reportedly provided fresh evidence of China’s extensive cyber espionage operations. These documents shed light on China’s utilisation of hackers to target Hong
Kong’s pro-democracy activists and the Uyghur community.

Additionally, they reveal the Tibetan exile

Port Moresby: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi targeted Western powers in the AUKUS trilateral security partnership and accused them of provoking division and raising nuclear proliferation risks in the South Pacific, Nikkei Asia reported on Sunday.AUKUS is a trilateral security partnership designed to create a stronger, more resilient trilateral submarine industrial base, supporting submarine

Washington: At a time when China’s friendliness towards Russia is seen as a growing threat among many nations, the upcoming visit of the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to Beijing next week, is not seen as something that would do much to agendas the two countries have on their plates, according to analysts. The meeting, expected by US as ‘breakthrough’ on various prospects, according to

KPK: Unknown gunmen killed two customs officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan in an attack that followed the April 18 strike in which five officials of the Customs Intelligence and two civilians, including a five-year-old girl, were killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen, police said on Sunday, Geo News reported.According to law enforcement officials, four others sustained injuries