New Delhi: Smita Pant, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan, said MEA in a press statement on Tuesday."Ms. Smita Pant (IFS:2001), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan. She is expected to take up the assignment

New Delhi: Hemant H Kotalwar, who is presently India’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic, has been appointed as the next Ambassador to Finland, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.Kotalwar is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from the 1996 batch.He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, according to MEA.Last month, the 12th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC)

Sanaa: The United States said on Tuesday said that it had shot down twelve attack drones and five missiles, which it claimed were launched by the Iran-backed Houthis.There was no damage to ships in the area or injuries reported, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said."U.S. assets, to include the USS LABOON (DDG 58) and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot down twelve

Islamabad: Pakistan, known for sponsoring cross-border terrorism, witnessed the highest number of suicide attacks this year after 2014, with nearly half of them targeting the security forces, Dawn News reported.Citing the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), Dawn reported, "A staggering 29 suicide attacks were reported, resulting in the tragic loss of 329 lives and