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NASA's Voyager 1 heads toward one light-day distance from earth

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft will approach a historic milestone nearly five decades after its launch, underscoring humanity's longest-running deep-space mission. By November 2026... Read More


US withdrawing troops from key Middle East bases amid threat from Iran

India, Jan. 14 -- The United States is withdrawing its troops from key bases in the Middle East as a precaution amid heightened regional tensions and threat from Iran, mutliple reports said on Wednesd... Read More


India Kicks Off BRICS Presidency 2026 with Website, Theme and Logo Launch

India, Jan. 14 -- India has officially launched its website, theme, and logo for the BRICS Presidency 2026, as introduced by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. The event also featured Union Min... Read More


Crisis Without Exit

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Iran today feels like a country stretched to its limits, economically exhausted at home and strategically weakened abroad, yet governed by a system that still believes force and ... Read More


Delhi Hosts ASEAN Defence Ministers' meeting-plus expert working group on counter terrorism

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- India on Tuesday hosted the 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts Working Group (EWG) on Counter Terrorism, co-chaired by India and Malaysia, reaffirming... Read More


Earth records third-hottest year in 2025 as global heat streak grows

France, Jan. 14 -- The past 11 years are now the warmest ever recorded, with 2024 the hottest and 2023 in second place, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the US-based research group Berke... Read More


AI-powered Islamic digital bank Mal bags $230 mn in seed funding

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Serial entrepreneur Abdallah Abu-Sheikh's latest venture Mal, an artificial intelligence-powered Islamic digital bank, has raised $230 million in what is being billed as the larg... Read More


Nigeria hires US firm to court Trump amid US strike threats

Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- The administration of President Bola Tinubu has approved a $4.5 million lobbying contract with a Republican-linked firm in Washington as it seeks to ease mounting pressure from the... Read More


Tinubu administration pays Republican strategist $9 million to appease Trump amid US strike threats - Report

Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- The administration of President Bola Tinubu has approved a $9 million lobbying contract with a Republican-linked firm in Washington as it seeks to ease mounting pressure from the U... Read More


South-East Asia marks 15 years without wild poliovirus case

Kathmandu, Jan. 14 -- Fifteen years after recording its last case of wild poliovirus, the WHO South-East Asia Region with a quarter of the world's population, continues to sustain its polio-free statu... Read More