Ottawa, May 23 (IANS) Khalistan-linked activities over the years have tarnished the positive image of the Sikh community globally. The violent demonstrations overseas, anti-India slogans, aggressive protests outside religious places, and separatist campaigns by extremist elements fuelled widespread controversy across the world, a report has highlighted.Several incidents have surfaced in recent years in countries such as Canada, Britain, the United States, and Australia, where Khalistan-supportin…
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Bengaluru, May 23 (IANS) Indian doubles pair Adil Kalyanpur and Mukund Sasikumar stormed into the men’s doubles final, stunning the second-seeded pair of Charles Barry of Ireland and Joshua Charlton of Australia 6-4, 6-3 in the SM Krishna Memorial Open in Bengaluru on Friday.With their fine performance, Adil Kalyanpur and Mukund Sasikumar kept the Indian interest alive in the doubles event as they continued their impressive run with a storming win. The other Indian pair of Niki Kaliyanda Poonach…
Seoul, May 15 (IANS) A 4,400-tonne South Korean destroyer departed from a naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Friday for rotational deployment in an overseas mission based off the Somali coast, the Navy said.The ROKS Wang Geon destroyer departed from Busan, about 330 kilometres southeast of Seoul, to serve in the Cheonghae unit, which is currently on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast, Yonhap news agency reported.The Cheonghae unit’s current scope of oper…
Seoul, May 14 (IANS) More than 96 per cent of gas stations nationwide have kept gasoline prices unchanged under the country’s fuel price cap system, the industry ministry said on Thursday, noting South Korea is managing fuel prices within a relatively stable range compared with other major economies.As of Wednesday, 96.1 percent of the country’s 10,646 gas stations had maintained gasoline prices at the previous day’s level, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said during a regular briefin…
Washington, May 12 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held separate talks with top diplomats from Australia and Britain, focusing on Iran and efforts to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, according to State Department readouts.Rubio spoke with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper as Washington continued consultations with close allies on regional security and maritime stability.According to State Department spokesperson Tommy Pig…
Washington/Seoul, May 11 (IANS) A South Korean naval destroyer will participate in a fleet review and multinational field exercise in the United States over the next two months, the Navy said Monday. The 4,400-ton ROKS Munmu the Great destroyer will leave a naval base on Jeju Island later in the day to take part in an international fleet review in New York, scheduled for July 3-8, the Navy said in a release.The warship is among some 100 other naval vessels of around 50 countries participating in…
Seoul, May 7 (IANS) South Korea has called on the international community to jointly respond to the recent spread of trade restrictive measures by major economies in a high-level meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations, the trade ministry said on Thursday.Kwon Hye-jin, director general for trade negotiations at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, attended the WTO’s General Council meeting held for two days beginning Wednesday (local time) in Geneva, as the chief repre…
Paris, May 7 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron has called for “all parties” to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz “without delay and without conditions,” after a telephone talk with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. “We must return permanently to the regime of full freedom of navigation that prevailed before the conflict,” Macron said on social media platform X on Wednesday evening (local time), adding that the future multinational escort mission launched by France and Britain wi…
United Nation, May 6 (IANS) India has made 27 migration and mobility agreements with 23 countries and such partnerships must be expanded to provide safe pathways for emigration and protection of the diaspora, according to Kirti Vardhan Singh, the Minister of State for External Affairs.The agreements facilitate “structured and skills-based mobility, with a strong emphasis on worker welfare, social protection, and fair recruitment practices”, he said on Tuesday at the Second International Migr…
Seoul, April 24 (IANS) The government will designate 10 cities to serve as major hubs for startup ecosystems by next year in a bid to promote balanced regional growth and create more jobs for young people, the finance ministry here said on Friday.It will first designate four cities that house the country’s major science institutes — Daejeon, Daegu, Gwangju and UIsan — as startup hubs this year, and name six more cities outside of the greater Seoul area with such potential next year, according …