Cairo, July 9 (IANS) A Hamas delegation held “crucial” talks in Cairo on Thursday with Egyptian officials on arrangements for implementing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, an Egyptian security source told media.The delegation discussed preparations for the next phase of the Gaza peace plan, the source said on condition of anonymity.Hamas reaffirmed its readiness to hand over the Gaza Strip to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, paving the way for the second ph…
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Gaza, July 6 (IANS) Hamas on Monday announced the dissolution of the Government Emergency Committee in Gaza and the transfer of the administration of the Gaza Strip to the National Committee. Head of the Government Emergency Committee Mohammed al-Farra has officially submitted his resignation, Ismail Thawabta, Director General of the Hamas-run media office in Gaza, said at a press conference in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Xinhua news agency reported.Only technical and professional staff would r…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) According to Dr. Nadia Helmy’s report published in Modern Diplomacy, Chinese intelligence and security agencies view the crackdown on influence thuggery and the arrest of Sabry Nakhnoukh by Egyptian security forces in June 2026 as a significant step in ensuring the stability of Chinese investments.This reportedly suggests a fundamental evolution in Beijing’s foreign policy.Rather than strictly adhering to its historical policy of “non-interference”, China is proactively…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Prashant Pise, presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Monday. A 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Prashant Pise, is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Embassy noted.Pise will succeed Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas from the 1993 Indian Foreign Service batch in Muscat.Pise’s first overseas posting was in Cairo from 1997 to…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Hemant Burman secured silver in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event while Zuhair Khan and Addya Katyal won bronze medal in the Trap Mixed Team event as India finished at the top of the medal table with a total of 16 medals: five gold, six silver, and five bronze, in the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.In the day’s first final, Hemant Burman secured a silver by scoring 351.7 across all three positions in the 50m 3-Position e…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Vanshika Chaudhary and Chirag Sharma won the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, in Cairo, Egypt, taking India’s gold tally to five, as the squad continued to lead the table with one more day of competitions left. The duo shot 484.3 to shrug off the challenge of Aliaksandra Piatrova and Mikita Daubash (467.6) representing the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN). The second Indian …
New Delhi, Apr 24 (IANS) India’s 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team pairing of Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Divyanshu Dewangan won the competition with a junior world record score of 499.9, as India claimed a fourth gold in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday.The pair had earlier topped the qualification round with a combined 632.0. Chinese Taipei’s Tsai Chieh-Ying and Chen You-An won silver with 498.3, while the French pairi…
Cairo, April 24, (IANS) The inaugural Navy-to-Navy Staff Talks (NNST) between the Indian and the Egyptian Navy were held in Cairo on the sidelines of the 11th India-Egypt Joint Defence Committee (JDC) meeting, the Ministry of Defence stated on Friday.Describing the talks as a “milestone in maritime cooperation”, the Indian Embassy in Egypt stated that the two nations held discussions focused on operational coordination, joint training, maritime domain awareness, and avenues for collaboration i…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Prachi Gaikwad struck gold, winning the junior women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, firing 354.6 in the final to overcome Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) Darya Chuprys, who shot 354.4.Another AIN shooter, Elena Kretinina, won bronze with a score of 343.3, exiting the 35-shot final after the 34th shot. Naraen Pranav also won bronze in …
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Indian juniors picked up four more medals, three silver and a bronze, to add to their one of each colour won on the first day, slotting in at third in the medal tally as athletes from Kazakhstan and Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) picked up four of the five gold medals on offer on competition Day Two of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Cairo’s Olympic International City Shooting Range in Cairo on Wednesday….