New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India and Egypt underscored the importance of bilateral cooperation in countering terrorism, reflecting the spirit of the India-Egypt Strategic Partnership at the 5th meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. The meeting between India and Egypt was held in New Delhi on May 20.The meeting was co-chaired by senior officials from the Ministries of External Affairs and Foreign Affairs, with the par…
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Washington, May 21 (IANS) Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks reshaped America’s national security architecture, lawmakers and counterterrorism experts have warned that the United States faces a more complex and dangerous threat landscape driven by artificial intelligence, cyber warfare, drones, foreign espionage and decentralised terror networks.During a hearing of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday (local time), bipartisan lawmakers and witnesses r…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Pakistan’s ISI and its stooges have been making a massive push to flood the Indian markets with fake currency, the agencies have learnt.The key areas of concern remain the Tripura-Bangladesh border and Punjab.While couriers are being used to push fake currency into the Indian market along the Bangladesh border, in Punjab, the menace is rising due to the use of drones.It is a two-pronged strategy that the ISI has adopted when it comes to fake Indian currency. On one han…
Washington, May 16 (IANS) The US Army has told lawmakers that drones, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are rapidly reshaping modern warfare, as senior military leaders pointed to lessons from the Ukraine conflict and warned that future battlefields will be dominated by low-cost, scalable unmanned technologies.Appearing before the House Armed Services Committee, US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said the character of war was changing at unprecedented speed and militaries that fail t…
Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) Following a major crackdown by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) against a suspected Pakistan-linked terror and smuggling network, seven youths from Sri Ganganagar district have been detained over alleged links to the social media network of Pakistan-based terror operative Shahzad Bhatti.Sri Ganganagar SP Hari Shankar said that over the past 24 hours, the ATS, along with intelligence agencies, carried out raids across multiple locations in Rajasthan to identify individuals sus…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Alphabet-owned Google is exploring fresh investments in India focused on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and the local manufacturing of servers and drones, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.Sharing details of his meeting with Google executives on social media platform X, Vaishnaw said the company is evaluating opportunities across AI infrastructure development as well as electronics manufacturing in India.“Google is exploring investments in Indi…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) On the intervening night of May 6-7, the Indian armed forces carried out Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam attack in which innocent lives were lost. The operation was so precise that it took down major infrastructure both in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan.Some of the major infrastructure that was destroyed included the Jaish-e-Mohammad’s headquarters in Bahawalpur and the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s primary training facility in Muridke. Experts say that the…
Yerevan, May 4 (IANS) Citing that the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow could be held without any military equipment this time around, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Monday claimed that Russia is steadily weakening. “If that happens, it will be the first time in many, many years. They cannot afford military equipment – and they fear drones may buzz over Red Square,” Zelensky posted on XSpeaking at the 8th European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, Zelensky said that Russian…
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) In a crackdown on organised crime in Punjab’s border-sharing villages, the police in Tarn Taran have come down heavily on the drug trade involving Pakistan, which had been enabling gangsters to finance and run their illegal operations in the state. Over the past three months, since the ‘Gangstran te Vaar’ operation by the government, the district police have registered 490 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, arrested 630 individua…
Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) Five people have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district after grenades, ammunition and other incriminating material were found on them, said police said on Tuesday.Officials said these five persons were arrested in the Khanmoh area of the district by a police team during checking at Nard Sangri near Khanmoh.Police said two hand grenades, two magazines, some rounds of ammunition, posters and six mobile phones were recovered from their possession.A case …