Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) With a commanding run at the King’s Arise India Qualifier, India’s global esports and gaming content provider, S8UL, has officially qualified for the Honour of Kings World Cup (KWC) at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026. It will now represent India at the global tournament, where 20 of the world’s top Honour of Kings teams will compete for a prize pool of USD 3 million (INR 28.5 crore approx) from July 30 to August 8.The lineup featuring Indian players Saad Sardar (Darkne…
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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India is looking to bring the Asian Games back to home soil for the first time since 1982 as the country expressed interest in hosting the Asian Games 2038, and the proposal for the same has been discussed at the Olympic Council of Asia’s (OCA) executive board meeting in Sanya, China. While New Delhi hosted the inaugural edition in 1951 and the event’s last Indian appearance in 1982. The 2038 bid will mark a potential return of the prestigious continental competition f…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) In its attempt at being relevant while seeking economic support, Pakistan looks intent on playing a complicated game of diplomatic checkers where its apparent “peace mediation” efforts appear to contradict its own stand. The diplomatic push is a pivot for Pakistan, which has spent more time as a combatant over the past year in its own conflicts than as a peace broker, pointed out a report in The New York Times. Islamabad has a chequered history in Afghan involvemen…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday that India continues to follow developments in the West Asia region and remains in touch with countries of the region. Addressing an inter-ministerial media briefing on recent developments in West Asia on Tuesday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India is in touch with the Iranian authorities on the issue of safety of Indian nationals in Iran and to ensure safe passage of Indian ships through the Strait o…
New Delhi/Riyadh, April 20 (IANS) India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval paid an official visit to Riyadh on Sunday, engaging in a series of high-level meetings with senior Saudi leadership to strengthen bilateral relations, enhance energy cooperation, and discuss key regional developments. The visit underscores the growing strategic partnership between India and Saudi Arabia amid evolving geopolitical dynamics.In a statement, the Embassy of India in Riyadh highlighted that the discussio…
Washington, April 16 (IANS) Pakistan should focus on securing its own peace before projecting itself as an arbiter of it on the international stage, a report highlighted on Thursday citing the recent failed Islamabad talks between Iran and the United States. Writing in US-based ‘Inkstick Media’, Marcus Andreopoulos stated that while Islamabad’s role in brokering a temporary ceasefire may have resulted in greater global attention in the short term, any optimism quickly faded once US Vice Presiden…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule on Monday urged the government and the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to provide urgent repatriation support to 41 Indians from Maharashtra’s Bhokardan, stranded in Riyadh after their flight to Mumbai was cancelled. Sule, NCP Working President and Lok Sabha MP from Baramati, stated that 41 Indians from Bhokardan were stranded in Riyadh after Akasa Air abruptly cancelled their flight to Mumbai. She also listed all passenger names.”41 Indian citiz…
Islamabad, April 2 (IANS) As Pakistan claims of being a potential mediator between the United States and Iran during the ongoing conflict in West Asia, a report has highlighted that Islamabad has consistently sought to turn crisis into opportunities for relevance, projecting itself as useful to all parties while avoiding the “costs of full alignment” with any one of them. Writing for ‘EuropaWire,’ Dimitra Staikou, a Greek lawyer, writer, and journalist, recently emphasised that Pakistan’s contin…
Madrid, March 31 (IANS) Despite the attacks on Saudi Arabia by Iran in recent weeks amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, Islamabad has so far refrained from deploying significant forces to support Riyadh under the bilateral defence agreement. This inaction has raised questions in diplomatic circles about the practical scope of the pact between Islamabad and Riyadh as well as the conditions required to put it into effect, a report said on Tuesday.”Recently, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed …
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) Pakistan, given its association with the A Q Khan network — a global nuclear smuggling chain that supplied enrichment technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea — lacks credibility as the guardian amid its reported move to convey the American proposal to Iran and offer to host talks, a report stated. “This is not mediation. It is control. Whoever defines the room defines the outcome. And this file defines security: Israel, the US, the Gulf, the West, and India. T…