09-03-2025 NEW DELHI: India has signed a $248 million contract with Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport to acquire more powerful engines for its Soviet-era battle tanks, the Indian Defence Ministry said on Friday. The T-72 tank, first introduced in India in the 1970s, is the mainstay of the Indian Army’s …

09-03-2025 SYDNEY: A tropical storm is expected to make landfall on Australia’s eastern coast on Saturday morning as tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and more than 230,000 households left without power. Initially called Cyclone Alfred, the weather front was downgraded to a tropical low with winds set …

09-03-2025 JUBA: Several people have died in South Sudan after an attempt by the UN to evacuate members of the national army came under fire, the UN has said. One crew member died when a UN helicopter was shot at, a statement from its mission in South Sudan, Unmiss, said. …

09-03-2025 COLUMBIA: A South Carolina man convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend’s parents to death has become the first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in the last 15 years. Brad Sigmon was shot to death just after 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday by three …

09-03-2025 WARSAW: Work is under way to make all men in Poland undergo military training, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. In a speech to the Polish parliament, Tusk said the government aimed to give full details in the coming months. Efforts are being made to “prepare large-scale military training for …

09-03-2025 WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump has said he is “strongly considering large-scale sanctions” and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine is reached. Trump said he was contemplating the move because “Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield right now”. Trump’s comments marked …

09-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Syrian security forces are alleged to have executed dozens of people belonging to the Alawite minority in the coastal province of Latakia, according to a war monitoring group. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 162 civilians have been killed in “field executions” in the region, …

New Delhi/March;9 (PMI) President Droupadi Murmu emphasised the crucial role of women in shaping the nation’s future at a National Conference on ‘Nari Shakti Se Viksit Bharat’ in New Delhi on Saturday (March 8), organised by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to celebrate the International Women’s Day. Speaking …

New Delhi/March’9 (PMI):After the Delhi government approved ‘Mahila Samridhi Yojana’ to provide Rs 2500 to women on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that the committee has been formed and registration for the scheme will begin soon. “Today is Women’s Day. We …

Hyderabad, March 8 (Shoukat–PMI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a great person, who shows women’s empowerment in his hands.             In a statement  on the occasion of International Women’s Day, he described the women as embodiments of …