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India and Russia today reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen counter terrorism cooperation at multilateral fora, including at the UN, BRICS, EAG and SCO. Ministry of External Affairs said that the 14th Meeting of India-Russia Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism was held in New Delhi. Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, Sibi George and Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Dmitry Lyubinski co-chaired the meeting. Both sides condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestation including cross-border…

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today conducted a successful flight-test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha. Defence Ministry said that the rocket was tested for a user-defined minimum range of 60 kilometres. The Pinaka LRGR rocket is designed by Armament Research and Development Establishment in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, with support from Defence Research and Development Laboratory and Research…

Three people were killed across Ukraine in overnight Russian attacks, including one in Kyiv. In Kharkiv, two people were killed and 20 others were injured. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia fired 169 long-range strike drones and seven missiles, including five ballistics last night. Russia’s Defence Ministry said the military carried out a strike on arms industry facilities in Kyiv, hitting a plant that was manufacturing components for Flamingo cruise missiles and a facility assembling mid- and long-range drones. The…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Melbourne, Australia, this evening on the second leg of his three-nation visit. He was warmly received by Australian Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness and Minister for Cities Clare O’Neill upon his arrival. The Prime Minister said this visit will add vigour to the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. In a social media post Mr. Modi said that he look forward to the talks with his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese. The Prime Minister…

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will complete the credit of 8.25 percent interest for the financial year 2025-26 into nearly 34 crore EPF accounts by 15th of July. Union Labour and Employment Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that over 1.44 lakh crore rupees will be credited to subscribers through its new Centralised IT Enabled Services (CITES) system. The Minister said that the EPFO has completed the process of migrating its entire database of member records from decentralised architecture to the new…

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will complete the credit of 8.25 percent interest for the financial year 2025-26 into nearly 34 crore EPF accounts by 15th of July. Union Labour and Employment Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that over 1.44 lakh crore rupees will be credited to subscribers through its new Centralised IT Enabled Services (CITES) system. The Minister said that the EPFO has completed the process of migrating its entire database of member records from decentralised architecture to the new…

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal has thanked Venezuela for acknowledging India’s humanitarian assistance under Operation Amistad following the double earthquake on 24th June. In a social media post, Mr Jaishwal said that the relief mission reflected the enduring friendship between the two countries. India had launched Operation Amistad to support Venezuela following devastating twin earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 that caused widespread destruction.