As India's international role expands, so must our capabilities, says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Russian authorities on Wednesday resumed search operation for 10 missing sailors, including four Indians.
The country's second-largest government-owned oil and gas exploration company Oil India has qualified as a non-operator in the latest round of oil blocks auction in Libya.
In other European football action Real Madrid were left frustrated after a goalless draw against Athletic Bilbao in their La Liga match on Sunday.
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The Supreme Court is currently not in session, but can take emergency cases.
Violence against journalists took centre stage in 2014 with 66 reporters killed, says a report by Reporters Without Borders. While number of deaths may have fallen, violence against reporters has become more savage, and kidnappings have skyrocketed, the report says.
The new executive order, which will come into force on March 16, covers people from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen.
Six Bulgarian medics returned home free, amidst tears and hugs, after eight years imprisonment in Libya.
With External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee set to visit Iran on February 6, there will be more than one pair of eyes watching the visit closely.
The US sportswear group will still sponsor the Italian giants despite their demotion to Italian football's second division.
'If he looked at it purely as an Islamic bomb, he would not have sold the nuclear secrets to North Korea. Khan was fighting the West, through North Korea, Iran and Libya,'\nsays Gordon Corera.
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Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at airports across the US to protest the ban announced by President Donald Trump on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, extending solidarity to those affected as chaos and fear gripped individuals trying to enter the country.
Top seed Veselin Topalov's winning spree was halted by GM Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia in the World Chess Championship.
In daring raids, US commandos have captured a fugitive al-Qaeda leader from the streets of Libya and raided the seaside villa of an al-Shabaab militant in Somalia, signalling America's determination to pursue dreaded terrorists abroad.
Flying high on the government's initiative for Oil India Ltd's global foray into exploration and production activities, the company will invest around $150 million in the coming fiscal
Tunisia is on a manhunt for the third attacker in the Bardo Museum in Tunis last week that left more than 20 people dead.
Aizaz Jafri operates a licensed posh entertainment spot called 'Hot Shots' in Islamabad and always boasted of close contacts with Khan.
But David Kay, who quit as chief weapons inspector, cleared the White House of using US intelligence agencies to build a case for war by creating a false impression of Saddam's WMD.
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that Trump is concerned about America's safety.
OPEC agrees to keep pumping as oil glut fears persist.
The Pakistani president in an interview with NBC disagreed that the pardon was a complete 'whitewash'.
The father of the country's nuclear bomb had on Wednesday admitted leaking nuclear technology.
Both Musharraf and Jamali have refuted speculation that the country's nuclear programme would be capped as a result of the international concern over the charges of proliferation of nuclear technology.
Bharatiya Janaya Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday threatened to take legal recourse if government went ahead with the Rafale jet deal with France, saying there were shortcomings in the fighter aircraft.
National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly and GM Dibyendu Barua also bowed out of the World Chess Championship.
In yet another controversial jibe, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said women in the Islamic world like wearing burqas because it is easier as they do not have to wear makeup.
Rizvi's burial took place in Mumbai. Khushi's body was cremated at the Khaswadi crematorium in Vadodara.
Dismissing allegations that it is singling out China in maritime disputes, the United States has said in the last one year it has challenged the maritime territorial claims of 18 countries, including some of friendly nations like India and Brazil.
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