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Britian uses government hackers to launch operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the country's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) revealed on Tuesday. These cyberattacks were conducted by the secretive National Cyber Force (NCF), a hacking unit operational si...

A day after plane-maker Embraer admitted corruption in a 200-million dollar deal with India, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the blacklisting of defence suppliers will not be handled impulsively. According to Mr Parrikar, any criminal activity should be banned, but the extent of the ban "will be based on the requirement of national sec...

The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria today after several setbacks, reentering the symbolic town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.

The Prime Minister's fragile coalition is under new pressure. Senior partner DMK has threatened to withdraw its five ministers this week from the cabinet unless India asks the UN's top human rights body to hold Sri Lanka accountable for "genocide." Later this month, the UN's top human rights body will vote on a resolution by the US which criticizes...

The Centre is under extreme pressure to vote against Sri Lanka on March 21, when the United Nations' top human rights body meets in Geneva. The US is moving a resolution that is expected to criticize Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes and human rights violations by its defence forces in the final phases of the civil war against the Tamil Tigers which...

Britian uses government hackers to launch operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the country's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) revealed on Tuesday. These cyberattacks were conducted by the secretive National Cyber Force (NCF), a hacking unit operational si...

A day after plane-maker Embraer admitted corruption in a 200-million dollar deal with India, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the blacklisting of defence suppliers will not be handled impulsively. According to Mr Parrikar, any criminal activity should be banned, but the extent of the ban "will be based on the requirement of national sec...

The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria today after several setbacks, reentering the symbolic town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.

The Prime Minister's fragile coalition is under new pressure. Senior partner DMK has threatened to withdraw its five ministers this week from the cabinet unless India asks the UN's top human rights body to hold Sri Lanka accountable for "genocide." Later this month, the UN's top human rights body will vote on a resolution by the US which criticizes...

The Centre is under extreme pressure to vote against Sri Lanka on March 21, when the United Nations' top human rights body meets in Geneva. The US is moving a resolution that is expected to criticize Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes and human rights violations by its defence forces in the final phases of the civil war against the Tamil Tigers which...