Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Friday pledged to accelerate the building of a “T-Dome” air defence system in the face of the threat from China.

The US has sanctioned more than 50 entities, people and vessels including two Indian nationals for allegedly facilitating Iranian energy sales, in an attempt to dismantle "key elements" of Tehran's "energy export machine", according to an official statement.

Hon’ble Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council, Basavaraj Horatti, and Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, U. T. Khader, met the Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Mia “Ma” Amor Mottley, SC, MP, during their official visit to Barbados to attend the International Speakers’ Conference.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that Kerala has become the first state to pass a Bill amending the Central Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

About 30 e-mail bomb threats have been received in Chennai in the last one month, including the one targeting Press Trust of India (PTI) office here on Friday and all of them have turned out to be hoax, police said.

Sex education should be provided to children from a younger age, and not Class IX onwards, the Supreme Court has said.

The Election Commission on Friday said special arrangements will be made at polling stations in Bihar for "dignified" identification of women voters in burqa or purdah.

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organisations and private sector players, US officials said Thursday.