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CIA Director John Ratcliffe Made Secret Trip to Moscow to Warn Russia Against NATO Attack

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- any Russian military action against NATO's Baltic members would be treated as an attack on the entire alliance. John Ratcliffe, who has led the CIA since the Trump administratio... Read More


Nepal-Tibet Floods Kill 390, Leave 1,400 Missing as Himalayan Glacial Disaster Strikes Sacred Pilgrim Routes

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- KATHMANDU - The pilgrims came to walk a sacred circle. At Mount Kailash, a 6,638-meter peak straddling the Nepal-Tibet border that draws Hindus and Buddhists from across Asia and... Read More


Silver Rate Today, August 28, 2026: Prices Crash Rs.18,000 to Rs.2.42 Lakh/Kg on Raksha Bandhan

NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 -- Silver's seven-week rally met a wall on Raksha Bandhan. Spot silver across Indian cities shed Rs.18,000 per kilogram in a single session - dropping from Rs.2,60,000 on Thursday t... Read More


US Patriot Missile Stocks in Europe Hit 'Beyond Critical' as Iran War Drains Reserves

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- WASHINGTON - The calculus behind the phrase "beyond critical" is not one a defense department volunteers readily. But as of Wednesday, that was the assessment circulating in NATO... Read More


India-US Nuclear Energy Talks in Washington Advance Ahead of IAEA ATLAS Launch

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The equation haunting India's nuclear ambitions for two decades is both simple and unresolved: a country of 1.4 billion people needs electricity at a scale that coal alone can n... Read More


Russia Stays India's Top Crude Oil Supplier in August 2026 Despite Drone-Driven Volume Dip

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refinery infrastructure complicated logistics across the Urals basin, but Indian refiners maintained their sourcing calculus and Russian barrel... Read More


Nestle and Marico Lead as Premiumisation Splits India's FMCG Sector in Q1 FY27

MUMBAI, Aug. 28 -- The delivery app notification comes in under ten minutes, and what it delivers is now the most consequential variable in five quarterly earnings reports. In Q1 FY27, Nestle India's ... Read More


Colombia's Second Airstrike in Three Weeks Kills Eight, and the Toll Is Still Rising

BOGOTA, Aug. 28 -- Three weeks into the job, Colombia's new president is announcing body counts on X, and the counts are not holding still. Abelardo de la Espriella said on Thursday that Operation AM... Read More


Iran Says Diplomacy Is Not Impossible. The Conditions Are the Old Ones.

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The word Iran's foreign minister chose was not yes. It was not impossible, which is a different and much smaller thing. pressure doesn't work," he wrote. "The U.S. should build ... Read More


Moscow Says Europe Wants Talks Only to Buy Kyiv a Pause

Mikhail Galuzin, Aug. 28 -- A pause in the fighting means one thing when Moscow declares it and another when Europe suggests it, and the difference is the whole of Russia's position. to keep Ukraine ... Read More