Washington: The FBI has added India-born Manjit Singh Bedi to its list of most wanted fraudsters for his alleged involvement in irregularities in the US government's benefits scheme. According to the FBI, Bedi operated a small grocery store in Tacoma, Washington, and swiped customers' government...
Havana: The US government Thursday slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island's economy and deepen its multiple crises. Among those hit with sanctions are Fidel Ernesto Castro, grandson of former President Raul Castro, and Cuba's Oil Industry Supply Import...
Sriharikota: ISRO Chairman, Dr V Narayanan Friday responded to criticism over the increasing role of private players in the country’s space sector, saying that ISRO alone cannot meet India’s growing requirements and that the overall space ecosystem needs to expand. Speaking to IANS, Narayanan said...
Kathmandu: Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of US technology company Nvidia, has donated $10 million to Nepal’s Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund to support people affected by the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi River basin in Rasuwa district, Nepal’s Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle said. In...
Washington: US Vice President J.D. Vance, has again sidestepped questions about a possible presidential campaign in 2028, saying Republicans should concentrate on the November mid-term elections instead of competing for a job several years away. Vance was asked whether he could support Defence Secretary Pete...
Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee finally broke her silence on the purported attack on the Camac Street party office of Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee early in the morning, allegedly by BJP activists, and threatened to stage protests in front of...
Kyiv: Calling India a "global superpower", Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha Thursday said that Kyiv welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent call to move from an endless war to end of the war. Sybiha made the comments during his meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM)...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL that sought to re-conduct the NEET-PG 2026 exam, as it pulled up and imposed a cost on the petitioner and the advocate for filing such a petition. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare within 24 hours the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination results of two candidates whose results were withheld over allegations linked to the question paper leak, observing that they had not been named...
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices ended lower Thursday after erasing gains made during the trading session, as investors assessed the inflation outlook amid a spike in oil prices and movements in bond yields that heightened concerns over potential rate hikes. The Sensex declined 417.49 points, or...
Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate...
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A foreign outlet interviewed me this week and at the end of it, after we had wrapped up, the interviewer...
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