New York/Washington: The US Senate has confirmed Sergio Gor as the next Ambassador of the United States to India. Gor, 38, was among 107 nominees confirmed by the Senate in a single en bloc vote Tuesday, with 51 senators voting in favour and 47 against....
Guwahati: Zubeen Garg's cousin and Assam Police DSP Sandipan Garg was arrested Wednesday in connection with the singer's death in Singapore last month, a senior officer said. This is the fifth arrest in the case. Earlier, North East India Festival chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, the...
Kyiv/New Delhi: Ukraine has claimed to have captured a 22-year-old Indian national allegedly fighting for the Russian army, while the Indian government said it is verifying the report. According to Ukrainian media outlet The Kyiv Independent, the man, identified as Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein from...
New Delhi: Google Wednesday announced a major update for its AI-powered Search experience in India, expanding AI Mode to seven new Indian languages -- Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. With this rollout, millions more users across the country will now be able...
New Delhi: Gold prices reached a historic milestone Wednesday, crossing the $4,000 per ounce mark in international markets for the first time ever. The precious metal touched a record high of $4,002.53 in spot trading, while December gold futures on the US Commodity Exchange rose...
Kochi: The alleged Bhutan luxury car smuggling scandal took a serious turn Wednesday with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) launching simultaneous raids at 17 locations across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, including the homes of leading Malayalam actors Mammootty, his son Dulquer Salmaan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, and Amit...
Jaipur: A truck carrying LPG cylinders caught fire following a collision with a tanker on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway Tuesday night, police said, adding that one person was killed in the accident. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma termed the fire incident on the Jaipur-Ajmer Highway as extremely...
New York/Washington: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday lauded US President Donald Trump for bringing ‘peace’ between India and Pakistan, as he called the American leader a 'transformative president'. “You are a transformative president… the transformation in the economy, unprecedented commitments of NATO partners to...
Washington: The US government shutdown has entered its seventh day, with flight delays reported across multiple airports nationwide. Flights were delayed at airports in New York, Denver and Los Angeles due to shortages of air traffic controllers. Staffing shortages are also being reported in Washington,...
London: An Indian-origin man who had pleaded guilty to child rape offences was Tuesday sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment at an east London court, where his brother was also sentenced to 15 months in jail for possession of indecent images of children. Vruj Patel, 26,...
Despite the newfound bonhomie between China and India in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s tariff war, China is...
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In its latest annual review, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has assigned a ‘C’ grade to India’s national accounts statistics...
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Last month, along with Pakistan and Iraq, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council from Asia. The UNHRC...
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For three days, Naya Raipur is set to cosplay as a “mini-PMO”, complete with the full weight of India’s security...
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