International

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a series of discussions with CEOs of global companies in New York on the new investment opportunities in digital infrastructure opening up in India’s fast-growing economy, according to an official statement posted on X Friday. In a meeting...

Kathmandu: Two men have been rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project nine days after a flash flood tore through the Trishuli River corridor in central Nepal. They have been identified as Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor on the project,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on becoming the longest serving Prime Minister in the European nation's postwar history and wished her continued success in the years ahead. PM Modi, while extending greetings on Meloni's feat, appreciated her government's...

Rome: Georgia Meloni-led government has become the longest-serving Prime Minister in the postwar era of the Italian Republic, surpassing the record earlier held by Silvio Berlusconi. Giorgia Meloni assumed office as Italy's first woman Prime Minister October 22, 2022, and her government completed 1,413 days...

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...

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...

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)...

Kathmandu: The death toll due to the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,252 Thursday as more bodies were recovered from the affected areas while thousands remain missing after more than a week of the disaster, police said. According to the data released by...