New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) To mark the International Day of the Girl Child, 21-year-old Shreya Dharmarajan from Chennai was appointed the British High Commissioner to India for a day. The annual ‘High Commissioner for a Day’ competition provides an opportunity to Indian women, aged 18 to 23, to share their strengths with the world. […]
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) A Congress-appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday said that the US must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernisation programme. The report comes against the backdrop of rising tensions with China over Taiwan and worsening frictions […]
Washington, Oct 10 More than 1,000 people have been killed in Hamas attacks on Israel over the weekend, according to the Israeli Embassy in the US, a media report said. The death toll now stands at 1,008, with at least 3,418 injured, the Embassy said on X, CNN reported. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 8 Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, on Sunday said that the Indians who are in Israel can contact the Indian embassy for any help. Speaking to media persons here, he appealed to Indians in Israel to stay in safe shelters and to follow the advisory by the Ministry of […]
San Francisco, Oct 2 Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for trying to crush free speech in his country, saying this is “shameful”. He reacted after the Canadian government made it compulsory for online streaming platforms to register with the government for “regulatory controls”. Author-Journalist Glenn Greenwald […]
Washington, Sep 29 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that India’s diplomatic row with Canada was discussed in his meeting with top US officials — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan — and that he gave them both an exhaustive account of India’s case, which included its assessment […]
New Delhi, An NIA charge sheet has revealed that Hardeep Singh Nijjar — the pro-Khalistan hardliner who was shot dead in June — and gangster-turned-terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla had lured shooters to commit terror acts in exchanhe for “arranging visas, splendid jobs and handsome earnings” in Canada. Nijjar, chief of the the Khalistan […]
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The former chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce Kate Bingham has in a new book warned of a next pandemic that could come from a million unknown viruses and kill about 50 million people like the Spanish Flu. The excerpt of the book, co-authored with another vaccine boffin Tim Hames, […]
New Delhi, Sep 22 Whether on the 2020 farmers’ protests, the arrest of Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh, or the recent diplomatic row over Khalistan backer Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing, many prominent Sikh politicians in Canada have been at the forefront, raising voices against Indian actions. What is noteworthy is their conspicuous silence and action on […]
United Nations, Sep 22 Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday hailed the India-to-Europe Economic Corridor as a “blessing” that will dramatically lower costs for over 2 billion people. At the G20 Summit in New Delhi “we saw another blessing in sight”, he said of the “plans for the visionary corridor” announced by Prime Minister […]