- Monday, March 31, 2025
CATHERINE, the princess of Wales, will be recuperating at her home, Adelaide Cottage in Windsor Great Park, as she receives treatment for cancer. The 42-year-old member of the royal family has revealed that she is undergoing preventive chemotherapy after cancer was detected following her abdominal surgery in January. During her…
KERING, a Paris-based global luxury group, has said that sales at Gucci are likely to plummet by 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2024 owing to a slowdown, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The warning is in contradiction with rivals such as LVMH and Hermès, the sales of…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi was on Friday (22) honoured with the highest civilian award of the neighbouring Himalayan nation of Bhutan -- the ‘Order of the Druk Gyalpo’ -- by its king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk. The award was in recognition of the Indian PM's “outstanding contribution to the…
INDIAN president Droupadi Murmu recently received a call from her Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev who conveyed his gratitude over the Indian Navy's rescue of a hijacked Bulgarian ship and its crew that included seven Bulgarian nationals. "President Droupadi Murmu received a telephone call from President Rumen Radev of Bulgaria @PresidentOfBg,…
JASSEE Singh, a representative of the Sikhs of America organisation, has said that the Narendra Modi government of India assured him that it is committed to the safety and security of the community in the country and globally. He was recently in India along with a delegation and met the…
ON March 11, India successfully conducted the first test flight of the Agni-5 missile off the coast in its eastern state of Odisha as part of ‘Mission Divyastra’, which is considered a key milestone in its nuclear capability. Developed by India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile, which…
GOOGLE Maps is trusted often by people while out on a journey -- be it known or unknown. Modern-day travellers are hardly seen asking local people for directions while looking for a destination, especially in an unknown territory, thanks to the popular digital map service. And this blind faith on…
FORMER Indian ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, recently said that the city of Amritsar in the northern Indian state of Punjab may soon get an American consulate. The 60-year-old diplomat, who retired from the post in January, joined India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its headquarters in…
FORMER Indian ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on Tuesday (19) joined India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at an event held at the party's headquarters in New Delhi. Some of the Hindu nationalist party's top officials, including general secretaries Vinod Tawde and Tarun Chugh, were present on the…
INDIA'S Narendra Modi government has mandated a number of leading video-sharing platforms to restrict access to a recent Canadian documentary investigating the murder of prominent Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a gurdwara in Vancouver, The Guardian reported. This marks the second instance in little more than a year where…
