SPECULATION is rife over Indian-origin politician Pallavi Sinha may join the race to succeed long-serving Australian senator Marisa Payne after she recently announced her decision to resign from the house of the parliament later this month, The Australia Today reported. The 59-year-old has been Australia's longest-serving woman senator who has…
DEMANDING justice for Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula who died in January after getting hit by an overseeding patrol car from the Seattle Police Department (SPD), more than 200 people from different countries on Thursday (14) held a rally at the intersection in the city where the fatal accident took place.…
DELHI has emerged as the top city for iPhone enthusiasts as it beats the second in the chart, Mumbai, with a mammoth "182 per cent" more iPhone purchases this year so far, reveals a new report. The research, "iPhone unboxed" conducted by consumer electronics store chain Croma, found "47 per…
INDIA's Narendra Modi government has accused X Corp, formerly called Twitter, of being a "habitual non-compliant platform" in a court filing made recently. According to the government, "X-Corp does not follow the law of the land" and added that this lowered "the authority of the law, judicial and executive". The…
INDIA skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl against Bangladesh in an Asia Cup Super Four match at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday (15). India have already made the final with wins over arch-rivals Pakistan and Sri Lanka and will meet the Lankans,…
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (15) expressed optimism that the country could reach its nominal economic growth target of 10.5 per cent this fiscal year and hinted that growth was being given priority over taxing diesel vehicles, an issue that created a controversy of sought lately. Speaking to…
INDIA has decided to make amends to its plan for the 'G77 plus China' summit which is taking place in Havana, Cuba, on Friday (15) and Saturday (17). Originally, external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was set to captain the Indian delegation at the event but he has to stay back…
THE government of the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Friday (15) held a mega event of reading the preamble to the Indian Constitution as part of celebrations for the 'International Day of Democracy' with millions of people participating from the country as well as abroad. September 15 is observed…
THE university in the US where Jaahnavi Kandula, a student from India was enrolled and awaited her graduation this year end, has decided to award her the degree posthumously and present it to her family. The 23-year-old Kandula, who was pursuing a master's degree from the Northeastern University campus in…
MASSIVE anti-Pakistan protests are raging across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the part of Jammu and Kashmir which has been under the country's control since 1947. People across cities, towns and villages of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have taken to the streets against the skyrocketing inflation, shortage of food and imposition of excessive taxes.…