- Friday, February 28, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi, who landed at JF Kennedy Airport in New York on Tuesday (20) for a four-day state visit to the US, had an eventful stay in the Big Apple. Here are some high points of Modi's engagements in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday (21) that…
AUSTRALIA'S dramatic two-wicket in the first Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday ensured a hugely-anticipated Ashes series got off to a thrilling start as skipper Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon's unbroken stand of 55 turned the tables on England. Below AFP Sport looks at three things we learned from a gripping…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (21) said while leading an unprecedented yoga session at the United Nations headquarters in New York that yoga does not belong to any one nation, religion or ethnicity. The leader, who reached the Big Apple for a four-day state visit to the US,…
WHILE several US politicians were lining up to welcome Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in American after he landed in New York on Tuesday (20) and has some high-profile commitments, two Muslim women members of the US Congress said they would stay away from the Indian leader's address to the…
IN AN unusual development, Shashi Tharoor, a prominent parliamentarian of India's opposition Congress party on Wednesday (21) praised the Narendra Modi government for reviving and popularising yoga and internationalising the Day of Yoga through the United Nations. Tharoor, who had served as a top official in the UN between 2002…
IN A move that certain sections of the Indian media called an instance of Hinduphobia, Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC) has banned celebration of Holi or the festival of colour across universities in the country. Its executive director wrote to vice chancellors of all the universities to notify about the…
US AMBASSADOR to India Eric Garcetti on Tuesday (20) hailed Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the United States as a "watershed moment" that could reshape bilateral relations between the two democracies. Speaking at the INDUS-X conference organised by US-India Business Council in partnership with the US defense…
AN INFLUENTIAL lawmaker in the US has revealed plans to introduce a bill to make India part of the NATO Plus grouping that would facilitate transfer of top American technology and defence equipment without much bureaucratic hurdles, amid growing challenges from China. NATO Plus, currently NATO Plus 5, is a…
INDIAN PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday (21) celebrated the ninth International Day of Yoga by emphasising the significance of yoga as India's valuable contribution to the world. She personally participated in a yoga session at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the president of India. Murmu expressed her belief…
INDIAN RAILWAYS minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday (21) actively participated in the celebration of the ninth International Day of Yoga in Balasore in the eastern state of Odisha. Prior to this, he had convened a meeting with local authorities, including the administrative and police officials, in light of a tragic…
