- Friday, February 28, 2025
CHINA'S STATE-OWNED media blasted the US ahead of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Washington accusing it of "pushing India and ramping up its efforts to harass China's economic progress". Former Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, who is currently the director of the Office of the Central Foreign…
AS THE Indian diaspora in the US gear up for the arrival of prime minister Narendra Modi to the country on Tuesday (20), a fan of the leader in Maryland decided to flaunt an 'NMODI' number plate on his Honda Odyssey mini van and said the prime minister is an…
HAMISH HARDING, a British businessman known for his adventurous pursuits, has gone missing along with four others in the Atlantic Ocean. They were aboard a tourist submersible on a mission to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. Contact with the submersible was lost during its dive in the mid-Atlantic on…
INDIAN CIVIL aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has praised the recent deal between IndiGo and Airbus, hailing it as a significant milestone in India's civil aviation sector. IndiGo, in one of the largest-ever aircraft purchases by an airline, announced its firm order to acquire 500 narrow-body planes from Airbus. Scindia highlighted…
PAKISTANI BUSINESSMAN Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman were on board Titan, a submersible vessel along with three others who started for a dive into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday (18) to witness the Titanic shipwreck located around 12,500 feet underwater. The 21-foot vessel, operated by the…
WHILE VARIOUS quarters were eagerly waiting for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the US that kicked off on Tuesday (20) and undertaking grand preparations, rights groups in America were planning protests during the Indian leader's visit over what they claim his country's worsening human rights record. However,…
DAYS BEFORE Indian prime minister Narendra Modi left for the US on a state visit, aiming at deepening ties between the two nations further, Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif reacted saying it does not mind with the US having deeper ties with arch-rivals India, provided it does not come at…
INDIAN PRIME minister Narendra Modi will meet the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, during his visit to the US that kicked off on Tuesday (20). This will be his first meeting with the American business leader after he took over as the owner of Twitter, where the Indian prime…
SEVERAL THOUSANDS devotees have gathered in India's coastal town of Puri for the annual 'Ratha Jatra' (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, and the government of the eastern state Odisha has taken extensive measures to ensure a successful event, according to officials. To maintain security, 180 platoons of security forces, with…
AS THE Indian subcontinent copes with extreme heat, rapidly melting glaciers in Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which is home to the world's highest mountain system, have posed grave threat to lives and livelihoods of two billion people living downstream, a new study has warned, according to Bloomberg. The glaciers…
