The Indian National Congress, one of the country's major opposition parties, on Friday (26) lashed out at the Narendra Modi government over its completion of nine years calling it a period of failure and full of misery. The grand-old party, which lost power to Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in…
American defence secretary Lloyd Austin will visit New Delhi next week to meet his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh, the Pentagon has announced. The visit will take place weeks ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi's state visit to White House on June 22 when president Joe Biden and first lady Jill…
UK opposition Leader Sir Keir Starmer on Friday (26) said it was time for the UK-India relationship to be widened across all critical areas as he set out the Labour Party's foreign policy pitch in the lead up to the general election expected next year. Starmer said he sees huge…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, May 25, 2023: India must focus on advancements in defence technology to deal with a "double threat" along the borders, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, in an oblique reference to the security challenges at the…
The Pakistani government has barred former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi along with at least 80 people from leaving the country, a media report said on Thursday (25). Khan, 70, and several top leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party are facing cases following the violence…
Narendra Modi will complete nine years as the prime minister of India on Friday (26) (officially on May 30 as Modi took oath as the PM for the second time on that date in 2019) and as in many other fields, India has emerged a key player in global affairs…
India and the US are poised for a "better relationship" under prime minister Narendra Modi, thanks to his tremendous sense of his country's national interests and the posture to be taken vis-a-vis Washington since his days as a senior functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a former senior Indian…
The Indian National Congress, one of India's major opposition parties, on Thursday (25) said they will stand at the airport to give a reception to prime minister Narendra Modi when his government brings back fugitive offenders such as Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi. The grand-old party said this after the…
A leading India-born entrepreneur and author has been honoured by New York City mayor Eric Adams for her pioneering efforts to foster cross-cultural exchange and contribution to the city's vibrant South Asian community. Anu Sehgal, founder and president of The Culture Tree, was honoured with a citation by Adams at…
British home secretary Suella Braverman has faced flak after net migration has touched a record high of 606,000 with around 1.2 million people reaching the British shores to live in 2022. According to a report by the Independent, figures revealed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday (25)…