- Saturday, March 01, 2025
It seems Eric Garcetti, the newly appointed US ambassador to India, is enjoying his posting to the hilt. Days after enjoying food from Maharashtra in Delhi and visiting the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, the diplomat met Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan at the latter's residence 'Mannat' in Mumbai…
US president Joe Biden will meet Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and the latter's Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the upcoming G7 summit (May 19-21) in Japan, the White House said on Tuesday (16) on the eve of the president leaving on his now-curtailed foreign trip. "He…
Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is not known for mincing words when it comes to facing tough diplomatic questions. But the diplomat recently showed that he could also be a man of humour while engaging with the public. Jaishankar was recently in Sweden as part of a three-nation tour…
After the controversial Indian film 'The Kerala Story' was abruptly pulled from theatres in the UK ahead of its scheduled release in the country, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has given the nod for its release on Friday (19). While all the scheduled shows of the film directed…
At least seven passengers on board a Delhi-Sydney flight operated by Air India suffered minor injuries due to mid-air turbulence. The incident on flight AI 302 happened on Tuesday (16), India Today reported. According to sources at India's civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the passengers complained of…
Indian National Congress leader and former parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi is set to visit the US in the first week of June. According to sources in the Indian Overseas Congress, the former Congress chief will address non-resident Indians (NRIs) in New York on June 4. Gandhi is also likely to visit…
Police officers in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam have been asked to reduce weight in a few months or quit the force. A top officer in the state, which is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi, said the body mass index (BMI) of…
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that the upcoming summit of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) in Sydney will not be held, after US president Joe Biden cancelled his visit to the country to tackle domestic issues. Albanese was hopeful even early on Wednesday (17) that the meeting with leaders…
Prime minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia from May 19 to 24, India's ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Tuesday (16) announced. He will be in Japanese city of Hiroshima from May 19 to 21 for the G7 summit. The MEA said the prime minister…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, May 16, 2023: The first ministerial meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) was held in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday during which the two sides discussed enhanced cooperation in digital and clean technology that will…
