- Saturday, March 01, 2025
The Indian embassy in Sudan, where a fierce power struggle started last month between the military and paramilitary forces, worked round the clock with less manpower to help evacuate those Indians who were stranded in the African country, said passengers who reached Mumbai last week after being rescued. Narrating the…
Here are news in brief from India on Monday, May 1, 2023: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted people on the formation day of Maharashtra and Gujarat. He tweeted, "Best wishes on Maharashtra Day. The state is blessed with a great culture and hardworking people who have enriched national…
Continuing with its mission to evacuate its nationals from violence-rocked Sudan, India on Monday (1) brought back home another batch of 186 people under 'Operation Kaveri' that was launched a week back to evacuate Indians stranded in the north African nation. '#OperationKaveri continues to bring Indians back home. Flight carrying…
A 65-year-old man has sent to jail for five months for mailing a threatening letter to former British home secretary Priti Patel after admitting to sending a grossly offensive letter to the Indian-origin ex-minister at a hearing. Pooneeraj Canakiah was sentenced by the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London last week.…
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of the poll-bound southern Indian state of Karnataka on Monday (1) released its manifesto for the May 10 battle in which it promised implementation of the uniform civil code, a million jobs in the manufacturing sector and a State Capital Region tag for state…
CARE Foundation, a leading educational non-profit foundation based in Lahore, Pakistan, is supporting 1,000 students to pursue college or university education each year to help lift the South Asian country out of poverty. The organisation, which aims at empowering the next generation of leaders in Pakistan, provides annual funding to…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday (27) carried out a daring night operation by flying a transport aircraft into an unprepared runway in Sudan, where a fierce power struggle is currently underway between the country's military and the paramilitary forces, to rescue 121 people. The IAF landed its C-130J…
The 100th episode of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat' (Inner Thoughts) will be broadcast live at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Sunday (30). “Get ready for a historic moment as the 100th episode of PM Modi's "Mann Ki Baat" is…
India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) economic intelligence agency on Saturday (29) carried out searches at the premises of Byju Raveendran, chief executive officer of ed-tech firm BYJU'S which is based in Bengaluru in the southern state of Karnataka for allegedly violating foreign funding norms. The agency officials searched two business and…
In a revelation that would raise concern, a study of samples taken from factories by government inspectors has said that nearly three per cent of drugs routinely taken by Indians for ailments such as hypertension, bacterial infections and allergies are "substandard", The Guardian reported. Officials in the country have been…
