- Friday, April 25, 2025
US vice president Kamala Harris remembered her maternal grandfather P V Gopalan (1911-98) during her visit to Zambia on Friday (31) and paid a visit to his family house in Lusaka, the African nation's capital. The pause was part of her diplomatic swing through the continent. "My visit to Zambia…
Having learnt the bitter lessons of disruptions in supply chain during and after the Covid-19 crisis, US president Joe Biden wants the entire system of producing and delivering a product or service to start and end in the US to reduce “vulnerability”, according to Bharat Ramamurti, his top economic advisor.…
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan, who is currently fighting an intense political and legal battle at home, has taken out time to speak on the absence of cricketers from his country in the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. The 70-year-old former cricketer, who gave Pakistan their only World Cup…
New Zealand white-ball captain Kane Williamson's participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 has come under scanner in the very first match after he suffered an injury in his right knee while fielding during his team Gujarat Titans' inaugural encounter with Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium…
India and Malaysia can now use the Indian rupee to settle trade in addition to other currencies, the former's ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Saturday (1). The move follows the decision by India's central bank -- Reserve Bank of India -- in July last year to allow settlement…
Police in Canada have said they recovered the bodies of two more migrants who drowned in the St Lawrence River while attempting to enter the US from Canada illegally, taking the death toll to eight, including members of an Indian family. The bodies were found on Friday (31) in a…
Outbreak of communal violence in Sasaram in Rohtas district of India's eastern state of Bihar during celebration of Ram Navami, a Hindu festival, this week, has led to cancellation of a visit to the state by the country's home minister, Amit Shah. Shah, who is the second-most powerful leader in…
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels on Friday (31) gave a reaction of satisfaction to the criminal indictment of former US president Donald Trump, taunting the latter over his infamous remarks that seemed to confess how he assaulted women sexually. "This pussy grabbed back," Daniels, who was paid $130,000 by Trump's…
British prime minister Rishi Sunak, who has come under criticism in the past over his expensive properties, has found himself at the receiving end once again, this time for taking private jet trips worth almost £500,000 in just over a week last year. The opposition lashed out at the Conservative…
US NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) envoy Julianne Smith, while speaking on NATO and strengthening relationships with South Asia and the Indo-Pacific, virtually said the group is ready to engage more with India if it is interested. The US's permanent representative to NATO though stressed that currently there are no…
