- Thursday, March 06, 2025
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have announced that permanent residents, which includes a large number of Indians, will now be allowed to enlist, as the military struggles with low recruitment levels, according to a media report. The move also comes five years after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced…
While it is not uncommon to see government delegations and climate activists dominating the annual gatherings of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP), that the presence of business delegations from India at the event has been sharply increasing in recent years, The Hindu has reported citing analysts and…
India's Reliance has rubbished speculation that billionaire Mukesh Ambani, the world's eighth richest person, is planning to buy English football team Liverpool FC, saying it is not true. A spokesperson for the company called the news "fake". British daily The Mirror reported over the weekend that Ambani had enquired about…
US president Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday (14) held a much-anticipated first in-person meeting on the margins of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, amid strained bilateral relations that worsened due to Beijing's recent posturing over Taiwan -- including actual display of military power. Biden…
Britain's King Charles III marked his 74th birthday on Monday (14) by taking on an additional environmental role as the Park Ranger of Windsor Great Park on the royal Windsor Castle estate in south-east England. Buckingham Palace announced that the monarch will take over the role from his late father,…
The abduction of an eight-year-old Indian-origin girl in South Africa's Cape Town and the alleged inaction of the police in probing the case has triggered protests by the residents of the city. Abirah Dekhta, a student of Rylands Primary School, was abducted on the morning of November 4 from her…
In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old man in Unnao in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for allegedly raping a 18-year-old woman after taking a 'sex pill' and left her bleeding to death. The accused, identified as Raj Gautam, is a post-graduate student, while the victim…
Indian president Droupadi Murmu on Monday (14) asked children to dream big and dream for a new and developed India. Addressing students from various schools, who met her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre (RBCC), the president urged them to stay connected with India's culture and always respect their parents…
At least one sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the legislative assembly (MLA) and four former legislators of the western Indian state of Gujarat have threatened to contest as independents after being denied tickets by the BJP for the state's upcoming assembly elections. While some of these disgruntled leaders…
Ben Stokes started the T20 World Cup with his place in the England team questioned but he held his nerve in a pulsating final in Melbourne on Sunday to lead the side to glory. Stokes chose the grand occasion in front of 80,000 baying fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
