IT'S not even a year since the two north-eastern states of Assam and Mizoram found themselves involved in an ugly border dispute that saw loss of lives and clashes and mutual attacks. But when Assam has been devastated by severe floods, its sister state from north-east has come forward with…
WHILE a tug of war is going on between the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and the rebel faction of legislator Eknath Shinde over the party’s command, experts have said that the rebel faction has little option but to merge with another party even if it…
THE leaders of the Group of Seven on Sunday (26) mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin over his shirtless, bare-chested horse-riding picture. British prime minister Boris Johnson and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau could be heard on a video joking about their impending photoshoot, reported The Hill. "Jackets on? Jackets off?…
TOP sources in the US government have said that leaders at the ongoing G7 summit in Bavaria in Germany had made progress on setting up a price cap on oil imports from Russia to reduce Moscow’s energy revenue. News of plans on increased sanctions affecting oil and the Kremlin’s military…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will on Monday (27) to attend the G7 (Group of Seven) Summit here in Germany in which leaders of the world's seven richest countries will discuss various important global issues, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, food security and counter-terrorism. Modi, who is in Germany…
INDIA and the UK will create a joint Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy programme to train young and aspiring diplomats from both nations. India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his UK counterpart Liz Truss announced plans for the establishment of the new academy to jointly promote Commonwealth values after a meeting…
HE is known to be an avid user of Twitter and his short wits make him a popular figure among the netizens. Anand Mahindra, the chairman of Indian multinational conglomerate Mahindra Group, had no exceptional routine on Monday (27), the day his company, which is also a major automaker, was…
SANJAY RAUT, a parliamentarian of Maharashtra's ruling coalition leader Shiv Sena on Monday (27) said his party is ready for a "street fight and a legal battle", ahead of the crucial hearing in the Indian Supreme Court against the disqualification notice issued by the Maharashtra assembly's deputy speaker to the…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (26) hailed his country’s “way of innovation” saying it was leading the world with one unicorn emerging every 10 days. He said this in Munich, Germany, where he has gone to attend the G7 summit. Modi’s words came during an address to the…
HARDIK Pandya got off to a winning start as India captain as the tourists chased down Ireland's 108-4 to win a rain-affected T20 international by seven wickets on Sunday. The first match of a two-game series in Malahide was reduced to 12 overs per side due to a rain-delayed start.…