When Modi addresses a joint meeting of the US Congress on June 23, it will make him only the third world leader to make such an address twice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming state visit underlines the rising importance of India in global affairs and the deepening ties between our two nations, senior US diplomat Atul Keshap...
Actress Kangana Ranaut, recently stirred the pot once again when she pointed the gun at a certain actor from the Hindi film industry when she expressed her displeasure with him being cast as Lord Ram in the upcoming film ‘Ramayana’. And in a follow up to her opinion, she explained things in great detail including her...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), with which India implemented a comprehensive free trade agreement in May last year, has emerged as the fourth largest investor in India during 2022-23, according to government data. In the last fiscal, foreign direct investment (FDI) from the UAE to India jumped over three-fold to USD 3.35 billion from USD 1.03 billion...
Russia appears to have moved to take direct control of Wagner, after months of infighting between defence officials and the private military group. Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov said on Saturday “volunteer formations” will be asked to sign contracts directly with the ministry of defence. The vaguely worded statement is widely believed to target the...
India, for all its financial clout and hoo-ha around its cricket, lost yet again when it mattered the most, as its underwhelming record in ICC tournaments continued with a 209-run hammering by Australia in the WTC final here on Sunday. Australian pacer Scott Boland produced a bowling spell of rare quality to get rid of...
The great players leave records in their wake, depositing them like waves on a shoreline, leaving a high-water mark for others to reach towards or wash away. First it was Roger Federer, then it was Rafael Nadal, now it is Novak Djokovic who, with a 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 7-5 victory in the French Open final against Casper Ruud, set...
Hitting out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader and North East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday recalled the time Mr. Kejriwal spent at Ramlila Maidan with social activist Anna Hazare in a campaign against corruption. “Today, he [Mr. Kejriwal] was again screaming from the same place, but this time to cover up his...
The Delhi chief minister Kejriwal said the Prime Minister is an “arrogant dictator”. The Bharatiya Janata Party took strong objection to the alleged derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a rally on Sunday, while also charging ministers of his Aam Aadmi Party of large-scale corruption. Kejriwal is ill-mannered,...
Prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to deliver a special video address at the meeting on Monday. Delegates from key G20 member nations were accorded a grand welcome in Varanasi, where the three-day G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting kicked off on Sunday. Among those who arrived were Australian politician Patrick Conroy, Brazil’s ambassador to India Mauricio...
The CBI filed the chargesheet on May 20 in Rouse Avenue Court. The case is connected with the killing of three Sikhs in the Pul Bangash area on November 1, 1984. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Vidhi Anand Gupta took up the matter after receiving the case file. A special MP-MLA court on Thursday listed the...