In its first foreign policy engagement, the Donald Trump administration hosted a meeting of Quad foreign ministers where the US, Japan, India, and Australia committed to strengthening “maritime, economy and technology security in the face of increasing threats”, expressed their goal of a “free and open Indo-Pacific”, and agreed to “think bigger, deepen agenda and...
Tech billionaires, foreign diplomats and CEOs shadowed U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with several attending St. John’s Church in Washington and seated prominently on the dais in the U.S. Capitol ahead of his speech. The church service, typically a little-noticed part of Inauguration Day, quickly became a “who’s who” parade of some of the United States’...
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was given a seat of honour at the swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. The EAM was seated in the front row at Trump’s inaugural ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda. Jaishankar attended the inauguration as a special envoy of PM Modi, carrying a letter...
After signing a slew of executive orders on Monday night at the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump attended first inaugural Commander-In-Chief Ball and danced with First Lady Melania Trump. Earlier, the inauguration completed a comeback for a political disruptor who survived two impeachment trials, a felony conviction, two assassination attempts and an indictment for...
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Foundation founder and chairperson Nita Ambani on Sunday (January 19, 2025) extended their congratulations to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a private reception in Washington DC ahead of his inauguration. The Ambanis expressed their hope for deeper India-U.S. relations to the President-elect and wished him a transformative second term of...
Chaotic scenes enveloped the three hostages from Israel who were handed over to the Red Cross on Sunday (January 19, 2025) by masked Hamas militants wearing green headbands in a packed Gaza City square. A dense crowd of Palestinians had gathered to watch the moment, the first release of hostages seized on October 7, 2023, under the new...
Just days from Donald Trump’s inauguration, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates revealed he had a three-hour dinner with the President-elect, calling the meeting “intriguing” and “impressive.” “I had a chance, about two weeks ago, to go have a long and actually quite intriguing dinner with him,” Mr Gates told The Wall Street Journal. Their conversation, which he...
Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered his farewell speech to the nation and used the address for giving a stark warning of a “dangerous” oligarchy of the ultra-wealthy taking shape in the country under Donald Trump. “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens...
ISRO SpaDeX space docking mission: The Space Docking Experiment mission was successfully launched on December 30, 2024 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. “India docked its name in space history! Good Morning India ISRO’s SpaDeX mission accomplishes historic docking success. Proud to witness this moment!”, ISRO said in a post on ‘X’. The historic moment...
LA fires: The deadly and destructive wildfires in Los Angeles that began on January 7 have reportedly claimed 24 lives so far. More than 12,000 structures have been destroyed, and many are missing. Check out the devastating impact of wildfires in Los Angeles through pictures. The losses reportedly amount to $275 billion. Firefighters bump fists...