The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched their GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02 on 6:23 AM at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, marking ISRO’s 100th rocket mission. The mission is also the first for the space agency’s Chairman V Narayanan, who assumed office recently. It is ISRO’s maiden venture this year. The satellite was “precisely injected into the required (GTO) orbit. This...
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Donald Trump halts US aid to Yunus Interim govt in Bangladesh
The United States, under President Donald Trump, has decided to halt all aid to the Bangladesh government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. The latest move comes as the US government, through its donor agency USAID, announced the immediate cessation of all work in Bangladesh, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other procurement instruments. In a letter issued by USAID, the agency informed...
“Blatantly Unconstitutional”: Judge Blocks Trump Citizenship Order
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” U.S. District Judge John Coughenour at the urging of four Democratic-led states issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing the order, which the Republican president...
Nine Palestinians killed as Israeli forces launch major operation in Jenin
Nine Palestinians have been killed and 35 injured by Israeli forces during a major operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says. Palestinian media reported that there were a series of air strikes as a large number of troops moved in to the city and its refugee camp, backed by drones, helicopters and armoured bulldozers....
Trump signs slew of executive orders: U.S. withdrawal from WHO, pardons for Jan. 6 rioters
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (January 20, 2025) issued a flurry of executive orders and directives as he sought to put his stamp on his new administration on matters ranging from energy to criminal pardons and immigration. Trump pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a sweeping gesture of support to the people who assaulted...
Quad agrees to strengthen cooperation, sends message to China
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 intensify cooperation”. With a clear...
Trump’s inauguration billionaires, EOs: Ambani, Zuckerberg, Bezos attend church
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’ – and the world’s –...
Seated At Front Row In Swearing-In, EAM Jaishankar Carries PM Modi’s Message To Trump
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 addressed to President Trump. Meanwhile,...
Donald Trump 2.0: After signing In As The 47th President of USA, Trump Vows To Make America Great Again
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 attempting to overturn his 2020...
Mukesh, wife Nita meet U.S. President-elect Trump ahead of inauguration
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 leadership at the White House....
Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Three Israeli women hostages handed over to Red Cross in Gaza, says Hamas
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 ceasefire that came into effect on...
“Frankly Impressed”: Bill Gates On 3-Hour Dinner With Donald Trump
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 described as “wide-ranging,” touched on...