Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23 NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Brics summit that India will host in Sept, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23, for a meeting of national security advisers of the grouping. Wang had last month skipped the Brics foreign…
AI must improve lives, widen access, drive growth, says PM Modi ‘2026 Special Year For India And Europe’ AI must improve lives, widen access, drive growth, says PM Modi ‘2026 Special Year For India And Europe’ AI must improve lives, widen access, drive growth, says PM Modi Technology can lead to progress, only when it…
India-US interim FTA in final stages A day after PM Modi’s meeting with US President Trump, govt said on Thursday that significant progress had already been made on the India-US interim free trade bilateral agreement and the two countries are in the final stages of concluding that agreement. Briefing reporters about Modi’s G7 engagements, foreign…
Abraham Alvarez is one of five co-conspirators in a drone attack plot targeting the UFC event at the White House A Mexican national who entered US as a child and later received protection under a programme introduced during Barack Obama’s presidency has been identified by authorities as the alleged ringleader of a foiled attack plot…
As Shiv Sena turns 60 today, rival camps set for verbal joust MUMBAI: With ‘Operation Tiger’ now almost complete and the merger of rebel Sena UBT MPs with the deputy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena said to be a formality, the rival Shiv Senas will have a showdown at the party’s foundation day events in…
New York mayor, other leaders push to ban horse-drawn carriage rides after Indian teen Romanch Mahajan’s death. The death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, an Indian teen, falling from a Central Park horse carriage, strengthened calls to end the horse carriage industry as there have been eight horse-related incidents in Central Park over the past 13…
A senior bank officer said the account had been put on ‘a debit freeze’ KOLKATA: Former West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas – now being probed for last Dec’s “Messigate” at Salt Lake stadium – wrote a letter six days ago to HDFC Bank, asking for the party’s account to be frozen.The letter, to the…
African proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) Think about the last time someone gave you advice you actually trusted. Chances are it was not the loudest person in the room. It was someone whose own life quietly backed up their words. That instinct, to listen to people who have walked the path…
Anti-defection questions arise after six Sena UBT MPs skip party meeting NEW DELHI: Can refusal of six Lok Sabha members of Sena UBT to attend a meeting despite a ‘whip’ issued by party chief Uddhav Thackeray be a valid ground to disqualify them under the Tenth Schedule for non-obedience?Uddhav’s Sena UBT is planning to seek…
US ambassador to India Sergio Gor met home minister Amit Shah Thursday NEW DELHI: US ambassador to India Sergio Gor met home minister Amit Shah Thursday, with the two sides exploring ways to deepen bilateral security ties, focusing on tackling terrorism and cross-border drug trade. The high-level engagement unfolded barely 24 hours after Prime Minister…