India on Tuesday expressed its concerns over the series of incidents at holy places of Jerusalem during the ongoing month of Ramzan, adding the historic status quo of such sites must be respected and upheld. Speaking at an open debate in the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East situation, India’s deputy permanent representative […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked a petition seeking a judicial inquiry panel under chairmanship of an ex-chief justice of India to investigate into recent religious clashes in some states during Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations. Dismissing the plea filed by lawyer Vishal Tiwari, the apex court said, “Don’t ask for such reliefs which […]
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday took a potshot at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over replicating Punjab to Delhi’s education model.Sidhu targeted Bhagwant Mann by tweeting: “CM @BhagwantMann ji, you were in Delhi for 8 yrs, as MP, why didn’t you visit Delhi’s Schools & Mohalla Clinics then? Why didn’t you replicate even one […]
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Silicon Valley invited investors to be part of the country’s growth story while pitching for collaboration with the US in financial services and emerging technologies.Speaking at a round table hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the US Chamber of Commerce’s US-India Business Council (USIBC), she […]
India’s Covid-19 count witnessed a slight dip as the country reported 2,483 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Tuesday. Yesterday, India logged 2,541 Covid cases. With the new infections, the total cases in the country have gone up to 43,06,02,569 including 15,636 active cases. The […]
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, struck a deal Monday to buy Twitter for $44 billion, capping a saga complete with hostile takeover threats before delivering him personal control of one of the most influential social media platforms on the planet.Twitter famously served as a megaphone for former US president Donald Trump before the platform […]
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab VK Bhawra on Monday launched a one interface multifunctional web-portal “cybercrime.punjabpolice.gov.in” for the convenience of citizens to immediately report all kinds of cyber frauds and crimes. After launching the web-portal in the presence of DIG State Cyber Crime Nilambari Jagdale and DSP Cyber Crime Samarpal Singh, the DGP congratulated […]
India and the European Union (EU) on Monday launched the India-EU Trade and Technology Council, a strategic mechanism to tackle challenges at the nexus of trade, trusted technology, and security. This is the first time that India has agreed to set up such a trade and technology council with any of its partners. For the […]
The Indian Coast Guard and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad have apprehended a Pakistani boat with nine crew members on board in the Arabian Sea near the state coast and seized heroin worth Rs 280 crore from the vessel, a defence spokesperson said on Monday.The Coast Guard ships intercepted and apprehended the Pakistani boat ‘Al Haj’ […]
The US secretaries of state and defence met on Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to the country’s capital by an American delegation since the start of Russia’s invasion.The meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, which was confirmed by a senior Ukrainian […]