The Israeli Cabinet has agreed to a four-day ceasefire and a deal with the Hamas to secure the release of 50 hostages, including women and children, being held in Gaza since the war erupted on October 7.However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet meeting late Tuesday night that the country will not stop the […]
Virat Kohli finally surpassed legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as the international batter with the highest number of centuries in ODI cricket. The former Indian cricket team captain slammed his 50th ODI ton against a hapless New Zealand bowling attack during the Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kohli looked […]
A record 96,917 Indians were arrested while crossing illegally into the US between October 2022 and September 2023, according to the latest US Customs and Border Protection (UCBP) data.Indians apprehended while crossing the US border unlawfully have reportedly witnessed a five-fold increase in the past few years. In 2019-20, 19,883 Indians were apprehended. In 2020-21, […]
The United States told the United Nations that it does not seek conflict with Iran, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Washington would act swiftly and decisively if Iran or its proxies attacked US personnel anywhere.Blinken spoke to the 15-member UN Security Council amid international fears that the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed […]
Israel is at war with Hamas terrorists, and the violence has killed over 3,000 on both sides. As Israeli soldiers fight for their country against Hamas, they are being served a 100% vegetarian Rajasthani ‘thali’ (plate) by Pushkar-based Sumit Sharma, also known as ‘Kalu Baba’.The food is being served to 150 soldiers every day, said […]
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, termed Hamas terrorists “pure evil” and said addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was a priority as “they are suffering as well”, as a result of the Israel-Hamas war which started on October 7.Biden also said that Hamas terrorists make Al-Qaeda “look pure”. “The more we learned […]
A helicopter from Nepal’s Manang Air crashed in a mountainous region on Saturday, injuring its pilot, a senior official of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority has said.The chopper 9N ANJ, which had taken off from Lukla near the Everest base camp to pick up passengers, slightly overturned and caught fire while attempting to land in […]
A Lebanese photographer was killed, and six other reporters were injured from Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s southern village of Alma al-Shaab, media reported.Israeli forces attacked a vehicle carrying journalists, killing Issam Abdallah, a Lebanese photographer working for Reuters, and injuring six other reporters working for international agencies that include Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Al-Jazeera TV […]
A surprise attack by Iran-backed Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, killing over 1,000 in Israel this past weekend, has re-ignited geopolitical tensions and sent oil prices surging, weighing on stock markets globally and boosting gold’s safe haven appeal. With this, oil prices have reversed recent fall, stoking inflationary concerns. If the Middle East tensions extend, […]
White-collar hiring witnessed an 8.6 per cent annual decline in September, following a negative trend in sectors including IT, BPO or ITES and FMCG, a report said on Monday.On a month-on-month basis, however, there has been a growth of almost 6 per cent in job postings. In September, there were 2,835 white-collar job postings, down […]