Canada has assured India of the safety of its diplomats following the circulation of Khalistani posters online which named Indian officials and termed the “promotional material” circulating ahead of a Khalistan rally “unacceptable”.The statement by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly came a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India had asked its partner […]
An Indian-American attorney who once ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives has been indicted by a federal jury in Boston for defrauding clients of more than $5 million in escrow funds. Abhijit “Beej” Das, 50, was arrested last week in connection with a scheme to defraud a business-to-business supply company based […]
Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued E Jean Carroll for defamation, alleging she falsely accused him of rape after a jury in a civil trial found that he sexually abused her.Trump’s counterclaim against Carroll in Manhattan federal court comes after a jury’s unusual finding in May that he sexually abused and defamed but […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a glittering welcome at the White House that he said was an “honour for 1.4 billion Indians”. PM Modi, who is holding talks with US President Joe Biden ahead of his joint address to the US Congress, also thanked him for his friendship.”This is also an honor for […]
A massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China killed 31 people and injured seven, Chinese authorities said on Thursday.The blast tore through the establishment at around 8.40 pm on Wednesday on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, as people were gathering on […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday presented uniquely inspired and crafted gifts to US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden as the two prepared to host him for an intimate state dinner in the US.To President Biden, the PM presented a set of elements offered in the Indian tradition in celebration of a […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden will have a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday before holding high-level talks to further boost the growing Indo-US strategic relations in areas like defence, space, clean energy and critical technologies.“This visit will affirm the deep and close partnership between the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met prominent US personalities from different walks of life, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who asserted that India has more promise than any other large country and that he is incredibly excited about its future.Musk told reporters after meeting Modi that Twitter, the social media giant he owns, does […]
An earthquake was recorded off the southern coast of Myanmar on Monday with tremors also felt in Thailand, but there were no immediate reports of major damage.The 5.1 magnitude quake was recorded about 152 kilometres south of Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, at 10 kilometers below the surface at 8.10 am, according to Myanmar’s meteorology department. […]
The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) in the US has sued Twitter for $250 million over a massive copyright infringement.The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in the state of Tennessee on behalf of 17 music publishers, is seeking damages and injunctive relief for Twitter’s “wilful copyright infringement”. “Twitter fuels its business with countless infringing […]