Republican Congressman demands preservation of all Adani prosecution records
Washington: A Republican lawmaker has asked the US Department of Justice to preserve all records in connection with the “selective prosecution” of billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani and his group of companies by the Biden administration. The demand comes less than a week before the Donald Trump administration takes office. Rep Lance Gooden, a member of […]
AB-PMJAY has reduced cancer patients’ financial burden significantly: Prime Minister Modi
New Delhi: The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has reduced the cancer patients’ financial burden significantly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Modi highlighted the achievements made in the fight against malaria and cancer in the 117th episode of his ‘Mann Ki Baat’. He said the success on this front has […]
Fourth infant dies of winter cold in Gaza as families share blankets in seaside tents
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 months of war huddle in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter arrives. Jomaa al-Batran, 20 days old, was found with his head as “cold as ice” early Sunday, […]
Ex-PM Manmohan Singh’s ashes immersed in Yamuna river
New Delhi: The ashes of former prime minister Manmohan Singh were immersed in the Yamuna river near the Majnu ka Tila Gurdwara by members of his family following Sikh rituals. The ashes were collected from the Nigambodh Ghat on Sunday morning by Singh’s family members and later taken to the ‘Asth Ghat’ on the Yamuna […]
Musk vows to ‘go to war’ to defend H-1B visa programme; Trump sides with him
Washington: Elon Musk has received support from President-elect Donald Trump on his stance on H-1B visas, a day after the tech billionaire vowed to “go to war” to defend the programme used to bring skilled foreign workers to the US. Musk, who along with Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has been tapped by Trump to […]
India & Kuwait ink defence pact, elevate ties to strategic partnership after PM Modi meets top Kuwaiti leaders
Kuwait City: India and Kuwait on Sunday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership, inked a key pact on boosting defence cooperation and vowed to soon finalise an ambitious investment treaty as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive talks with Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other top leaders of the Gulf nation to […]
PM Modi receives Kuwait’s highest honour
Kuwait City: Kuwait on Sunday conferred its highest honour – ‘The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer’ – on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in strengthening the good relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Modi received the honour from Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah at the Bayan Palace here. “I am […]
Amit Shah visits rehabilitated Bru tribal village in Tripura
Burha Para (Tripura): “I am more happy than you. Prime Minister Modi ji is also very happy that we could rehabilitate you after 40 years,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Bru tribal community members in this remote village on Sunday. Shah said the central government, in association with the Tripura government, has been doing […]
India can never permit others to have veto on its choices: EAM Jaishankar
Mumbai: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India can never permit others to have a veto on its choices and will do whatever is right in the national interest and for the global good without being intimidated to “conform”. In a video message for a function in Mumbai on Saturday, he said when India […]
Rahul summoned by Bareilly court for remarks against Economic Survey
Bareilly (UP): A court here has summoned Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on January 7 for his remarks related to the Economic Survey during the Lok Sabha polls. District and Sessions Judge Sudhir Kumar on Saturday issued notice to Gandhi. The summons are related to a plea filed […]
