- Sunday, May 19, 2024
EIGHTEEN migrant labourers sleeping on a highway in northern India after their bus broke down died when a truck rammed into the vehicle, police said Wednesday (28). At least 19 others were injured in the accident in Uttar Pradesh state, a senior police officer told reporters. Most of the passengers…
IN his first official visit to India, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (28) issued a veiled warning about Indian democracy backsliding. Blinken told civil society groups -- his first appointment before meeting Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Modi -- that the US and India are "connected by…
THE UK on Tuesday (27) announced £132m of new investments in Kenya to support building new green affordable homes, connecting households to clean energy, and boosting manufacturing. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab welcomed Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was on a three-day visit to the UK to co-host the Global Education…
THE UK's president of vital UN climate talks has expressed his 'disappointment' after ministers from more than 50 countries closed a two-day meeting in London without full agreement on phasing out coal, reported The Guardian. Alok Sharma has said that countries around the world must agree to end the use…
THE health regulator of Brazil Anvisa has canceled a clinical study for the Covaxin vaccine for Covid-19 developed by India's Bharat Biotech, amid allegations of irregularities in the government's efforts to buy millions of doses of the shot. Last week, Bharat said it had terminated a memorandum of understanding with…
THE US has said that it would maintain restrictions on international travel into the country due to the surge of cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant at home and abroad. There was pressure on the country to ease restrictions from the European Union, it was reported on Monday (26). "We…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi, Indian home minister Amit Shah, minority minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan and chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan were among those who condoled the demise of former head of Sivagiri Mutt, Swami Prakashananda. One of the oldest spiritual leaders of the southern state of…
TESLA Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Twitter said that a factory in India was likely if the electric-car maker was successful with imported vehicles. The company has also recently written to Indian ministries seeking a reduction in import duties on electric vehicles (EVs) in a bid to promote…
SUMIT NAGAL on Saturday (24) won India’s first Olympic singles match in 25 years. He also became only the third Indian to win a men's singles match when he edged past Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in a three-setter at the Tokyo Games. Nagal got the better of Istomin 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4…
An Indian court has extended the custody of Raj Kundra, a businessman married to popular Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, police said, in a pornography case that has stunned the country's film industry. Mumbai police on Monday (19) arrested Kundra in a case related to the production of pornographic films by…
