- Tuesday, May 07, 2024
"Are we related?" U.S. President Joe Biden asked India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they met at the White House on Friday (24). "Yes!" Modi joked in reply. At the start of his first bilateral White House meeting with Modi as leaders, Biden explained that he had learned about an…
BRITAIN will issue up to 10,500 temporary work visas to lorry drivers and poultry workers to ease chronic staff shortages, the government has announced, in a U-turn on post-Brexit immigration policy. The short-term visas, to run from next month until late December, come as ministers grapple with a huge shortfall…
INDIA will export eight million coronavirus vaccine jabs by the end of October after ending its ban on sending doses abroad, a top foreign ministry official has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to resume exports at a meeting of leaders from the so-called Quad in Washington as India, Japan,…
BRITISH firm Oxford Biomedica on Wednesday (22) said that Serum Institute of India (SII) will invest £50 million ($68m) in the company to help fund the development of a plant that manufactures Covid-19 shots. Serum - the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume - and Oxford Biomedica both produce AstraZeneca's Covid-19…
SONY's India unit will merge with ZEE Entertainment, the major local broadcaster said Wednesday (22), as the battle for eyeballs with international streaming services heats up. The merged entity -- which analysts say is likely to rival market leader Star and Disney India in terms of viewership and channel offerings…
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have vowed to "act jointly" in the Indo-Pacific region, as a row intensified with Australia and the US over a ditched submarine contract. Macron's telephone talks with Modi were timed conspicuously as French anger over an Australian cancellation of a…
THOUSANDS have fled a town in west Myanmar after days of fighting between anti-junta dissidents and the military, during which soldiers bombed civilian homes, residents and local media said Wednesday (22). Myanmar has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's government was ousted by the military in February, sparking…
AN Indian American former IT executive has pleaded guilty to insider trading and aiding in the preparation of a false tax return. Dayakar Mallu, 51, faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison for the conspiracy and three years in prison for the tax offence, according to a statement.…
SIX men were charged over a crash that killed two young brothers in Wolverhampton more than two years ago, reported the BBC. One of the men, Mohammed Sullaiman Khan, 25, of Pershore Road, Edgbaston, was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, the report added. They will…
INDIA head coach Ravi Shastri has said that he will not seek an extension of his contract when his tenure ends after the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Since replacing Anil Kumble in mid-2017, Shastri, 59, has overseen two test series victories in Australia, although…
