• Saturday, April 27, 2024

Three women from Gujarat killed in US after speeding SUV…

IN A horrific incident, three women from the western Indian state of Gujarat were killed when the SUV they were travelling in swerved off the road and hurtled over a bridge to crash into trees in the US. The accident took place in Greenville County in South Carolina and officials…

Opposition cries foul as Modi delivers ‘hate speech’ in Rajasthan…

THE Indian opposition has accused prime minister Narendra Modi of making a “divisive” speech in an election rally in the north-western state of Rajasthan on April 21 where he allegedly targeted a religious group as “infiltrators” and claimed that the opposition Indian National Congress would give away all the “hard-earned…

India, South Korea discuss disarmament & non-proliferation

INDIA on Friday (26) engaged in discussions with South Korea on disarmament and non-proliferation in Seoul, its ministry of external affairs (MEA) said. The talks were centered around disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological domains.  The Indian side at the talks was led by Muanpuii Saiawi, joint secretary…

New Sikh court in UK to address family disputes

BRITISH-SIKH lawyers in the UK have established a new court as a platform to resolve family and civil disputes in the community, a media report in the country said on Thursday (25).  The court came into existence last weekend at a ceremony at the Old Hall at Lincoln’s Inn in…

Indian, Korean firms ink $3b green energy joint venture

SOUTH KOREA'S  LTech UVC has recently signed with ACME Group, a leading Indian energy conglomerate, a new business agreement in Dubai, UAE, to further the two Asian economies' aspirations in the field of green energy. LTech UVC, which is a global producer of green energy resources based on green hydrogen…

BJP MP rakes up ‘India-Pakistan’ analogy as heavyweight opponent files…

AKHILESH YDAV, former chief minister of the north western Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a key face of India's opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), has filed his nomination from the constituency of Kannauj, a seat he had previously represented in the Lok Sabha or Lower House of…

April 25 is World Malaria Day: Reckoning India’s challenges &…

WHILE India has pledged to eliminate malaria by 2030, healthcare experts feel malaria continues to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the country. Limited access to healthcare and lack of affordability continue to plague the rural health in the country and states such as Odisha,…

Controversial Indian YouTuber Manish Kashyap joins Modi’s BJP, says it…

MANISH KASHYAP, a controversial YouTuber from the eastern Indian state of Bihar, who was arrested last year over alleged 'fake videos' claiming attacks on migrants from his state in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, on Thursday (25) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming it was the Hindu nationalist…

India top court broadens Patanjali ads hearing to include FMCG…

THE Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (23) expanded the scope of its hearing in the Patanjali Ayurved case, taking a stern view of misleading advertisements by FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) firms and sought response from three federal ministries of the country on measures they have taken to restrict practices…

Indian Sikh pilgrim dies of heart attack in Pakistan during…

AN Indian Sikh pilgrim visiting the city of Lahore in Pakistan for a Baisakhi festival has died of cardiac arrest, official sources in Pakistan told news agency Press Trust of India. The deceased, Sardar Jangir Singh, was among nearly 2,400 Sikh pilgrims who reached Lahore from Patiala in India's Punjab…

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