- Saturday, May 11, 2024
INDIA on Wednesday (1) morning successfully flight-tested an indigenously developed supersonic missile-assisted release of torpedo (SMART) system from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast in the eastern state of Odisha. The system will enhance the anti-submarine warfare capability of the Indian Navy beyond the conventional range of lightweight…
REPRESENTATIVES of 18 political parties from 10 countries on Wednesday (1) met leaders of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its headquarters in New Delhi to gain first-hand experience of the South Asian nation's ongoing general elections. Nearly a billion people are casting ballots in the marathon elections spread…
SENIOR American diplomat Donald Lu recently met the members of the Jain community in Los Angeles as part of an initiative by the US state department to interact with the Indian-American diaspora, which is instrumental in ties between the two nations. Lu, assistant secretary of South and Central Asia, visited…
NOT all heroes in the world steal the headlines but what makes their courage commendable is their zest to do better in every phase of life. Lakshmi R Bloom, mother of New York-based entrepreneur Sahil Bloom, is one such kind who travelled from Bengaluru in India to the United States…
MORE than 80 countries in the world celebrate May 1 every year as International Workers Day or International Labour Day when working people in every industry and sector are honoured for their hard work and empowering them to become aware of their rights. While May Day is observed as a…
AN INDIAN national, who murdered his teenage wife at their home at Ash Tree Way at Croydon last year and called 999 to inform the police about his act, has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 15 years before being considered for parole. Sahil Sharma, 24,…
THE name of late British Indian medical student Grace O’Malley Kumar is being pushed to be considered for the George Cross – UK's highest civilian honour for bravery after she died while saving her friend from an attack. Her parents are actively backing the call. The 19-year-old Kumar was stabbed…
BRITISH-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, AstraZeneca for the first time admitted the possibility of its Covid-19 vaccine leading to a rare but serious side effect, namely the Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), revealed a report of The Telegraph. The covid-19 vaccine marketed worldwide under various names including Covishield and…
PIYUSH GOYAL, India's commerce and industry minister and one of the major faces of the Narendra Modi government, on Tuesday (30) filed nomination for the ongoing general elections from the country's financial capital, Mumbai. He will contest from Mumbai North constituency. It was a special occasion in the long political…
AN Indian-origin radiologist who drove his Tesla car off a cliff in California, US, with his wife and two kids inside, was allegedly suffering from a major depressive disorder and had a psychotic episode when the accident took place, media reports have said. The 43-year-old Dharmesh Patel from California's Pasadena…