NEW DELHI: India’s economic and development cooperation with Africa – including in key areas like agriculture, health, defence, technology and people-to-people connect – is set to get a major boost with govt hosting the 4th India-Africa summit later this month, after a gap of 11 years. While the summit was delayed because of the pandemic,…
Cate Blanchett didn’t just become an actress. She became a standard. From ‘Elizabeth’ to ‘The Aviator’ to ‘Notes on a Scandal’ to ‘Carol’ to ‘Tár.’ She has been in some of the most celebrated and artistically significant films of the last three decades. She has won the Academy Award twice. She has been nominated for…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Thursday registered protest against repeated strikes on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz amid the renewed US-Iran-Israel war. This came after recent attack on Palau-flagged MT Settebello while transiting the Gulf of Oman which left 3 Indians dead.“There have been several incidents involving Indian seafarers in West…
MUMBAI : Markets regulator Sebi and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have removed some of the Income Tax Permanent Account Number (PAN)-related difficulties that foreign funds were facing in order to register themselves in India. The move is part of Sebi’s ease of investing initiative to simplify registration process for foreign portfolio investors.After…
Image used for representative purposes Iran has reportedly destroyed majority of the US military sites in the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict that started February 28, when Washington launched series of strikes jointly with Tel Aviv on Tehran. According to CNN, citing its own investigations, Iran and its allies have damaged at least 16…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Friday upped the ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government after Centre raised petrol and diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre across the country amid rising global energy crisis.Sharing a post on X, Congress took a swipe at PM Modi, stating, “‘Inflation Man’ Modi has once again lashed…
West Bengal’s political tensions escalated sharply on Sunday after Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee alleged that he was attacked by BJP workers near Chanditala Police Station in Hooghly district while on his way to submit a deputation regarding post-poll violence.The incident came amid an already charged political atmosphere following the alleged attack on TMC…
NEW DELHI: India has dispatched a second tranche of emergency medical assistance weighing 43 tonnes to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to strengthen Ebola response efforts across the African Union, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Monday. The consignment, sent to Kampala, Uganda, follows a request from the…
Meenu Batra was never once called at the ICE office in the last 26 years, her attorney Deepak Ahluwalia said. As the Department of Homeland Security calls Meenu Batra an illegal alien from India, her attorney Deepak Ahluwalia said no due process was followed in the arrest of Batra, a legal interpreter, who has been…
While Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi are popular actors, no their sons Aaryamann and Ayushmaan are equally famous on the internet. As a family, their vlogs are loved immensely and people are interested in knowing about their lives. In one of his recent vlogs, Aaryamann opened up about his journey in football, recalling his…