Placing his hand on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shoulder, President Joe Biden reaffirmed to the Quad members that the alliance would endure ‘way beyond November’, addressing concerns about its future after the US elections.The 2024 US Presidential Election is set for November 5, 2024. Current vice president Kamala Harris is running as the Democratic nominee…
Workers searched for survivors following an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 37 people in a suburb of the Lebanese capital, making it the deadliest attack in nearly a year of conflict between Israel and the powerful Iran-backed militant group.Israel’s military confirmed that the strike targeted an underground gathering of Hezbollah commanders, including Aqil and…
The return of hilsa diplomacy has once again bridged borders in time for a festive celebration. KOLKATA/DHAKA: Fish traders in Kolkata had all but given up hope of importing “Padmar ilish” this year, in what seemed like the ultimate red herring due to the political upheaval in Bangladesh. But in a surprise move, the Muhammad…
GANDERBAL: An ace swimmer is aiming to drown NC stalwart Omar Abdullah‘s electoral hopes in Ganderbal, his family bastion. The “legend” of Bashir Mir, PDP‘s candidate, is that he often plunges into the choppy waters of Sind river to rescue people without caring for his own life.The buzz is: If someone stakes his life for…
NEW DELHI: In a swift decision, Centre on Saturday cleared the Supreme Court collegium’s recommendations and appointed chief justices for eight high courts, just a day after SC sought explanation from it for the delay in appointments. Significantly, it also appointed chief justice of Jharkhand HC, for which the state had moved a contempt plea…
NEW DELHI: New chief minister, Atishi, will continue to hold the 13 portfolios that she had earlier, including finance, planning, power, water, revenue, and public works department, while Saurabh Bharadwaj will have eight and new face Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat will handle five ministries. Apart from the ministries he held in the Kejriwal govt, Bharadwaj has…
Avid texters will soon have a new way to talk about the growing impacts of climate change: an emoji depicting a tree without leaves. Approval of the emoji was revealed in an update earlier this year from the Unicode Consortium. The leafless tree – also known as the “dead tree” or “dying tree” emoji –…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Joe Biden on Saturday in Greenville, Delaware, during a bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the Quad Summit.The leaders are focused on strengthening the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, with both PM Modi and President Biden emphasising the strong and dynamic relationship between the two nations.In a…
PARIS: The French presidential palace unveiled a new centre-right govt Saturday, more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions as France grapples with economic and diplomatic challenges.Conservative French Prime Minister Michel Barnier put together the government after weeks of difficult negotiations, and President Emmanuel Macron approved it.The new…
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, whose country is known for some of Europe’s strictest immigration rules, said it’s right that other govts are shifting their tone on the need for more stringent controls. “We have to be, unfortunately, quite tough on migration,” Frederiksen said in a Bloomberg interview at her office in Copenhagen on Friday….
