LONDON: PM Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak discussed the urgent need to deescalate tensions in West Asia and strongly condemned attacks by Hamas on Israel during a telephone conversation between the two leaders on Friday. A spokesperson for Downing Street said the leaders emphasised that Hamas did not represent the Palestinian people…
India’s appeal as an investment destination remains strong amid global economic uncertainties, according to Manny Maceda, the Worldwide Managing Partner and CEO of Bain & Co. In an interview with ET he said, “India has always been a great, unique opportunity.”The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently raised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY24 to 6.3%,…
Colombia plans to cull some of the 166 hippos once owned by the drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the BBC reported. Twenty of them would be sterilised and others would be transferred abroad – and “some” would be euthanised, according to Environment Minister Susana Muhamad. Escobar brought these animals to his private zoo…
RAIPUR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal referred to speculations about the possibility of his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate saying “Now they are saying they will arrest Kejriwal. Come, do it. But how will they arrest the ideology of Kejriwal? How will they put the ideology in the lock-up?”….
NEW DELHI: The number of immigrants leaving Canada, a country that relies on them to drive economic growth, has seen a record spike, according to a new study conducted by the Institute of Canadian Citizenship and the Conference Board of Canada. As per the new study, the number of immigrants leaving Canada has surged in…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared a video where an F-35I fighter jet intercepted cruise missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen towards Israel on Tuesday, the Times of Israel reported.The IDF calls it a “cruise missile,” but the Houthi rebels claim they launched both ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel.“In recent days, a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed on the need to expedite the saturation of all welfare schemes announced by his government in the next six months, ANI reported quoting official sources.PM Modi said this at a recent meeting with top officials. Later, in a Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister exhorted all the ministers…
RAIPUR: Ahead of the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, a BJP worker and a prominent tribal leader in the region was shot dead by unidentified individuals in a remote village in the insurgency-hit Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district on Friday. Amid suspicions of Maoist involvement, locals and family members suggest that a local troublemaker, who had previously clashed…
The red-hot captain-opener has given himself license to go for the jugular in the initial overs, allowing Kohli & the rest of the middle-order to play to their strengths & coolly consolidate the early advantage. Or, when the plan works perfectly, maybe even chase a few milestones!DHARAMSHALA: There seems to be a lot of hand-wringing…
NEW DELHI: The National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and dedicated cybercrime helpline number ‘1930’ had together prevented Rs 765 crore of defrauded money from reaching the hands of online fraudsters until September 30, 2023, the home ministry shared on Friday coinciding with the national cyber security awareness month.As the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre or I4C,…