Archive Detail
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Biden expects Gaza ceasefire by March 4 | Washington, Feb 28 : US President Joe Biden has said that he expects a ceasefire to take effect in Gaza by next Monday (March 4) on the conclusion of negotiations to free Israeli hostages being held by Hamas. | 28-Feb-2024 |
31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed since R | Kiev, Feb 28 : Around 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion began two years ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. | 28-Feb-2024 |
A quarter of Gaza's population one step | Tel Aviv, Feb 28 : A senior aid official of a UN body has warned that a quarter of the population of the war-trodden Gaza is one step away from an imminent famine. | 28-Feb-2024 |
Pakistan court indicts Imran Khan, Bushr | Islamabad, Feb 28 : An accountability court in Pakistan on Tuesday indicted former prime minister and jailed PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Rs 50 million graft case. | 28-Feb-2024 |
Maryam Nawaz becomes Pakistan's first wo | Islamabad, Feb 28 : Amid boycotts and delays, the Punjab Assembly on Monday elected PML-N's Maryam Nawaz as the first female Chief Minister of the province and Pakistan, media reported. | 28-Feb-2024 |
31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed since R | Kiev, Feb 26 : Around 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion began two years ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. | 26-Feb-2024 |
MEA rejects reports of Indians with Russ | New Delhi, Feb 26 : The Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday that it remains committed to pursuing all the relevant cases of its nationals for an early discharge from the Russian army. | 26-Feb-2024 |
Frozen funds: European Commission to rel | Warsaw, Feb 25 : The European Commission (EC) is set to release up to 137 billion euros ($148 billion) of funding for Poland, EC President Ursula von der Leyen has said. | 24-Feb-2024 |
Vladimir Putin's war not only threatens | Washington, Feb 24 : US Secretary of state department Antony Blinken has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's war not only threatens Ukraine but also Washington, NATO allies and free open international trade. | 24-Feb-2024 |
Israel's economy contracts as war with H | London, Feb 19 : Israel’s output contracted sharply in the final three months of 2023, falling for the first time in nearly two years, as the war with Hamas takes a heavy toll on the economy, a media report said. | 19-Feb-2024 |
From US to UAE: As Hindus abroad grow, s | New Delhi, Feb 19 : The construction, inauguration, and restoration of its temples across the world is yet another testament to India building and deepening its ties with its 32 million-plus-strong diaspora and an estimated 1.2 billion Hindus across the world. | 19-Feb-2024 |
Deepfakes surge ahead of general electio | Seoul, Feb 19 : With less than 50 days remaining until South Korea's parliamentary elections in April, concerns over the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake videos and images are mounting, prompting heightened vigilance from election authorities. | 19-Feb-2024 |
Indo-Canadian says police wrongly portra | Toronto, Feb 19 : An Indian-origin man who was arrested and recently charged with extortion threats targeting South Asian businesses in Canada, has claimed his innocence, saying police are wrongly portraying him as a high-level gangster. | 19-Feb-2024 |
28,985 Palestinians killed in Gaza since | New Delhi, Feb 19 : Gaza Health Ministry on Sunday said that at least 28,985 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during Israeli bombardment in Gaza, media reports said. | 19-Feb-2024 |
Indian national dies in flooding as seve | Melbourne, Feb 16 : An Indian national has died in a flooding incident in Queensland as wild weather battered the region with severe rain and thunderstorms, the Indian High Commission in Canberra said on Friday. | 16-Feb-2024 |
Foreign students falsely accused in UK t | London, Feb 16 : Indians and several other international students unjustly accused of cheating in English language tests in the UK, are creating a television drama pitch on the lines of 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office', to highlight their struggles and seek justice in a decade-long unresolved issue. | 16-Feb-2024 |
PM Modi meets Indian diaspora in Qatar, | Doha, Feb 15 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Indian diaspora in Qatar and said that he is "grateful" to the community as he arrived in Doha after concluding a whirlwind two-day trip to the UAE. | 15-Feb-2024 |
Israel says no new proposal from Hamas a | Jerusalem, Feb 15 : Israel has said it did not receive any new proposals from Hamas for the ceasefire and hostage-release deal at the Cairo meeting attended by Qatari, Egyptian, and US negotiators. | 15-Feb-2024 |
Celebrating PM Modi's visit, Burj Khalif | Dubai, Feb 14 : Sheathed in the hues of the Indian Tricolour, Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa was lit up with the words ‘Guest of Honour – Republic of India’ ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the 2024 World Governments Summit scheduled to take place in the emirate on Wednesday. | 14-Feb-2024 |
PTI to seek justice from courts against | Rawalpindi, Feb 13 : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will challenge the results of the February 8 general elections in the Supreme Court, said party founder Imran Khan during an informal talk with the media in Adiala jail, a media report said. | 13-Feb-2024 |
US: 'Dysfunctional Week' uncovers fissur | Washington, Feb 13 : The GOP has "exposed" itself in a "Dysfunctional Week" in its actions in the Congress laying bare the fissures, fractures and faultlines across the party, sabotaging its own legislators carefully crafted bipartisan legislations in showing allegiance to former president Donald Trump. | 13-Feb-2024 |
Charities under strain as foreign studen | Toronto, Feb 13 : With international students struggling amidst worsening housing and affordability issues in Canada, charities and support groups say they are under strain and have urged the government to step up support. | 13-Feb-2024 |
20 Hamas men arrested from Gaza hospital | Tel Aviv, Feb 13 : At least 20 Hamas men were arrested from Al Amal Hospital in Gaza Strip by Israel Defense Forces (IDF). | 13-Feb-2024 |
Indian-origin man wanted in connection w | Toronto, Feb 13 : Police are on the lookout for a 22-year-old Indian-origin son, who fled after allegedly murdering his father, at their home in Canada's Ontario province. | 13-Feb-2024 |
Asif Zardari demands Pak PM's slot for B | Islamabad, Feb 13 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif told his party leaders that former president Asif Zardari has demanded prime minister's slot for his son and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and major ministerial portfolios, local media reported. | 13-Feb-2024 |
Hungarian president resigns following ch | Budapest, Feb 10 : Hungarian President Katalin Novak has resigned from office, following a child abuse pardon scandal. | 11-Feb-2024 |
Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 2 | Gaza, Feb 11 : The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 28,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said. | 11-Feb-2024 |
Fractured mandate in Pak poll: PML(N) in | Islamabad, Feb 11 : Amid split mandate in the Pakistan general polls, hectic parleys are on among the political parties to stitch an alliance and form the government. | 11-Feb-2024 |
Biden's re-election team hits back at Tr | New York, Feb 11 : US President Joe Biden's re-election campaign managers launched a frontal attack on his predecessor Donald Trump's confused state of mind and slurring in his speech in retaliation to his appointee counsel Robert Hur alleging Biden suffered from memory loss, even about his son's death. | 11-Feb-2024 |
Imran loyalists triumph, betrayers bite | Karachi, Feb 11 : The loyalists of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan -- including some political nobodies -- have defied all odds and emerged triumphant, beating political juggernauts in the high-stakes general elections held on February 8, a media report said. | 11-Feb-2024 |
Pakistan stock market sinks as uncertain | Karachi, Feb 9 : The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened the day on a negative note as the benchmark KSE-100 index plunged over 2,000 points on Friday as uncertainty surrounded election 2024 results, local media reported. | 09-Feb-2024 |
Violence mars Pakistan polls, five cops | Islamabad, Feb 8 : At least five policemen were killed and six others injured in militant attacks in Pakistan, where polling for general elections is underway on Thursday. | 08-Feb-2024 |
US drone strike kills Iran-backed militi | Washington, Feb 8 : The US central command (CENTCOM) has said that it killed a a senior commander with the Iran-backed militia group Kata'ib Hezbollah in Iraq, allegedly involved in planning attacks on American bases overseas. | 08-Feb-2024 |
South Korea's nuclear envoy, Swedish cou | Seoul, Feb 7 : South Korea's chief nuclear envoy vowed unwavering efforts to stop North Korea's missile provocations and make it return to dialogue during his talks with his Swedish counterpart on Wednesday. | 07-Feb-2024 |
25 killed, over 40 injured as two separa | Quetta, Feb 7 : At least 25 people were killed and over 40 others injured on Wednesday in two separate explosions targeting election candidates in Balochistan province, just a day before general elections in Pakistan, local media reported. | 07-Feb-2024 |
US House Republicans fail to impeach Hom | Washington, Feb 7 : In a major blow to Republicans, US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has survived an impeachment vote over the border security issue in the House of Representatives. | 07-Feb-2024 |
Iran waives visa requirement for Indian | New Delhi, Feb 7 : Indian tourists do not need a visa for visiting Iran with a new policy coming into effect from February 4, according to a statement issued by the Embassy of Iran here on Tuesday. | 06-Feb-2024 |
S.Korea's NSA meets Russian Deputy FM du | Seoul, Feb 7 : South Korea's National Security Adviser Chang Ho-jin met with Russia Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko when he visited Seoul last week, sources said on Tuesday, amid heightened tensions between Seoul and Moscow over North Korea. | 06-Feb-2024 |
King Charles diagnosed with cancer: Buck | London, Feb 6 : King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun a course of treatment, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday. | 06-Feb-2024 |
Democratic forces gaining ground against | United Nations, Feb 6 : The democratic forces are gaining ground and the military junta is "losing", Myanmar's Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun, who represents the democratically-elected government overthrown in a coup three years ago, has said while appealing for effective UN Security Council action against the dictatorship. | 06-Feb-2024 |
Classified docs probe: Biden team 'fears | Washington, Feb 6 : US President Joe Biden's team fears that the results of a classified documents investigation could lead to embarrassing information, and possibly photos, that could hurt his re-election campaign, media reports said. | 06-Feb-2024 |
Indian-origin lawyer appointed Australia | Melbourne, Feb 6 : Indian-origin employment lawyer Giridharan Sivaraman has been appointed Race Discrimination Commissioner by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). | 06-Feb-2024 |
Had to hold back my 'Irish temper' when | Washington, Feb 6 : US President Joe Biden, known to be soft-spoken, went raging and stated he had to hold back his "Irish temper" when his predecessor Donald Trump reportedly described fallen soldiers in unseemly words. | 06-Feb-2024 |
Jailed Pakistani former Prime Minister I | CNN : Jailed Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to seven years in prison after a district court ruled their 2018 marriage violated the law. | 04-Feb-2024 |
An affordability crisis is making some y | Washington DC : Americans are living through the toughest housing market in a generation and, for some young people, the quintessential dream of owning a home is slipping away. | 03-Feb-2024 |
Mark Zuckerberg made more than $28 billi | CNN : Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by more than $28 billion between your morning coffee and your lunch break. | 03-Feb-2024 |
Three killed in hangar collapse at US ai | Washington, Feb 1 : Three people were killed and nine others injured after an under-construction hangar collapsed at Boise Airport in Bosie in the US state of Idaho, said officials. | 01-Feb-2024 |