NEW DELHI: India and Cyprus upgraded their ties to a strategic partnership, launched a roadmap for defence cooperation and signed an MoU for establishing a joint working group on counterterrorism as PM Narendra Modi hosted President Nikos Christodoulides for talks. Modi said ties with Cyprus, which currently holds the EU Council presidency, were based on…
Actor Juhi Chawla has another reason to celebrate as her son, Arjun Mehta, has graduated from Columbia University, adding another academic achievement to the family’s proud milestones. Earlier in 2023, her daughter Jahnavi Mehta had also completed her studies at the prestigious Ivy League institution.Juhi shared glimpses from Arjun’s graduation ceremony in New York on…
British holidaymakers have been told their summer travel plans remain unaffected despite growing concerns over rising jet fuel prices linked to tensions in the Middle East.easyJet and Jet2 both said they had no issues with fuel supply and would continue operating scheduled flights without introducing extra fuel surcharges for customers.The reassurances come amid fears that…
Countries substantially aligned with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes report exclusive breastfeeding rates of 54%, compared with 24% in countries with no legal measures. This was stated in the latest report put out on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Protection Day on May 21, assessing the extent to which the code has…
New Delhi: Congress is set to go unrepresented from Gujarat in Rajya Sabha for the first time as Election Commission announced polls for 24 seats in the House on June 18. BJP’s two minority faces in govt and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and former PM H D Deve Gowda figure among those retiring from Upper…
Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Raftaar’ releases October 16 for Dussehra. Directed by Aditya Nimbalkar and produced by Patralekhaa, it stars Keerthy Suresh. Set in the ed-tech world, it explores ambition, love, and power struggles as a start-up rises amid moral conflicts and high-stakes success. Rajkummar Rao’s much-awaited theatrical release ‘Raftaar’ is all set for a special premiere…
District minister Dinesh Gundu Rao and assembly speaker UT Khader during the inauguration of various development programmes of health department in Dakshina Kannada district, in Mangaluru on Friday Mangaluru: Health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said that very soon Wenlock District Hospital will be declared a regional multispecialty hospital.He was speaking after laying the foundation for…
Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy explains what H-1B visa holders applying for Green Cards should do. The new Green Card rule that applicants can’t wait for their Green Card in the US and should go back to their country of origin has sent shockwaves, as 1.2 million legal immigrants are waiting for years to become permanent…
NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio will call on PM Narendra Modi on Saturday, ahead of his bilateral meeting with counterpart S Jaishankar on Sunday and the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday. Rubio, who will land in Kolkata in the morning, will arrive in Delhi later in the day.The four-day visit to…
NEW DELHI: Accepting the explanation of three academics – Prof Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar, the Supreme Court Friday lifted the life ban on their association with academic exercises in govt-run universities and institutions.The ban was imposed on them by the SC on March 11 after it took serious umbrage at a…
