NEW DELHI: First shipment of medical aid from India reached Iran on Wednesday, the Indian Embassy in Tehran confirmed. The Iranian embassy in India said that the delivery was received by the Iranian Red Crescent Society and expressed gratitude to the people of India. “The first shipment of medical aid from the esteemed people of…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday paid tributes to his outgoing colleagues in the Upper House while taking a dig at former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. Kharge, speaking during his farewell said he had known the veteran leader for over 54 years and had worked closely with him,…
Nanda Devi arrived at Gujarat’s Vadinar port on Tuesday NEW DELHI: Around 3 lakh tonnes of LPG loaded in six Indian-flagged ships is currently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping ministry said on Tuesday. A second Indian ship, Nanda Devi, carrying 46,500 tonnes of LPG reached the Vadinar facility of Kandla Port on…
NEW DELHI: Ukraine has lodged a protest with the Indian govt over the arrest of its six citizens on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist activities linked to armed-ethnic groups active in the Myanmar border areas. An American national, too, was arrested by NIA. The Ukraine foreign ministry said Kyiv had sought immediate release…
Vijay to contest from one of North Chennai constituencies: TVK’s Aadhav Arjuna NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary Aadhav Arjuna claimed that the party’s founder-president, superstar Vijay, was offered the Tamil Nadu chief minister’s post along with “50% assembly seats” by a political party ahead of the upcoming elections.He said Vijay rejected the…
NEW DELHI: Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP on Wednesday, a day after leaving Congress and being invited by BJP’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.Speaking after Bordoloi joined BJP Sarma said, “Assam Pradesh BJP will recommend to the central leadership that he should fight the assembly elections. There is no reason for someone with…
President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb Finland President Alexander Stubb has suggested that India could help broker a ceasefire between the United States-Israel and Iran, as the Middle East conflict entered its 19th day on Wednesday.He made the remark during an interview with Bloomberg Television.Stubb said, “We need a ceasefire…I’m just wondering whether…
Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday urged the central government to take a “proactive lead” in demanding an immediate end to the escalating West Asia conflict.The Lok Sabha MP said that neither side was benefiting from the ongoing hostilities, while other nations were bearing the cost through disruptions in…
NEW DELHI: The share of graduates among unemployed youth (20-29 years of age) has more than doubled over the past two decades, at a time when India has made substantial progress in expanding access to higher education for its youth, said a report released by the Azim Premji University on Tuesday. Data showed that around…
NEW DELHI: Justice Dipankar Datta, part of the CJI Surya Kant-led nine-judge bench testing the correctness of the expansive definition of ‘industry’ that the court settled on in 1978, Tuesday questioned the correctness of the process through which a five-judge bench referred the matter to a larger bench in 2005.Justice Datta said, “There is no…
