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September 20, 2024
Assam govt issues guidelines for safeguarding students health amid heatwave
The Assam government on Friday issued new guidelines, including school hours, for safeguarding students health amid the heatwave-like situation in the state. In an order issued by the Kamrup (Metro) ...
September 20, 2024
PM Modi’s US visit: From Quad Summit to bilateral meeting with Joe Biden
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to begin his three-day visit to the United States on Saturday. The visit is packed with high-level meetings with global leaders, the annual Quad summit, and participation in key discussions at the United Nations. Quad Summi...
September 20, 2024
Sensex, Nifty hit record highs, boosted by auto, energy, banking sectors
India’s benchmark indices surged to all-time highs on Friday, driven by strong gains across the auto, energy, and banking sectors. The Sensex jumped 1,360 points, or 1.63%, to close at 84,544, while the Nifty added 375 points, or 1.48%, to settle at 25,791....
September 20, 2024
For Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils, election does not offer hope
Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope that Saturday's presidential electi...
September 20, 2024
Huawei’s $2,800 phone launch disappoints amid supply concerns
Huawei and Apple's latest smartphones went on sale in China on Friday, with many fans of the Chinese company disappointed that its much-anticipated $2,800 phone - more than twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max - was not available for walk-in customers. At...
September 20, 2024
Nepal approves names of Its ambassadors for 16 countries
The parliamentary hearing committee of Nepal has approved the names of proposed ambassadors for 16 different countries. The committee approved the nominations based on a majority. However, the nomination of Ram Krishna Bhattarai, who was proposed as ambassador...
September 20, 2024
Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint
Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid c...
September 18, 2024
Iran blames Israel for pager explosions; US denies involvement
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a telephonic conversation with his Lebanon counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib on Tuesday. During the phone call, he blamed Israel for a series of pager explosions in Lebanon, labelling it "Israeli terrorism. On the oth...
September 13, 2024
Billion-Dollar Dreams: How India-UAE Tech Alliance is Shaping the Future of Innovation
A high-profile delegation from the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) visited the UAE this week and is actively exploring market opportunities, investment prospects, and the legal framework in the UAE, aimed at boosting the Indi...
September 20, 2024
Components for pagers used in Lebanon blasts are not from Taiwan, minister says
Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan's economy minister said on Friday. Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said this week it did not manuf...
September 18, 2024
Meta faces hefty EU antitrust fine over classified ads practices: report
Meta Platforms Inc. is facing a hefty fine in the EU over its alleged efforts to dominate the classified advertising market, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. EU regulators will claim Facebook's parent company ...
September 18, 2024
Central European floods leave trail of devastation
Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as nearby municipalities advised residents to evacuate and authorities across central Europe tallied the cost of floods that have wreaked havoc and ki...
September 20, 2024
PM Modi’s US visit: From Quad Summit to bilateral meeting with Joe Biden
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to begin his three-day visit to the United States on Saturday. The visit is packed with high-level meetings with global leaders, the annual Quad summit, and partici...
September 20, 2024
Enthusiasm grips Indian diaspora ahead of PM Modi’s US visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival in New York, the members of the Indian diaspora in the US have expressed excitement for his visit and praised his leadership for the work in India. Speaking to ANI, Madhav Sumani, a member of Indian diaspora in ...
September 20, 2024
Quad has been working to make lives of people better in Indo-Pacific: US
US State Department's Hindustani Language Spokesperson, Margaret Macleod, has said that Quad since its inception has been working to make the lives of people better in the Indo-Pacific. She said that US President Joe Biden is hosting Quad Summit in Delaware, a...
September 14, 2024
Olympic runner Cheptegei defied her violent ex. She lost her life anyway
On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend called a friend of his to as...
September 12, 2024
US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa
The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will announce on Thursday, Reuters r...
September 6, 2024
Kenya primary boarding school blaze kills 17 students
A fire at a primary boarding school in central Kenya has killed 17 students, a police spokeswoman said on Friday. President William Ruto said he had asked authorities to investigate and hold those responsible to account. More rescuers were on their way to th...
