Manish Poswal, Author at DD India

December 13, 2025 1:59 PM

PM Modi, MPs pay tributes to security personnel killed in 2001 Parliament terror attack

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with several other parliamentarians, paid homage on Saturday to the security personnel who were martyred in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament. On December 13, 2001, five terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Moha...

December 13, 2025 1:34 PM

PM Modi to visit Jordan from December 15–16

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a bilateral visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from December 15 to 16 at the invitation of King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, marking his first full-fledged bilateral engagement with the country. The v...

December 13, 2025 1:16 PM

Philippines says fishermen hurt, boats damaged by China in South China Sea

The Philippine coast guard said on Saturday that three Filipino fishermen had been wounded and two fishing vessels suffered "significant damage" when Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannon in a disputed South China Sea shoal. Manila's coast gu...

December 13, 2025 11:54 AM

DFS strengthens grievance redressal mechanism across BFSI sector

The Department of Financial Services (DFS) under the Ministry of Finance has rolled out a series of measures to streamline and strengthen the grievance redressal mechanism across the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sectors, with the ...

December 13, 2025 11:08 AM

Venezuela-US tensions spike in wake of seized tanker as Nobel winner vows change

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday promised political change after slipping out of the country in secret to collect the Nobel Peace Prize, as the shock waves intensified from the Trump administration's seizure of an oil tanke...

December 13, 2025 10:34 AM

India–Jordan ties mark 75 years, cooperation expands across trade, security and people-to-people links

India and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan are marking 75 years of diplomatic relations, with the bilateral partnership expanding steadily across political, economic, strategic and people-centric sectors, officials said. India and Jordan established ...

December 13, 2025 10:13 AM

CERT-In briefs foreign journalists on India’s cybersecurity framework

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, on Friday hosted a cybersecurity familiarisation and interaction programme for visiting journalists from Europe, the Americas and Cen...

December 13, 2025 10:00 AM

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee’s 20th Session concludes in New Delhi; Deepavali inscribed on representative list

The 20th Session of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) concluded on Friday at the Red Fort in New Delhi, marking a significant moment in global cultural cooperation. Addressing the concl...

December 13, 2025 1:53 PM

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states

California and 19 other U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The lawsuit in federal court in Boston is at least the third to challenge the ...

December 9, 2025 4:53 PM

India, Brunei hold first Joint Working Group Meeting on defence cooperation in New Delhi

India and Brunei held the inaugural meeting of their Joint Working Group (JWG) on Defence Cooperation in New Delhi on Tuesday, marking a key step forward in strengthening bilateral defence ties. The discussions focused on expanding military-to-milit...