Manish Poswal, Author at DD India

September 26, 2024 3:55 PM

Elon Musk says he is not having affair with Italy’s Meloni after mutual praise at gala

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he was not having an affair with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, replying to a joke after their mutual praise at a black-tie event in New York this week drew headlines on both sides of the Atlan...

September 26, 2024 12:49 PM

PM Modi’s Pune visit cancelled amid heavy rainfall

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned visit to Pune on Thursday, ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, has been cancelled due to heavy rainfall in the city. The Prime Minister was set to inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stones for...

September 26, 2024 12:03 PM

Meta unveils AR glasses prototype, Zuckerberg’s ‘time machine’ to future

Facebook owner Meta Platforms META.O showed off its first working prototype of augmented-reality glasses, called Orion, during its annual Connect conference on Wednesday, as the California company sketched out its aspirations for products that would ...

September 26, 2024 11:54 AM

World looks up to India through Make in India

The ‘Make in India’, one of the flagship initiatives of the Modi government completed ten years. This not only illustrates a decade of India’s transformational growth but also a defining moment for the nation as it positions itself as a global ...

September 26, 2024 11:46 AM

How will Japan’s ruling party pick the next prime minister?

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lead a party that has governed the country for most of the past seven decades. HOW DOES THE VOTE WORK? Two weeks of ...

September 26, 2024 11:35 AM

Researchers find genetic clues to cholera severity and outbreaks

Recent discoveries may eventually help researchers prevent cholera bacteria from causing deadly illness, according to a report published in Nature Communications. The Vibrio cholerae bacteria have been evolving in ways that make cholera more seve...

September 26, 2024 11:27 AM

Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York museum’s keffiyeh ban

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City's Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity, following an updated dress code. "Jhum...

September 26, 2024 11:15 AM

Sri Lanka to begin talks with IMF to take forward $2.9 billion bailout, president says

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced in a televised address on Wednesday (September 25) plans to immediately begin talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance the country's $2.9 billion bailout progra...

September 26, 2024 11:08 AM

Trudeau survives vote of confidence in Canadian parliament, new threat looms

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau easily survived a vote of confidence on Wednesday after his main political rival failed to muster enough support to end nine years of Liberal Party rule. Legislators in the House of Commons voted 211-120 to def...

September 25, 2024 5:56 PM

Azerbaijan offers to fund climate-vulnerable islands’ delegates at COP29, source says

The government of Azerbaijan, host of this year's COP29 U.N. climate summit, has offered to cover the costs for negotiators from climate-vulnerable small islands to attend the event. At the United Nations climate summit in November, countries are du...