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April 18, 2025 1:41 PM

Focus on protecting rights of own minorities: India slams Bangladesh on Bengal violence comment

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday firmly rejected Bangladesh's remarks regarding the recent violence in West Bengal, calling them unwarranted and misleading. The comments from Dhaka followed protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, ...

April 18, 2025 12:52 PM

NASA rover finds fresh evidence of the warm and wet past of Mars

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted substantial bodies of water and potentially harbored life. T...

April 18, 2025 12:07 PM

Kuwait backs India for UN Security Council seat

Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN), Tareq Albanai, has expressed support for India's bid for permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). He referred...

April 18, 2025 1:19 PM

US citizen attempts to hijack plane in Belize, shot dead by passenger

A knife-wielding US citizen attempted to hijack a small Tropic Air plane in Belize on Thursday, injuring three people before being shot dead by a fellow passenger, the New York Post reported, citing officials. The incident occurred mid-air on a flig...

April 18, 2025 11:20 AM

May the spirit of peace and togetherness always prevail: PM Modi on Good Friday

On Good Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and urged people to embrace kindness and compassion, praying that the spirit of peace and togetherness always prevails. Taking to social media, PM Modi shared a ...

April 18, 2025 1:18 PM

United States eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash

The Trump administration shielded on Thursday domestic exporters and vessel owners servicing the Great Lakes, the Caribbean and U.S. territories from port fees to be levied on China-built vessels, aiming to revive U.S. shipbuilding and counter China'...

April 17, 2025 4:12 PM

Centre seeks seven days to file reply in Waqf Act case

The Supreme Court on Thursday recorded the Centre’s request for more time to respond to petitions challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, informed the bench that a preliminary reply, al...

April 18, 2025 6:04 PM

The Urban Naxals: Understanding their Strategies and Tactics

PM Modi during his speech at Kevadia on October 30, 2024, while celebrating Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary celebrations has remarked that, “As naxalism in ending in jungles, a new model of urban Naxals is raising its head. Today, ...

April 17, 2025 10:19 AM

Trump officials could face criminal contempt over deportations, judge says

Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal judge's order halting deportations of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang who had no chance to challenge their removals, the judge said on Wednesday. I...

April 17, 2025 10:23 AM

Trump administration says Harvard may lose ability to enroll foreign students

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Harvard University will lose its ability to enroll foreign students if it does not meet demands from the Trump administration to share information on some visa holders, marking the government's latest esc...

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