Stating that the Japan-India relationship is at its best ever in history, Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu has said that his country is keen to support South Asia in combating terrorism and attaining the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In an interview with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Hiramatsu said that […]
Following a letter in which Twitter along with others had asked US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its plan to end net neutrality, the agency’s Indian-origin Chairman Ajit Pai has dubbed the micro-blogging site as a “part of the problem”. During an event hosted by the “free market think tank” R Street Institute and […]
Night temperatures improved on Wednesday throughout Jammu and Kashmir due to partial cloud cover, the Met said. “The present dry weather is likely to continue till Saturday or Sunday,” an official of the MET department said. He said the minimum temperature in both Srinagar and Jammu showed improvement on Wednesday over Tuesday as Srinagar recorded […]
North Korean state broadcaster on Wednesday said the latest missile launched by Pyongyang is a new ICBM model, dubbed Hwasong-15, capable of reaching entire territory of the US. As is the norm, North Korea’s veteran newsreader Ri Chun-Hee of KCTV made the announcement of the successful launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile authorised and witnessed […]
Polling for the third and final phase of civic body polls began on Wednesday amid tight security in Uttar Pradesh. It covers 233 urban bodies spread across 26 districts, including five municipal corporations of Bareilly, Saharanpur, Jhansi, Firozabad and Moradabad, an official said. Voting for 76 Nagar Palika Parishads and 152 urban panchayats is also […]
In association with Multicultural Arts Victoria and RMIT, Anita Barar proudly presents Crossing The Line – an award winning documentary about Partition of India in 1947. This film, written and directed by Anita Barar, follows the stories of displacement, bloodshed, abduction, friendship, love and hope. The film is being screened in Melbourne 70 years after […]
Twitter blocked a New York Times account for almost 24 hours last weekend, saying a tweet violated the micro-blogging website’s rules against hateful conduct. The tweet by @nytimesworld – the account of the international reporting team — had promoted an article about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology to indigenous people in two provinces. The […]
The stage is set for the eighth Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), beginning in this tech hub on Tuesday with focus on women entrepreneurs and all eyes on US President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Ivanka Trump will inaugurate the three-day event themed around “Women First, Prosperity for […]
The Supreme Court on Monday asked a batch of petitioners to mention next week their plea for extension of interim relief on linking bank accounts and mobile numbers with the Aadhaar scheme. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked senior counsel Shyam Diwan to mention the matter […]
Reporters working inside Myanmars Rakhine state to document the Rohingya crisis have gone missing, raising fears that they have been deliberately targeted by the military, a media report said on Monday. Young Rohingya volunteers had been secretly reporting on persecution of the Muslim minority in Myanmar since 2012, sending photos, videos and audio clips out […]