Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, marking an extraordinary return to power with the start of his historic second term. The ceremony, held indoors at the Capitol due to freezing temperatures, was attended by prominent political figures, business leaders, and former presidents, who gathered to witness Trump’s […]
Japanese media reported that 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka, recognised as the world’s oldest person, has died of old age. Itooka died earlier this week at a nursing home in the city of Ashiya in western Japan where she resided, the city government in Hyogo Prefecture said, reported Kyodo News. The Japanese woman was born on May […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 An infection from the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) can typically result in flu-like symptoms such as a cough, fever, a blocked nose, and some shortness of breath, said experts on Saturday, noting that there is nothing to worry about. Several photos and videos emerged on social media showing hospitals in China swamped […]
New York, Dec 29 President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he is a “believer in H-1B” visas, quashing the opposition to the programme for qualified professionals to work in the US that pitted the right-wing fringe against his advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. “It’s a great program,” he told the New York Post in […]
India and China on Wednesday decided to give “positive directions” for cross-border cooperation and exchanges, including resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, data sharing on trans-border rivers and border trade, during the visit of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval to Beijing. This was announced following the 23d meeting of the Special Representatives (SRs) of […]
Dec 17 Donald Trump said on Monday that he would speak to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and that of Russia Vladimir Putin to end the “carnage” of nearly three years of war, as the Kremlin leader lauded Russian army successes on the ground. Both sides have rushed to gain an advantage on the […]
Beijing, Dec 16 National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will meet and hold discussions with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on December 18 in Beijing for the 23rd Special Representatives meeting. “As agreed by China and India, China’s Special Representative on the China-India boundary question, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of […]
New Delhi, Dec 15 External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Sunday termed the opening of the Moldovan Embassy in New Delhi “an important step forward that will open new possibilities of our (Indian-Moldovan) partnership”. Taking to X, EAM Jaishankar wrote: “Delighted to jointly inaugurate the Embassy of Republic of Moldova in New Delhi alongside […]
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain passed away on Sunday at the age of 73. He had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a San Francisco hospital earlier in the day due to heart-related complications. According to his manager, the US-based musician had been dealing with blood pressure issues. The eldest son of the […]
BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of colluding with foreign forces to “destabilise India” and called him a “traitor.” Patra, while addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, alleged his involvement in a “dangerous triangle” with US businessman and investor George Soros […]