London, Sep 19 (IANS) Former Olympic medalist Sebastian Coe, who was responsible for organising the 2012 Olympics in London, including the Queen’s unforgettable sketch with Daniel Craig, which opened the ceremony, said in an interview with BBC News that “a whole heap of people still believe she did jump from the helicopter,” reports ‘Variety’. It was […]
New Delhi, Sep (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo. He was received very warmly by El-Sisi who pointed out that relations between India and Egypt are well-established through history, and expressed appreciation that military-to-military cooperation between both countries has reached a new level and that signing […]
New Delhi, Sep 17 Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he is aware of India’s concerns over his country’s conflict with Ukraine, and wanted the war to end. During the bilateral meeting between both the leaders on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Samarkand, Putin was quoted on […]
An Indian American has installed a life-size statue of film star Amitabh Bachchan outside his home in New Jersey state. The statue is a glass enclosure and it was installed amidst much celebration. Gopi Sheth, the New Jersey resident, announced the installation in a tweet which noted that lots of Amitabh fans gathered for the […]
Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) Global coffee chain Starbucks has named Indian-born Laxman Narasimhan its next CEO. Narasimhan, who currently heads health and hygiene company Reckitt, will join Starbucks in October and take over from its iconic interim CEO Howard Shultz in April. Narasimhan joins the growing ranks of Indian-descent CEOs heading leading US corporate giants such […]
United Nations, Aug 30 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who announced a $160 million appeal for Pakistan flood relief, is to visit the flood-devastated country next week to show solidarity with the victims of the disaster, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. Describing the disaster as “a monsoon on steroids”, Guterres said in his […]
United Nations, Aug 16 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appointed India’s Electronics and Information Technology Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma to a panel of eminent experts on internet governance. Internet pioneer Vint Cerf and Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Reesa were also appointed to the 10-member Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel, Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric […]
By VEN LENAGALA SIRINIVASA His Holiness the Dalai Lama lives in exile for over 60 years; having forfeited his active role as the spiritual and temporal leader of the over 7 million Tibetan Buddhists due to Chinese aggression. But he reflects the inimitable characteristic of a divine presence on earth, not losing his composure, his […]
By HAMZA AMEER Rawalpindi Reena Verma was only 15 years old when she left her ancestral home in Rawalpindi along with her family and migrated to India after Partition. For years, she wished and dreamt of going back to her ancestral home and reliving her childhood memories. To her surprise and support from a friendly […]
By Dr T. Selva From ancient times snakes are either feared or revered by people because it symbolises good and destruction. In several civilisations, it represents spirituality, commencement, redemption and devastation, as well as life and death. In the Hindu tradition, people worshipped snakes from early days because several folklores, beliefs, legends and scriptures are […]