US. President Barack Obama urged Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to “tamp down” the kind of rhetoric that is arousing anger and tensions in the region, and condemned the violence “against innocent people” that has left more than 30 people dead over the past few weeks. “It’s important for both (Israeli) Prime […]
The White House has teamed up with a Sikh and an Asia Pacific community group to launch a public awareness campaign to address bullying in six languages including Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. The resources for the “Act To Change” campaign are also available in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese as one out of three in the […]
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said he’s happy to see that under Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has taken steps to renew focus on building its economy, and called for closer ties between the two countries. In an email interview here, Key said closer economic and political ties between New Zealand and India would […]
Barely three weeks after a democratic federal constitution was promulgated in Nepal, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was on Monday sworn-in as the new prime minister heading an eight-member cabinet. President Ram Baran Yadav administered the oaths of office and secrecy to Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) chairman Oli and his cabinet colleagues at […]
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Scottish micro-economist Angus Deaton, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced here on Monday. According to an academy statement, Deaton, 69, was awarded “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare”, Xinhua news agency reported. “More than anyone else, Angus Deaton has enhanced the understanding […]
India will continue to support separate statehood for Palestine while also engaging with Israel to forge an independent and long-standing bilateral relationship, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Sunday. Continuing his meetings with the Jordanian leadership on the second day of his visit here, Mukherjee was candid in saying India’s relations with Palestine and Israel […]
Defence officials from the US and Russia held a video conference on Saturday to discuss safe flight operations over Syri a, the Pentagon confirmed. “The discussions were professional and focused narrowly on the implementation of specific safety procedures,” said the Pentagon in a statement. According to Xinhua. the statement said progress was made during the […]
The forthcoming India-Africa Forum Summit here later this month is likely to see Egypt putting forth some ideas to boost cooperation between India and Africa, including through trilateral cooperation, the country’s envoy has said. Egyptian Ambassador Hatem Tageldin said Egypt can leverage its position as a bridge to mainland Africa for Indian investments and also […]
With Air India completing two years of operation in Australia, Madhu Mathen, the Manager of Air India in Australia talks to Indus Age. Excerpts from the interview: Air India has completed two years of operation in Australia. What has been the response to Air India’s return to the market after a long hiatus? I must […]
American educational publisher McGraw-Hill, known for long in India for its books published in collaboration with the Tatas, is now independently charting out the new course of the future – in digital learning. With the international publishing market being flat for awhile, McGraw-Hill, under its new owners, private equity firm Apollo Global Management, which acquired […]