The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is thrilled to announce LOVE SONIA as the Opening Night film for 2018, and to welcome Director Tabrez Noorani and stars Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Richa Chadha (Gangs of Wasseypur and Masaan) and Mrunal Thakur (Kumkum Bhagya) as special guests. LOVE SONIA marks the major directorial debut for Tabrez […]
The 2018 BRICS Media Forum concluded on Thursday after leaders of mainstream media organisations agreed on an action plan to promote media cooperation during 2018-2019. The action plan said consensus was reached after in-depth exchanges on topics including media’s role and responsibility in strengthening the BRICS narrative, enhancing cooperation among new media in BRICS countries, […]
The United Kingdom’s planned exit from the European Union will have a small negative impact on the bloc’s economy, although it will prove more damaging to countries such as Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium that have closer links with Britain, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday. In its annual review of the eurozone’s economic policies, […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin regards US unilateral sanctions on Iran as a violation of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Putin’s envoy Alexander Lavrentiev said here on Thursday. Putin, in his recent talks with the US President Donald Trump, denounced Washington’s unilateral move to re-impose sanctions on Tehran […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked the European Union (EU), saying Europe’s latest fining of US tech-giant Google showed that the bloc “truly” has “taken advantage of the US”. “The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google,” Trump tweeted. “They truly have taken advantage of […]
A batch of 1,753 pilgrims left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley on Friday to perform the Amarnath Yatra, police said. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy as 601 pilgrims headed for Baltal base camp covering a 14 km trek, while 1,152 proceeded on 36 km trek towards Pahalgam. Over 2,16,000 […]
At least eight persons have died and over 10 injured in a tourist boat accident in the US state of Missouri, said an official. According to Southern Stone County Fire Protection spokesman Eric Nielsen, the incident occurred on Thursday on the Table Rock Lake near Branson, CNN reported. There were more than 20 people onboard […]
As the government served WhatsApp with a second notice asking it to check the spread of fake and provocative content, the Facebook-owned platform has said it is launching a test to limit forwarding that will apply to everyone in India. “In India where people forward more messages, photos, and videos than any other country in […]
Two persons have died and three others have been buried in rubble on a hillside after a cloud burst triggered heavy rains in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, an official said on Friday. The downpour late on Thursday followed the cloud burst at Malari that led to a major chunk of a hill to collapse. Five […]
The US on Friday said that the first edition of the US-India 2+2 strategic dialogue will be held in the national capital on September 6. “The US is pleased to announce that the inaugural US-India 2+2 Dialogue will be held in New Delhi, India, on September 6,” a statement said. US Secretary of State Mike […]