NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday recalled the sacrifices made by the Sikh gurus to protect India’s culture and asserted that the nation is moving ahead with their ideals. The Prime Minister was addressing an event at Red Fort to mark the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur. … Read more
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her counterparts from the mostly western bloc walked out of a G20 finance boffins session on Wednesday as Russian officials began to speak, a boycott — to protest Moscow’s war on Ukraine — that was not joined by officials from at least ten other nations, including Indonesia, China, … Read more
HYDERABAD: Millions of doses of Covid vaccines administered so far have thrown up just nine cases of death caused by confirmed reactions to jabs since February 2021 according to the health ministry’s national committee on adverse events following immunisation (AEFI). Of these nine deaths, two deaths each were attributed to vaccine product-related reactions, categorised as … Read more
NEW DELHI: Liechtenstein is convening the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to debate a draft resolution — backed by the US — requiring the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Russia, China, US, UK and France) to justify their use of the veto. Besides the five permanent members, the UNSC also has 10 … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a strong counter to the opposition attack on the Modi government over incidents of hate speech and communal violence, BJP President J P Nadda on Monday accused the rival parties of waging a “direct onslaught on the spirit of our nation and casting aspersions on our hard working citizens”. In an open … Read more
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will address the nation from the Red Fort on the 400th Parkash Purab of Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur on April 21. He will also release a commemorative coin and postage stamp on the occasion, the culture minisry said on Monday. The Sikh Guru’s execution orders were passed at the Red … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has accused Amway India Enterprises of running a multi-level marketing scam, while attaching its assets worth Rs 757 crore on Monday, including its factory in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district and bank balances of Rs 346 crore. The agency said its money trail against Amway revealed that the company had collected … Read more
NEW DELHI: Lt-General Manoj Pande will take over as the next Army chief from General M M Naravane on April 30, becoming the first-ever officer commissioned in the Corps of Engineers to head the 12-lakh strong force. The government has gone by the seniority principle in announcing the next Army chief, with Lt-Gen Pande being … Read more