Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping left for New Delhi on Saturday morning to attend the 18th BRICS Summit. He is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the summit. Xi left Beijing to attend the BRICS Summit at the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, state-run Xinhua news agency reported….
Washington: The US House of Representatives is set to take up for vote the Russia sanctions bill that also seeks to impose tariffs on its trading partners, including India. The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, passed by an overwhelming majority by the US Senate last month, will be taken up…
Washington: As the race to the midterm elections picks up pace, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday (local time) that he would issue every adult citizen in the United States a USD 5000 dividend if Republicans secure victory in November. He made the remarks during the 2026 Republican Convention while delivering its keynote address. Trump…
Colombo: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that India will always stand firmly with Sri Lanka in times of crisis, underlining that the relationship between the two countries is based on shared history, culture and faith. Singh, who arrived in Colombo on Tuesday on his maiden three-day visit to hold talks with Sri Lanka’s…
Moqi (China): The Indian junior women’s hockey team continued their dominant run at the Asia Cup, cruising to a commanding 7-0 victory over Japan in their third elite pool match to secure a place in the quarterfinals here on Tuesday. With nine points from three matches, India currently sit at the top of the Elite…
London: The iconic Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday after the staff staged a walkout over female employees being “moved away” for the visit of a Hindu religious group, authorities said. The incident took place on Saturday during a visit by around 100 people linked to BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha), Euronews reported on…
London: Hindutva is clear that your ‘karma bhoomi’ is where your loyalties lie and for British Hindus that is the UK, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday. Addressing a large diaspora celebration entitled ‘Celebration of Oneness’, attended by hundreds of community leaders, students and volunteers of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)…
Kathmandu: The Indian tunnel rescue team, who are continuing to work alongside with Nepalese Army have made a temporary track inside the Chilime tunnel in flood-hit Rasuwa district to allow more heavy equipment to reach the affected areas, authorities said on Saturday. The teams also dug deeper on Friday to drain out water, which was…
Warsaw: India has been in continuous touch with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides and is trying to see if there are ideas and suggestions that can be developed in some way that will contribute to the mitigation or the cessation of the conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. Jaishankar, who arrived…
Moshav Aviel (Israel): Chants of “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” reverberated through northern Israel’s Moshav Aviel, as hundreds of Krishna devotees, most of them Jews, gathered from across the country to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami. Janmashtami marks the birth of Lord Krishna, who is revered as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The cultural centre at the pastoral…
