Washington: President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending arecord 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions, including canceling…
Kuala Lumpur: Spiritual teacher Vinayji has been invited by the High Commission of India in Malaysia to deliver a series of Bhagavad Gita lectures as part of the International Gita Mahotsav celebrations. The current High Commissioner of India to Malaysia, H.E. Shri B.N. Reddy, who has long admired Vinayji’s deep philosophical insights and eloquent oratory,…
Dhaka: Tension simmered across Bangladesh on Wednesday as crude bomb and arson attacks rocked Dhaka and other parts of the country ahead of a special tribunal’s announcement of the verdict date against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Unidentified assailants set fire to a branch office of Muhammad Yunus-founded Grameen Bank in eastern Brahmanbaria early in…
Ottawa: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) Outreach Session on Energy Security and Critical Minerals in Canada, and put forth India’s perspective. Jaishankar, in a social media post, said he spoke about the need on both issues to “mitigate dependence, strengthen predictability and build resilience”. Greater international cooperation…
Dubai: Turkiye on Wednesday rejected as “purely disinformative” the media reports that it was engaged in “radicalisation activities” targeting India and other countries. The media reports claiming that “Turkiye is linked to terrorist acts in India and provides logistical, diplomatic, and financial support to terrorist groups are part of a malicious disinformation campaign aimed at…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned India’s deputy high commissioner in Dhaka and expressed “serious concern” over deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s interaction with mainstream Indian media. Hasina, 78, faces multiple cases in Bangladesh after being ousted in August last year following nationwide violent protests led by students. She fled Bangladesh on August 5…
Islamabad: A suicide bomber on Tuesday detonated his explosives near a police vehicle outside a court in Pakistan’s capital, killing at least 12 people and wounding 27 others, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said. Naqvi, who visited the site of the blast, said the attacker wanted to enter the court complex, but on failure, he detonated…
Bamako: Five Indian nationals were abducted in Mali last week in an “unfortunate incident”, the Indian mission here has said. The kidnapping took place on November 6 in the West African nation, the Indian embassy said in a tweet on Sunday. “The Embassy is aware of the unfortunate incident of kidnapping of five of our…
Male: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has inaugurated the Hanimaadhoo International Airport, a project funded under the Indian government’s Line of Credit assistance, calling it a “gateway to prosperity” for the country’s north. Muizzu inaugurated the airport on Sunday and described it as a “catalyst for unlocking the potential of the northern Maldives and enhancing global…
Johannesburg: The South African government and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday reacted angrily to US President Donald Trump’s decision to boycott the G20 Summit scheduled to take place in a fortnight in Johannesburg. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula lashed out at both Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who repeated the…
