Vatican City: Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta. At 9:45 AM, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced the death of Pope Francis from the Casa Santa Marta with these words: “Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep…
New York: India has to generate 8 million jobs per year at least for the next 10-12 years and raise the share of manufacturing in GDP as it strives to achieve the vision of becoming a developed country by 2047, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India V Anantha Nageswaran said. “We have a…
New York: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has arrived in the US and began interactions with business and community members. The former Congress president arrived in the US on Saturday. He will visit Brown University in Rhode Island on April 21-22. “Welcome to the USA, Rahul Gandhi! A voice for the youth, for democracy, and…
Dhaka: A prominent Hindu community leader was allegedly abducted from his home and beaten to death in Dinajpur district in north Bangladesh, a media report said on Friday. The body of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, 58, a resident of Basudebpur village of Dinajpur, about 330 kilometres northwest of Dhaka, was recovered on Thursday night, The Daily…
New York: A 21-year-old Indian student was killed in Canada after she was struck by a stray bullet as she was waiting at a bus stop on her way to work and shots were fired by a car occupant. Harsimrat Randhawa was a student at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton Police is investigating the…
New York/Chadigarh: Gangster-turned-terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia, wanted in connection with multiple terror attacks across Punjab and who is alleged to have collaborated with Pakistan’s ISI and Khalistani group BKI, has been arrested in the US, officials said Friday. Passia alias Jora, who had illegally entered the US, was arrested by the FBI and…
Beijing: (Apr 16) China on Wednesday appointed a new top international negotiator after US President Donald Trump said the ball is in Beijing’s court to work out a deal to end the tariff deadlock, even as the White House said Chinese exports to America may face up to a 245 per cent levy. The development…
Washington/Beijing: China now faces up to a 245% tariff on imports to the United States as a result of its retaliatory actions, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The announcement came as President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching an investigation into the national security risks associated with US reliance…
Boston: The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called for broad government and leadership reforms, a…
Washington: The United States has excluded certain electronics like smartphones and computers from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to a list of items published by the US Customs and Border Protection late Friday. The US CBP listed some 20 products, also including semiconductor-based transducers, solid-state storage devices, and flat panel displays. The exclusions would…
