New York: India has been re-elected to the UN Peacebuilding Commission for 2025–2026. India’s current term on the Commission was expiring on December 31. “India has been re-elected to the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for 2025–2026. As a founding member and major contributor to @UNPeacekeeping, India is committed to continuing its engagement with the PBC…
Islamabad: A midnight crackdown was launched by the security forces in Pakistan on Tuesday night (November 26) over thousands of supporters of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan who had reached the heart of the heavily fortified Islamabad even after Article 245 of the Constitution was invoked by the government. The security forces launched the…
Washington: President Joe Biden has announced that Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have accepted a US-brokered peace deal that is designed to be a “permanent cessation” of hostilities between the two sides. As part of the ceasefire, Israel will gradually withdraw its troops from Lebanon over the next 60 days, Biden said in his address to…
Washington: The US State Department refused to comment on the disruptions in the Indian Parliament over the indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani in a US court on charges of bribery. “That is a law enforcement matter,” State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily news conference on Monday. He was responding to a…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25 percent tariff on all products coming from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent on Chinese goods to check the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States. In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform on Monday, he said…
Baku (Azerbaijan): India on Sunday rejected a new climate finance package of USD 300 billion for the Global South at the UN climate conference here, saying it was too little and too late. Nations agreed on the USD 300 billion climate finance deal for Global South at the UN climate talks taking place here in…
Washington: Leaders from various Indian-American communities have applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his commitment to “inclusive growth” in India. At the half-day Global Equity Alliance Summit, hosted at Washington Adventist University on Friday, the leaders said the minority communities in India has remained safe and secure under Modi’s governance. The summit, held in association…
Washington (AP): President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate the deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position Vought held during Trump’s first presidency. Vought was closely involved…
Washington: The US has charged a 57-year-old Indian national for allegedly conspiring to export controlled US aviation components to end users in Russia, according to the Justice Department. Sanjay Kaushik was arrested in Miami on October 17 and was indicted on Thursday, the Department of Justice said in a press release on Friday. He was…
Ottawa: The Canadian government has dismissed a media report linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to criminal activities in Canada, including the alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, terming it as “speculative and inaccurate”. The denial made by Nathalie G Drouin, National…
