Hangzhou: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to help Nepal transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked nation by facilitating infrastructure connectivity and transit transportation cooperation as he met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ here. Xi met Prachanda on the sidelines of the Hangzhou Asian Games here in eastern China. Prachanda, who…
Islamabad: General elections in Pakistan will take place in the last week of January 2024, the election commission announced on Thursday, amid mounting pressure from political parties and the international community to hold timely and fair elections in the cash-strapped country. In a statement, the electoral body said that it reviewed work on delimiting constituencies and…
New York: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday said Canada is not looking to “provoke or cause problems” with India amid a raging diplomatic row over the killing of a Khalistani extremist leader as he urged New Delhi to take the matter “extremely seriously” and work with Ottawa to “uncover the truth”. “We call upon the…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s election commission on Thursday announced that the general elections in the country will take place in the last week of January 2024. In a statement, the electoral body said that it reviewed work on delimiting constituencies and the initial list for the delimitation of constituencies would be published on September 27. It added that…
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he was not looking to “provoke” India or “escalate” tensions, but urged New Delhi to take the killing of a Sikh separatist leader with the “utmost seriousness”. Trudeau’s comments came hours after Canada and India expelled a senior diplomat each following his allegations about the involvement of…
Washington: Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday said many people are annoyed by his rise and believe that a 38-year-old is too young to become US President. Following his impressive performance during the maiden Republican presidential primary debate, various opinion polls show that his popularity is on the rise. The latest opinion poll shows that he is…
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday praised India’s Presidency of the G20 and underlined that New Delhi did its best to have the voice of the Global South represented and put the development agenda at the centre of discussion during its year-long leadership of the grouping. Guterres made the remarks at a press conference here…
Washington: The strategic relationship between India and the US has never been so dynamic as they team up on everything from advanced semiconductors to defence cooperation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Speaking days after India successfully hosted the G-20 Summit and President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks in New Delhi,…
Singapore: Indian-origin Singapore-born economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be sworn in as the ninth president of the city-state on Thursday, days after he was overwhelmingly elected as the ninth head of state of the country. The 66-year-old president-elect won 70.4 per cent of the (1,746,427 votes) of the 2.48 million ballots cast by local voters on September…
Washington: As President Joe Biden visited New Delhi, two powerful lawmakers have introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to remove high-tech export barriers to India to give a big boost to the unrestricted export of sensitive technologies to the country and bolster bilateral technology cooperation. The legislation was introduced on Friday by Congressmen Gregory…
