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On Saturday Six people were killed and at least 20 others were injured in a suspected attack has occurred in Central London, where a van mowed down several people as per police officials. The van rammed into pedestrians and several people were stabbed in central London. In fresh statements from police officials suggest that out of […]
President Donald Trump today announced his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change and renegotiate the deal that was agreed upon by over 190 countries during the previous Obama administration. Arguing that countries like China and India are benefiting the most from the Paris Agreement, Trump said that the agreement […]
President Donald Trump today said he will announce his decision on whether the US will withdraw from the Paris climate change accord tomorrow. Trump said he would make the announcement at 12.30 am (3 pm local time) at the White House. Withdrawing from the Paris agreement is one of Trump’s major electoral promises. “I will […]
Nine people have been killed and around 90 wounded in a suicide car bombing in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter this morning, a few hundred metres from the Indian embassy. The powerful blast damaged windows and doors of the Indian embassy but External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted that all officials are safe. Thick smoke could be […]
Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh today damaging several houses and packing winds of up to 117 kilometres per hour after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from the coastal areas. In a special bulletin, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the severe cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ moved northwards over North Bay and started crossing Cox’s Bazar- […]
Move over Justin Bieber, it is Ed Sheeran’s turn to enthrall the Indian fans with his music on November 19. Sheeran’s official website on Wednesday put out a post listing his dates for various cities during his tour of Asia in October and November with Mumbai being one of the stops. The two time Grammy-winning […]
Acting on his ‘Buy American, Hire American’ pledge, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa programme, the most sought-after by Indian IT firms and professionals, to stop “visa abuses”. Trump signed the order that calls for tightening the rules of the programme at the Kenosha, […]
In an unexpected announcement, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today said the government will replace its popular 457 visa that brings temporary foreign workers to the country with a new version that will recruit only the “best and the brightest in the national interest”. The move to abolish the visa, used by over 95,000 temporary […]
Today in Moscow, An explosion 2 train carriages in a metro station at Saint Petersburg 10 people were killed and several others were injured. A huge whole was blasted in the side of one carriage with mangled metal wreckage strewn around the platform. Passengers were seen hammering at the windows of one closed carriage. Authorities […]
US President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Ajit Pai to serve another term at the powerful Federal Communications Commission. Pai is the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He was designated Chairman by President Trump in January 2017. He had previously served as Commissioner at the FCC, appointed by then-President Barack Obama and confirmed […]
