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Marking the first standalone bilateral visit in 42 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived today in Canada where the focus will be on setting a “trajectory” in ties through cooperation in energy, including civil nuclear, and attracting trade and technology for India’s development. A significant aspect of the three-day visit will be Modi’s meeting with […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in the French capital on Thursday as a part of 3 nation tour, will on Friday begin his diplomatic engagements after receiving a ceremonial welcome in the morning. A highlight of his today’s schedule will be a boat ride with French President Francois Hollande, which is being described as […]
As many as 147 students have been killed after an Islamist group attacked a university in northeastern Kenya, according to officials. According to them, all four AK-47 carrying gunmen have been shot dead and the rescue operation is over. This is the country’s deadliest attack since the American embassy bombings in 1998. More than 500 […]
Today, a German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps, killing all 150 people onboard, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. France’s junior transport minister said there were “no survivors” from the crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320, a low-cost subsidiary of Lufthansa, in a remote part […]
Tunisia’s prime minister says 21 people are dead after an attack on a major museum, including 17 foreign tourists, and that two or three of the attackers remain at large. Habib Essid told national television that the foreigners included tourists from Poland, Italy, Germany and Spain. He said that two of the attackers were killed […]
Today, the US asked Pakistan to follow through its commitment to bring the perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai attack under justice after a court ordered to release LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. “The government of Pakistan has assured its cooperation in bringing the perpetrators ,financiers, and sponsors of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice and […]
Bridging a gap of 28 years, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi today embarked on an important visit to Sri Lanka with the message that India favoured a life of equality, justice, peace and dignity for Tamils in its “new journey” of peace and reconciliation. Today, PM Narendra Modi was accorded guard of honour and […]
India and Mauritius will work together to avoid the “abuse” of double taxation avoidance convention, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi declared today, as the two countries agreed to push negotiations for a long pending revision of the treaty. India and Mauritius are going to revise the Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty to prevent its abuse
Two days ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has stoked a controversy suggesting that Indian fishermen may be shot if they intruded into Sri Lankan waters. Union External Minister shushma Swaraj is in Colombo, Sri Lanka meeting her counter parts and having meeting between high vele degegation between […]
Martin Luther King, Jr was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. The Gadhar Party in the United States advocated for rights for immigrants and Black Americans, and also for Indian independence from the United Kingdom. There are numerous linkages between African Americans and Indians. though not many people know about these connections. February is Black History Month […]
