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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Madison Square type of mega event in Shanghai during his upcoming visit to China has generated a “terrific response” from Indian professionals and students based in various cities in the Communist nation. Modi plans to give a speech in Shanghai similar to the one at New York’s Madison Square Garden last […]
23 April is a considered as symbolic date for world literature. World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright. World Book […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian Diaspora in Toronto’s Ricoh Coliseum a few hours ago today. He was given a ceremonial welcome earlier in Canada’s capital Ottawa. This is the last leg of PM Modi’s 3-nation tour, which included France and Germany. “The Indian flag has four colours and I want to bring four […]
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 […]
