After turning barely a couple of pages under its new leadership, Afghanistan is in the news again. This time there brews trouble across several sectors. On April 18, a barrage of rockets were fired into Uzbekistan. While the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for that, and through their official news agency Amaq […]
SRINAGAR: Despite the J&K administration’s effort to lock down the Kashmiri Pandits inside their camps, their unprecedented protests against the brutal murder of fellow community member Rahul Bhat continued for the fourth day. In a bid to contain the growing protests, the J&K administration had deployed heavy security outside the camps to restrict them from […]
NEW DELHI: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is elected as the President of the United Arab Emirates, Emirati daily Khaleej Times reported. The Federal Supreme Council of the Emirate on Saturday unanimously elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan following the demise of the President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine will resume its operation on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs informed on Friday. The Indian mission is presently functioning from Warsaw, Poland. In the very first week of March, the Indian embassy in Kyiv was shut down, and all the diplomats and mission staffers were shifted […]
NEW DELHI: Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Union minister of state for external affairs and education, and Dr Kung Phoak, secretary of state of the ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Cambodia discussed collaboration in the sphere of health, vaccines, climate change and supply chain resilience at the 7th roundtable of ASEAN-India Network of Think […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on the demise of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, on Friday. In a tweet, PM Modi wrote, “I am deeply saddened to know about the passing away of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed. He was a great […]
NEW DELHI: India’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with her third-largest trading partner UAE will swell the bilateral trade between the two nations drastically, foster the Indian economy, open many markets and leave positive impacts on the Gulf region, said Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday in Mumbai. Accompanied by […]
NEW DELHI: A Skill India International Centre will be set up in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with Hindustan Ports Pvt Ltd to train Indian youth for pursuing overseas employment opportunities in logistics, port and allied areas. NSDC International and Hindustan Ports Private Limited, the Indian unit of […]
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday distributed charge of different departments among five special secretaries, all young, to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. IAS officer Kumar Harsh, a 2016 batch IAS officer, has been given Power, Excise, Urban Development, Appointment and Personnel, Public Works Department (PWD), Secretariat Administration Department, and Forest. ALSO READ: Overnight, UP Jettisons […]
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government on late Wednesday removed its DGP Mukul Goel, a 1987-batch IPS, citing “disregard for government work” and “not taking interest in government activities. Goel has not been seeing eye-to-eye with some officers of the UP chief minister including additional principal home secretary Awanish Awasthi and additional secretary (information and public […]