Kathmandu: A man who was rescued from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project in Nepal after nine days Friday said he kept chanting 'Hare Krishna' mantra while he was trapped, hoping to be rescued. And coincidentally, he got rescued on the day of...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a series of discussions with CEOs of global companies in New York on the new investment opportunities in digital infrastructure opening up in India’s fast-growing economy, according to an official statement posted on X Friday. In a meeting...
Kathmandu: Two men have been rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project nine days after a flash flood tore through the Trishuli River corridor in central Nepal. They have been identified as Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor on the project,...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on becoming the longest serving Prime Minister in the European nation's postwar history and wished her continued success in the years ahead. PM Modi, while extending greetings on Meloni's feat, appreciated her government's...
Rome: Georgia Meloni-led government has become the longest-serving Prime Minister in the postwar era of the Italian Republic, surpassing the record earlier held by Silvio Berlusconi. Giorgia Meloni assumed office as Italy's first woman Prime Minister October 22, 2022, and her government completed 1,413 days...
Washington: The FBI has added India-born Manjit Singh Bedi to its list of most wanted fraudsters for his alleged involvement in irregularities in the US government's benefits scheme. According to the FBI, Bedi operated a small grocery store in Tacoma, Washington, and swiped customers' government...
Havana: The US government Thursday slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island's economy and deepen its multiple crises. Among those hit with sanctions are Fidel Ernesto Castro, grandson of former President Raul Castro, and Cuba's Oil Industry Supply Import...
Kathmandu: Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of US technology company Nvidia, has donated $10 million to Nepal’s Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund to support people affected by the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi River basin in Rasuwa district, Nepal’s Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle said. In...
Washington: US Vice President J.D. Vance, has again sidestepped questions about a possible presidential campaign in 2028, saying Republicans should concentrate on the November mid-term elections instead of competing for a job several years away. Vance was asked whether he could support Defence Secretary Pete...
Kyiv: Calling India a "global superpower", Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha Thursday said that Kyiv welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent call to move from an endless war to end of the war. Sybiha made the comments during his meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM)...
Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate...
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A foreign outlet interviewed me this week and at the end of it, after we had wrapped up, the interviewer...
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