International

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...

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)...

Kathmandu: The death toll due to the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,252 Thursday as more bodies were recovered from the affected areas while thousands remain missing after more than a week of the disaster, police said. According to the data released by...

Chapel Hill (North Carolina): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that countries helping Iran evade American sanctions could themselves face penalties, while dismissing suggestions that India and Iran were preparing a trade agreement. Rubio made the remarks when asked about Prime Minister Narendra...

Washington: The United States has warned that employment-based first-preference green cards for Indians could become unavailable within weeks because of heavy demand, adding fresh pressure to an already severe backlog that has left another major category closed to Indian applicants. The State Department, in its...

Kathmandu/New Delhi: As many as 166 Indian nationals have been rescued, including three individuals Wednesday, as New Delhi continues to extend humanitarian assistance to Nepal in the wake of devastating floods which have claimed over 1,100 lives so far. According to the Ministry of External...