International

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...

Asheville: Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra participated in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Asheville, in the US state of North Carolina, engaging with global counterparts on key economic and financial priorities. The Governor also met Federal Reserve Chairman...

Cairo: At least 22 people, including Egyptians and Jordanians, were killed Wednesday in a passenger bus crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, authorities in both countries said. Twenty-eight others were injured. The accident happened on a road linking the tourist resorts of Dahab and Nuweiba in...

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah Wednesday called for stronger international attention to growing climate-related risks in the Himalayan region as the death toll from devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi River crossed 1,100. Addressing the House of Representatives, Shah said Nepal must highlight more forcefully...