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January 10, 2025 3:04 PM
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that women-led development has become a cornerstone of India's foreign policy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing the fourth plenary session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention in Bhubaneswar, themed 'Diaspora...
January 10, 2025 12:24 PM
India would again be the fastest growing large economy in the world with a projected annual growth rate of 6.6 per cent, according to Hamid Rashid, the UN head of Global Economic Monitoring. He was speaking at the release of the UN's flagship report- ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025, (...
January 10, 2025 1:39 PM
Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday as dry desert winds fanning the flames again gathered strength. The Palisades Fire between Santa Monica and Malibu on the city's western flank ...
January 10, 2025 8:46 AM
The length of India’s National Highway network has surged by 60 per cent in the last 10 years from 91,287 km in 2014 to 146,195 km in 2024, making it the second largest road network in the world, according to the year-end review of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways released on Thursday. ...
January 9, 2025 4:34 PM
The Hollywood Hills blazed uncontrollably on Thursday morning as the worst wildfires in the history of Los Angeles raged across the city and deep into the storied heartland of the American film industry. A crescent of flame squeezed Los Angeles in a huge pincer visible from space. More than 100,00...
January 8, 2025 8:44 PM
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is an event observed on January 9 every two years to honor the contributions of the Indian diaspora to the nation. Established in 2003 under the leadership of then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PBD serves as a platform for meaningful engagement between India and ...
January 8, 2025 12:38 PM
Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet were rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccounted for after a tremor rocked the Himalayan foothills and shifted the region's landscape. The epicentre of Tuesday's magnitude 6.8 quake, one of t...
January 8, 2025 9:30 AM
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he has promoted since winning the Nov. 5 election. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, also floated the i...
January 7, 2025 5:23 PM
Daylight saving time, a practice affecting almost 400 million people across North America, is once again in the spotlight as debates over its necessity continue. This twice-a-year ritual of adjusting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn has been ingrained in American, Canadian and Cuban life ...
January 7, 2025 2:44 PM
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, Chinese authorities said, killing at least 95 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The quake hit at 9:05 a.m. (0105 GMT), with its epicentre...
