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European Union envoy hails PM Modi’s Ukraine visit on ‘landmark date’

New Delhi , August 23 (ANI): European Union's Ambassador to India, Herve Delphin on Friday stated that August 23 marks a landmark date as...

PM Modi arrives in Kyiv in landmark visit; to hold talks with President Zelenskyy

Kyiv, Aug 23 (PTI) In the first-ever visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday on a nearly...

Search for body of Mike Lynch’s daughter resumes after Sicily shipwreck

PORTICELLO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian emergency services resumed their search on Friday for the body of Mike Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, the only person still unaccounted for since the British tech

DNC final night: Camouflage hats, women in white, fighting the power

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party's nomination for president, seeking to define herself for America as she and Republican candidate Donald Trump

Indian passenger bus with 40 people plunges into Marayangdi river in Nepal

Kathmandu , August 23 (ANI): A passenger bus bearing Uttar Pradesh number plate and with at least 40 people onboard plunged into the Marsyangdi...

Harris takes on Gaza war, tyranny in Democratic convention finale

By Jeff Mason and Doina Chiacu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris sealed the Democratic presidential nomination with a muscular speech, laying down broad foreign policy principles and

Iceland sees string of volcanic eruptions

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula has seen a string of volcanic eruptions since 2021 when geological systems dormant for around 800 years became active again. Experts say the region,

PM Modi arrives in Kyiv for talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

The visit is important for Western-backed Kyiv, which has been trying to nurture diplomatic relations in the Global South to secure fair settlement to end the war.

11 people killed as Indian-registered bus plunges into river in Nepal

Kathmandu, Aug 23 (PTI) At least 11 people were killed after an Indian-registered passenger bus plunged into the Marsyangdi River in central Nepal on...

Plane with Chinese nationals crashes in Thailand, all 9 aboard feared dead

Bangkok , August 23 (ANI): Rescue personnel despite a 11 hour search have found no survivors at the site of a crash of a...

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Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?