Goyal to meet Swiss, Swedish business leaders; to discuss trade, investments
NEW DELHI,: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will meet Swiss and Swedish business leaders this week and discuss ways to boost trade and investments, an official statement said on Sunday. Goyal is visiting Switzerland and Sweden from June 9 to 13. The visit is commencing from Bern in Switzerland, where the minister will […]
PM Modi to meet all-party global outreach delegations today
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet members of the all-party global delegation under Operation Sindoor global outreach on Tuesday at 7 pm at his official residence, Lok Kalyan Marg. According to sources, Union Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju’s office informed the delegation members about the meeting. Seven groups of all party delegations, including […]
Maximum boasts, minimum achievements: Congress slams Shah’s ‘peace’ in J&K, Northeast remark
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday said it was “bizarre” of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to claim that peace had been restored in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast, alleging that his assertion was meant to divert attention from his own “colossal failures.” The opposition party also said that never has India had a […]
Italians head to polls in referendum on citizenship, labour, but vote risks sinking on low turnout
ROME,: Italians headed to the polls Monday on the second and final day of referendums that would make it easier for children born in Italy to foreigners to obtain citizenship, and on providing more job protections. But partial data showed a low turnout, well below the required 50 per cent plus one threshold, risking […]
Jaishankar holds wide-ranging discussions with Belgium counterpart
BRUSSELS,: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held wide-ranging discussions with his Belgium counterpart Maxime Prevot on deepening bilateral cooperation, including in trade, investment, technology, defence and security, clean energy and mobility. Jaishankar, who is travelling to Europe a month after India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, welcomed Belgium’s […]
US deports 37 illegal Nepali nationals
KATHMANDU: The US government has deported 37 Nepali nationals who were illegally staying in America, an official said on Monday. A chartered flight carrying the illegal Nepali nationals arrived from the US here on Sunday evening, an Immigration Department official said. This is the largest number of Nepalis deported by the US in a single […]
Ex-prez Hamid returns to Bangladesh after medical treatment abroad: Reports
DHAKA,: Bangladesh’s former president Abdul Hamid returned to the country on Monday after receiving medical treatment abroad, according to media reports. The 81-year-old, who served two terms as president during deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime, arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 1:45 am, news portal Prothom Alo reported. Hamid’s […]
Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration Other threats abound, too
WASHINGTON, : When the FBI arrested an accused leader of the MS-13 gang, Kash Patel was there to announce the case, trumpeting it as a step toward returning “our communities to safety.” Weeks later, when the Justice Department announced the seizure of USD 510 million in illegal narcotics bound for the US, the FBI […]
Ukraine says Russia launched biggest overnight drone bombardment of war
KYIV,: Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the three-year war, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, as the Kremlin pressed its summer offensive amid direct peace talks that have yet to deliver progress on stopping the fighting. As well as 479 drones, 20 missiles of various types […]
Canada plans to hit NATO spending target early, reduce US defence reliance, Carney says
TORONTO : Canada will meet NATO’s military spending guideline by early next year and diversify defence spending away from the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. Carney said Canada will achieve NATO’s spending target of 2 per cent of gross domestic product five years earlier than it had previously planned. “Our military […]
