International News Updates

Washington: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has described as “appalling” the desecration of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian embassy here and said his reputation should be respected, especially in the US capital. A violent group of Khalistani separatists on Saturday desecrated Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian embassy in Washington during a demonstration […]

New Delhi: Seagram’s Blenders Pride, an Indian whisky by Pernod Richard, has won three of the world’s most prestigious spirits competitions — Gold Award at Monde Selection 2020, Gold Medal at The Fifty Best, and Bronze Medal at London Spirits Competition 2020. Monde Selection is the only quality institute in the world to offer a […]

New Delhi: Just when Hackers are busy duping people through sophisticated hacking techniques in the pandemic, some users in India have reported receiving a letter in their emails, promising $450,000 (nearly Rs 3.3 crore) from “Microsoft” for being winner of the “Microsoft Relief Grant and Support Initiative”. This letter, which bears the name of Microsoft […]

New Delhi: NASA has shared a stunning picture of snow-covered Himalayan mountains captured by a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The picture shared on Instagram has already received over 11.6 lakh “likes” on the platform. “The snow-covered Himalayan Mountains are in splendid view in this enhanced, long-exposure image taken by a crew […]

Dhaka: Recalling India’s role in the 1971 Liberation War, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said “India is our true friend” during a virtual meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. “India helped us in the war of 1971 against Pakistan. Their soldiers sacrificed their lives. Our relation is time-tested,” Hasina said. Speaking at the […]

Kabul: At least 30 militants were killed in an airstrike targeting a gathering of Taliban fighters Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Friday. “A group of Taliban insurgents had gathered in Qarsi area of Qarabagh district to storm security checkpoints but the security forces’ planes attacked the gathering in the wee hours of Friday, killing 30 on […]

A head nurse at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, caused a brief scare on Thursday when she fainted shortly after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports. Tiffany Dover, a head nurse at Chattanooga, Hospital in Tennessee, passed out during a press briefing. The Head nurse was addressing media from the Hospital and […]

New York: US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Vedant Patel, a former communications aide to House of Representatives member Pramila Jayapal, as his assistant press secretary. His appointment announced on Friday makes him one of the three Indian Americans nominated to important positions by Biden. The others are Neera Tanden, who will be the director […]

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new Tier Four of coronavirus restrictions for London and other parts of England to combat an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases linked to a new virulent strain. The planned relaxation of coronavirus rules for Christmas has been scrapped for a large part of southeast England, […]

Kathmandu: Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday dissolved Parliament at the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and announced mid-term general election in April-May. Oli on Sunday sprang a surprise on his rivals and got the President to dissolve Parliament, a controversial move amidst a prolonged tussle for power between him and former […]

Kabul: At least 28 civilians lost their lives in bomb blasts across Afghanistan, while 47 others were injured in the last three days, according to officials. In the first deadly blast that took place in Kabul on Sunday, nine people were killed and 20 others injured, Xinhua news agency quoted Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi as […]