BARABANKI (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed that the Congress and Samajwadi Party will run a bulldozer over the Ram temple if elected to power, and asked them to take “tuition” from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath “where to run bulldozers”. Addressing a rally here, he also said the INDIA bloc is […]
NEW DELHI: A severe heatwave is expected to cover parts of northern India, including Punjab and Delhi, from May 18-20, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said in its latest forecast. “Severe heatwave conditions are very likely in some parts of west Rajasthan during May 17-20 and in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi during May 18-20,” […]
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has revised upwards India’s growth projections for 2024, with the country’s economy now forecast to expand by close to seven per cent this year, mainly driven by strong public investment and resilient private consumption. The World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2024, released Thursday, said, India’s economy is forecast […]
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that distributing humanitarian aid “is almost impossible” in Gaza, due to the irregular fuel supply and interrupted communications amid the ongoing intense war between Israel and Hamas. OCHA in a statement posted on social media platform X on Thursday […]
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has voted in favour of a bill aimed at forcing President Joe Biden to resume arms deliveries to Israel which had been paused. The text was passed on Thursday with 208 Republican votes and 16 votes from Biden’s Democrats, but is likely to fail in the Senate, where the […]
OTTAWA: Canada has imposed its first-ever sanctions on what the foreign ministry called “extremist” Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and said Ottawa was weighing additional measures to deter settler violence against Palestinians. Canada’s sanctions, which follow similar measures by allies including the United States and Britain, target four individuals accused of engaging directly or […]
NEW DELHI: Despite geopolitical, metabolic, and environmental threats, a new study on Friday showed that global life expectancy is expected to increase by 4.9 years in men and 4.2 years in women by 2050. However, people are likely to spend more years in poor health, revealed the study based on the latest findings from the […]
BANGKOK: Football’s world governing body FIFA has said it will seek legal advice before convening in July to decide on a Palestinian proposal to suspend Israel from international matches. On Friday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced the plan at the organisation’s annual congress in Bangkok, Thailand, after the Palestine Football Association (PFA) presented arguments accusing […]
WASHINGTON: The US would be better served by maintaining its open trade system rather than imposing new punitive duties on Chinese goods, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, adding that Washington and Beijing should work together to resolve their trade tensions. IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack told a regular news briefing that such trade restrictions […]
BANGKOK: The Women’s World Cup will take place in South America for the first time after Brazil was chosen to host the 2027 edition at a FIFA congress Friday marked by debate about the onslaught in Gaza. After the success of Australia and New Zealand in 2023, which earned a record $570 million in commercial […]