Washington DC: The shutdown of the US government was avoided as the Senate passed a stopgap spending bill on November 2. The federal government will now have funds up to February 18 after President Biden signs it into law. Some GOP lawmakers wanted to hold up continued government funding to have a debate on the...
New Delhi: India has joined the G20 Troika, which consists of Indonesia, Italy, and India - the current, previous and incoming G20 Presidencies, respectively. With this move, India has started the procedure for taking over the G20 presidency next year. Troika refers to the top grouping within the G20 that consists of the current, previous and...
New York: Within a span of a week, two Indian Americans were elevated to top positions: Parag Agrawal as Twitter CEO and Gita Gopinath as IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD). Most excitement was caused by social media platform Twitter going through a major organizational change on Monday as the company’s co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO,...
New Delhi: Ahead of his visit to India, Russian President Vladimir Putin called New Delhi one of the authoritative centers of the multipolar world whose foreign policy philosophy and priorities are close to Moscow, reported TimesNow. I am convinced that, relying on strong traditions of friendship and mutual understanding, we will jointly continue to further develop...
New York: Scientists raced to study a new coronavirus variant, Omicron, as several cases were spotted in many countries including USA and India and governments around the world announced travel restrictions targeting the southern African region where it first emerged. In the US, Omicron has been discovered in at least five states by Thursday. Just a day after the...
Tom Holland-starrer 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', which was earlier scheduled to hit Indian theatres on December 17, will now release a day earlier to treat fans. The big-ticket entertainer will witness an earlier theatrical release, one day before the US market. The new installment of the 'Spider-Man' franchise, will start from where the previous 'Spider-Man: Far...
Mumbai: Sweeping reforms to the legal immigration system were passed by the US House last Friday – one that will perhaps mitigate the anguish caused to the Indian diaspora who face a decades long backlog for a green card. The Build Back Better (BBB) Act - the $ 2.2 trillion package of spending and tax...
Washington: President Joe Biden has ignored China but has invited Taiwan along with India, Pakistan, and Iraq to a virtual summit on democracy in December. After a three and half hour long bilateral virtual meeting with President Xi Jinping last week, the move by Biden risks angering Beijing for flouting the “One China Policy”. The...
New Delhi: The Indian defense ministry has finalized a deal worth over ₹5,000 crores with Russia for the manufacture of 7.5 lakh AK 203 assault rifles for armed forces. This comes before Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India next month. The Russian designed AK-203 will be manufactured in a unit in Amethi in Uttar...
