Prisca Thevenot became first French woman of Indian descent to be elected in the legistative election held on Sunday, June 19. Prisca’s great grandfather was from South India and migrated to Mauritius a very long time ago. Her mother, Balasoobramen moved to France and Prisca was born in Strasbourg, in the Alsace region. She successfully pursued...
Pakistan's attempt to list an Indian national Gobinda Patnaik Duggivalasa as United Nations-listed terrorist has been again rejected by 5 countries namely the UK, US, France, Albania and India at the United Nations Security Council's committee. Pakistan had earlier tried to name the same individual in the list in 2020 and attempted to list him as...
By Lalit Garg The eighth International Yoga Day was celebrated in India as well as in most countries around the world on June 21 with a new theme- “Yoga for Humanity.” Yoga is being made a medium to connect human beings and humanity. In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed to celebrate Yoga Day at the United...
US sending $1 billion more military aid to outgunned Ukraine UN records over 10K civilian causalities of war Kyiv: Four European leaders expressed their support for Ukraine on Thursday while meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, vowing to back Kyiv’s candidacy to eventually join the European Union and offering more weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion. Amid Ukrainian...
New Delhi: After some news outlets reported on an agreement reached between Nepal and the US army, the US Embassy in Nepal dismissed the reports and said, it is ‘fake’. In a series of tweets, the embassy said, “The document published in some online outlets that purport to be a military deal between the United States...
New York: Russia's special envoy for Afghanistan has said Moscow may recognize the interim Taliban government and has reserved grain for the South Asian country to stave off the possible food crisis there. "There is such a possibility. Its conditions were determined by both the Russian president and foreign minister," Zamir Kabulov told the Russian state...
New Delhi: China has announced plans to provide visas to Indian professionals and their families stranded in India for over two years following the strict visa restrictions imposed by Beijing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Separately, China is also processing requests of thousands of Indian students studying in Chinese universities who have conveyed their interest to...
Lahore: Pakistan is likely to be off the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The announcement for the same will take place at the FATF plenary which is scheduled this week, from June 14 to 17, 2022, in Berlin (Germany). According to sources, Pakistan has completed 26 of the 27 action items in...
New Delhi: China is undertaking a 'substantial expansion' of its nuclear weapons arsenal, which satellite images show includes the construction of more than 300 new missile silos, even as Pakistan also continues to be slightly ahead of India in the number of nuclear warheads. China has an estimated 350 nuclear warheads, with new mobile missile launchers...
