Abu Dhabi: UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Sheikh Mohammed shared a picture on Twitter of him getting vaccinated by a medical staffer. Sheikh Mohammed said, “While receiving the Covid-19 vaccine today. We wish everyone safety and great health, and we are proud of our teams who...
Vienna: Austrian investigators were piecing together the Nov 2 rampage through central Vienna by a lone gunman and later claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. Four people were killed when Kujtim Fejzulai, described as a 20-year-old IS sympathizer who had spent time in prison, opened fire with a Kalashnikov in a busy area of the...
Islamabad: US special representative for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is in Islamabad to seek Pakistan military's support towards a political solution to the ongoing unrest in Afghanistan. Khalilzad, who landed in the capital on Nov 2, met Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi where detailed discussion on the "regional security situation...
Dhaka: The houses of several Hindu families have been vandalized and burned by some radical Islamists in Bangladesh’s Comilla district over rumors about an alleged Facebook post slandering Islam, according to a media report. The households were vandalized and later set on fire on Nov 1 after a Bangladeshi man, who lives in France, allegedly praised...
Kathmandu: China has annexed an additional 150 hectares of Nepal, the UK-based Daily Telegraph reported citing politicians from the Himalayan nation. It was reported earlier that China had allegedly started slicing into Nepali territory in at least five border districts in May by sending in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in areas that were unguarded. According to...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says his government will grant provisional status to a portion of the disputed territory of Kashmir, drawing condemnation from India and sparking a fresh war of words between the two countries. Pakistan and India have fought two of their three wars since gaining independence in 1947 over the mountainous territory...
Melbourne: An Indian-origin chef in Australia has been tirelessly working to deliver free food to the homeless and needy people, including international students, ever since the coronavirus pandemic broke out and is now raising funds for a food truck to enable him to deliver meals to them. Melbourne-based Daman Shrivastav, 54, who grew up in Delhi...
London: A British-Indian financial expert, recently honored in the Queen's Birthday Honors List for her work in the field of inclusion and diversity, says she is on a mission to fix the diversity gap within the financial services sector, especially for women. Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani, an Executive Director at global investment bank Morgan Stanley, was awarded an MBE by...
Ottawa: Eight Indo-Canadians, including a Sikh, have won elections in Canada's British Columbia province as the ruling New Democratic Party (NDP) returned to power with a majority in the snap polls. The NDP led by Jagmeet Singh, the first Indo-Canadian to lead a major federal party in Canada, increased its 41-seat minority into a 55-seat majority...
