A total of 97 parliamentary seats across 33 constituencies of the city-state where 2,753,226 voters — as per latest Provisional Registers of Electors as of February 1, 2025 — will be heading to the polls in the first week of May.
Author: Press Trust of India
Pahalgam terrorist attack: India suspends Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan; expels Pak officials
New Delhi announced a raft of measures, including expulsion of Pakistani military attaches; suspension of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960; and immediate shutting down of the Attari land-transit post, in view of the cross-border links to the horrific Pahalgam terror attack.
High-stakes London talks seek breakthrough in Russia-Ukraine peace efforts
British Defence Secretary John Healey said the meeting of foreign ministers and national security advisers follows talks last week in Paris and will include “what a ceasefire might look like and how to secure peace in the long term”.
What are non-tariff barriers that US VP JD Vance urged India to drop? An explainer
Indian products too face these issues in the international markets including in America, EU, China, Japan, and Korea.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah named Wisden’s leading men’s cricketer; Smriti Mandhana wins women’s honour
India’s premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Tuesday, April 22, named as Leading Men’s Cricketer in the World while prolific batter Smriti Mandhana grabbed the honour in the women’s category in the 2025 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
Surge in AI videos on Singapore GE2025 raises concerns
All the videos were posted on TikTok, according to the report, which added that these videos started appearing on April 15, when the Writ of Election was issued.
India-Saudi ties have gained strategic depth, says PM Modi ahead of state visit
In his departure statement ahead of his two-day visit to the kingdom on the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he said both countries have developed a mutually beneficial and substantive partnership, including in the domains of defence, trade, investment, energy and people-to-people ties.
Pope Francis: World leaders mourn demise, tributes pour in
Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change.
Memorable quotes from Pope Francis
Pope Francis, who died on Monday, April 21, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native Spanish with the Italian that he spoke as pope.
US airstrikes kill 38 at Houthi-held oil port in Yemen
The strikes, confirmed by the US military’s Central Command, represent one of the highest death tolls so far in the campaign launched by the administration of President Donald Trump that began March 15.
