India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval yesterday held wide-ranging talks with French President’s diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne with a focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Paris next week.
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Singapore’s signature ‘Mandai Wildlife Run’ through country’s wildlife parks returns
The Mandai Wildlife Run will take off on September 23 and 24, 2023, as part of Singapore Zoo’s 50th anniversary or Golden ZOObilee celebrations.
MAS recorded largest net loss of SGD 30.8 billion in 2022-23: Ravi Menon
Indian-origin Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Ravi Menon said the city-state’s central bank has recorded its largest net loss of SGD 30.8 billion (USD 22.8 billion) in 2022-2023.
World leaders greet Dalai Lama on his 88th birthday
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama turned 88 today and said his life is dedicated to helping sentient beings and bringing others as much benefit as possible.
Biden administration urges 26/11 terrorist Tahawwur Rana be extradited to India
The Biden administration reiterated that Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana be extradited to India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and urged a US court in California to deny the writ of habeas corpus filed by him.
First IIT outside India to come up in Zanzibar: Jaishankar
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs announced today that the first IIT campus outside India will be launched in Tanzania’s Zanzibar and is expected to launch academic programmes in October.
India assembles space vehicle, launcher as ISRO sets July 13-19 launch window for Chandrayaan 3 mission
Gearing up for its Moon mission, the Indian Space Research organisation today mated the encapsulated assembly containing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with LVM3, its new heavy lift launch vehicle, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
White powder found in White House was cocaine: Reports
A white-coloured powder found in the West Wing of the US White House over the weekend has been identified as cocaine, reported various media outlets.
India lone SCO nation which doesn’t endorse China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Highlighting its continued opposition to China’s attempt at total trade dominance, India yesterday once again refused to endorse the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the only country in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) not to support the project.
Himachal CM announces work plan to plant10,000 hectares of land under green initiatives
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the state forest department has set an afforestation drive target of approximately 257 hectares of hilltops across 15 forest divisions under the “Mukhya Mantri Green Cover Mission”.
