US President Joe Biden invited British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to the White House in June.
Tag: Global Diplomacy
US President proposes doubling down on financial aid to Pakistan
US President Joe Biden has proposed to double the economic support fund to cash-strapped Pakistan to USD 82 million for the fiscal year 2024.
Col Geeta Rana Becomes the First Lady Officer to be posted in Ladakh near China Border
Col Geeta Rana of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) made history by becoming the first woman army officer to be given the charge of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh sector close to the India-China border.
China pegs lowest economic targets in decades
China announced one of its lowest economic growth targets in years, kicking off meetings of its rubber-stamp parliament set to hand Xi Jinping a third term as president.
Quad ministers review maritime security
The foreign ministers of Quad countries reaffirmed the grouping’s commitment for a free and open Indo-Pacific, and said it strongly supports the principles of rule of law, sovereignty and territorial integrity and peaceful settlement of disputes.
School girls deliberately poisoned to stall education, admits Iranian minister
An Iranian deputy minister said “some people” were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.
Six dead as fresh quake strikes Turkey-Syria border
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey’s southern province of Hatay and northern Syria on Monday evening, killing six people and sparking fresh panic after a massive February 6 tremor that left nearly 45,000 dead in both countries.
BJP government vs George Soros: What all parties are saying
This week, the headlines were all about the feud between billionaire investor George Soros and the BJP government over the former’s comments on the recent report by short seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group, and Gautam Adani’s connections with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Russia hits Kyiv’s largest oil refinery in fresh attack
Russia bombarded Ukraine with missiles and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said.
Turkey-Syria quake: Survivors still being rescued as death toll crosses 45,000
Turkish rescuers have pulled three people, including a child, alive from the rubble 13 days after a massive quake claimed tens of thousands of lives, local media reported.
