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Hindustan Times' R Sukumar and Shishir Gupta, Jaishankar emphasised the Modi government’s leadership in navigating complex international scenarios and underscored India’s clear and confident positions on global issues, with a specific focus on China. Addressing the situation with China, Jaishankar explained that both nations remain forward deployed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with increased troops and weaponry since 2020. He attributed the escalation to China’s initial actions, which India responded to in kind.

Ukraine-Russia conflict since Vladimir Putin started the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He made phone calls with Putin and Volodymyr Zelansky to ensure safe passage for Indians stranded in war-torn regions. Putin and Zelensky have invited him to their respective countries after the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

shares of Premier Roadlines listed on the NSE SME platform on Friday with a premium of 30%. The stock debuted at Rs 87 as against an issue price of Rs 67 apiece. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares traded with a premium of Rs 15 in the unlisted market.

dual-use materials and weapons components to Russia, Beijing has no interest in dropping its backing for President Vladimir Putin, analysts say. While China does not want to upend its ties with the West, and insists it is not sending lethal weapons to Moscow, Washington has stressed that Russia would struggle to sustain its assault on Ukraine without Beijing. On Thursday, Putin arrived in China on a two-day visit as Moscow is seeking more support from President Xi Jinping for the war effort in Ukraine following multiple rounds of Western sanctions.

Ukraine has retaken half of the territory Russia seized at the beginning of the war – and one day it will be a NATO member, the alliance’s top soldier said.

Washington: It's time for Indian Americans to run for office at all levels and never miss to vote, influential Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi told community members gathered here from across the country. «We have to vote. Will everyone here vote in that coming election? Because we can talk politics all day, but doing politics is what matters. Remember, politics is not just a noun, it's a verb. And we have to do politics this year. We have to vote,» Krishnamoorthi told a room full of eminent Indian Americans who had gathered in the American Capital for the annual summit of Indian American Impact, a Democratic think-tank. «Secondly, we have to work on political causes bigger than ourselves. We have to support our local mandirs. We have to support our local mosques. We have to support our local not-for-profits. I hope you do that and you give generously. But we also have to work on political issues bigger than ourselves,» said the Indian American Congressman, who represents the suburb of Chicago in the House of Representatives. «Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, I don't care as long as you recognize that you need to participate in the civic affairs of your country. And now is the time to do it,» he asserted.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal was elected as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) following the association's elections. Senior advocates Adish C Aggarwala, Pradeep Kumar Rai, Priya Hingorani, along with advocates Tripurari Ray and Neeraj Srivastava were also competing for the presidency. According to PTI sources, Sibal garnered more than 1,000 votes, while Rai received over 650 votes. Earlier, the top court directed that some posts in the executive committee of the SCBA be reserved for women members.

China visit, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke highly of the people-to-people ties between the two countries, saying that the Russians and the Chinese are "brothers forever", state news agency TASS reported. Weighing in on the relations between Moscow and Beijing, the Russian President compared it to a song from the 1940s.

economic growth performance and has become an alternative investment destination for many western companies as «less and less» foreign investment is going into China, an expert at the UN said as the global body revised upwards the Indian GDP growth for 2024. «India is also benefiting from more investments coming into India from other western sources as less and less foreign investment is going into China, western investment is going into China. India has become an alternative investment source or destination for many western companies. I think that is also benefiting India,» Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Hamid Rashid, told reporters here Thursday. He was briefing on the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024 that has revised upwards India's growth projections for 2024, with the country's economy now forecast to expand by close to seven per cent this year.

game of Assassin’s Creed is out and the fans are thrilled beyond words. It is set in ancient Japan, which had a feudal society. This was much before the Meiji Restoration, which made the country an industrial power. The news of the new game launch has been reported by Daily Star. The fans got a glimpse of the new game during a recent update shared by the makers of the game.

A bipartisan group of four senators urged Congress to take bold, decisive action to secure American leadership in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector on May 15.

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to formally disapprove the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) controversial staff accounting bulletin SAB121, which will now go to President Joe Biden’s desk.

An Alberta Wildfire official said Thursday the out-of-control fire burning near Fort McMurray, which forced thousands of people out of their homes, did not grow overnight and noted more rain is expected in the region.

ZORO) — in Mizoram on Thursday to protest the government's decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between the two countries. The peaceful protest rallies were held at Zokhawthar and Vaphai villages in Champhai district bordering Myanmar. ZORO general secretary L. Ramdinliana Renthlei said that protesting the Centre's decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and scrapping the FMR, thousands of men and women took part in the two rallies at Vaphai and Zokhawthar along Myanmar borders.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will decide on May 21 the selection criteria to pick the Indian team for the Paris Olympics, it has been learnt from reliable sources. India have earned six quota places for the Summer Games with five of them coming from women wrestlers. Aman Sehrawat is the lone male wrestler to lock quota in the men's freestyle 57kg category. The WFI had said that it would conduct one final trial to select the wrestlers who will represent the country at the Paris Games, starting July 26. According to the criteria explained earlier, it was said that the wrestlers, who finished in the top-four at the last trials will compete against each other and the winner from the group will fight it out with the quota winner.

renewable energy secretary Bhupinder Singh Bhalla reiterated India's position as a global leader in renewable energy affordability, emphasizing the nation's low cost of renewable energy. Bhalla highlighted India's integrated grid infrastructure as a key enabler for the seamless integration of renewable energy sources into the national energy mix while speaking at the World Hydrogen Summit 2024 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He assured the global industry of India's capability to meet any scale of production provided there is sufficient market demand and support, a government statement said.

Miami-based investment company, which has also seen its airline in Australia grounded in recent weeks and faces a massive fraud lawsuit in New York. Belgian media reported that the court authorized the seizure of all 777 Partners's assets in the country, including Standard’s accounts and shares, as well as shares in Immobilière Standard de Liège, which owns the Maurice Dufrasne stadium. The court declined to comment when contacted by The Associated Press.

Visa has announced major changes to how its credit and debit cards will operate in the U.S. Features in the works will lead to Americans to carry fewer physical cards in their wallets and make the 16-digit credit or debit card number printed on every p...

Indian Express, Minister Hardeep Puri revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP's claim that the NDA would win over 400 seats was based on arithmetic the minister has adhered to since the 2019 Lok Sabha poll win. When Puri was asked why the BJP is seeking "400 par" this time, the Union minister said that ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had asked him to "undertake a granular analysis of central schemes and the beneficiaries". Upon doing the same, Hardeep Puri concluded that there were "22 crore" beneficiaries.

discussed measures to “deepen" their strategic cooperation and partnership. A lot happened on the first day of Putin's visit to China. Here's all you need to know: Xi Jinping welcomed Putin, saying, “Dear President Putin, my old friend, we welcome your participation in the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation." Later, the two leaders held a key meeting on Thursday.

An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers