BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to South Africa on Monday, state media reported, where he will attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. The state visit will be Xi’s second international trip of 2023, after making an official trip to Russia in March. “Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Monday for the 15th BRICS…
NEW DELHI: Responding to Mamata Banerjee‘s letter to PM Modi, Union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi said West Bengal CM gave “factually incorrect” information in “what appears to be” an attempt “to cover up the delay in operationalising Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)”.Banerjee, first wrote to PM Modi on Aug 22 following…
Prominent Indian American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, will be hosting a big fund-raising reception at his home in Portola Valley, California, for US President Joe Biden when the latter visits Silicon Valley next week. The event, scheduled to be held next Friday, has contribution ticket prices in the range of $6,600 to $100,000.“Khosla, a friend…
LONDON: Indian-origin men and women gathered in multiple cities across Britain on Thursday night to demand justice for the trainee female doctor raped and murdered at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. They called for safer working conditions for women – not just in Indian hospitals but all workplaces in India –…
JAKARTA: Indonesia is to allocate 40.6 trillion rupiah ($2.7 billion) to the construction of its new capital city in its 2024 budget and the presidential office and a dozen apartment blocks for workers should be completed next year, ministers said on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian nation announced in 2019 that it would build a new…
When the South Yorkshire Police put out a social media appeal inviting inputs on anyone living a lavish lifestyle but without having any job, they intended to nab economic crime. But the social media post was inundated with people reporting the Royal Family for ‘doing nothing and enjoying a lavish lifestyle’. Apart from Royal Family…
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the launch of Classes Internationales (international classes), a special programme for Indian students to learn French for a year in France before pursuing the degree of their choice, during his state visit to India last week, according to press release by the French Embassy in New Delhi.This…
BEIJING: Beijing has approved North Korea‘s state carrier Air Koryo to resume flights to China, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. The ministry did not provide more details such as the resumption date or what the flight’s weekly frequency may be. It referred further questions to China’s aviation regulator which was not immediately available…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani health authorities confirmed Saturday a third case of mpox (monkeypox) virus this year, saying the patient was diagnosed after screening at Peshawar airport following his return from Jeddah.Another patient on the same flight was also shifted to hospital with purported symptoms, while Sindh authorities reported a suspected case at Karachi airport.“Medical personnel at…
NEW DELHI: A disturbing security video aired on Friday shows Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, physically assaulting singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016, the footage closely aligns with the description of an incident detailed in a November lawsuit filed by Cassie which captures Combs, clad only in a white towel,…
