School children assemble at the Red Fort ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address, in New Delhi on Thursday, August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy PM Modi set to deliver 11th Independence Day address in a row Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unfurl the national flag for the 11th time in a…
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: PTI I&B Ministry extends window for feedback on draft Broadcasting Bill till October 15 The Information & Broadcasting Ministry on Monday (August 12, 2024) extended the time for receiving feedback on the draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill till October 15, stating that a fresh draft would be published after detailed…
This frame grab from video shows wreckage from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP No survivors in Brazil plane that crashed in Sao Paulo with 61 aboard A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo…
Smoke rises from a fire that was set on the street during a protest by students demanding the stepping down of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, following quota reform protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters India advises its nationals not to travel to Bangladesh after fresh violence India on Sunday…
A rescue operation underway after a landslide, in Wayanad. | Photo Credit: PTI Gandhi-King foundation plan runs into FCRA hurdles Four years after then-U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act, U.S. and Indian officials are trying to overcome the hurdles posed by the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), which has held up funding…
Rescuers search through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains in Wayanad district, Kerala state, India, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Paris Olympics day 7 highlights It was a historic day for India at the Paris 2024 Olympics on August 2. After some unexpected exits…
On the move: Volunteers engaged in rescue operation searching for bodies at landslide-hit Chooralmala in Wayanad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Wayanad death toll crosses 200; slush, debris slow down search The death toll in the landslides that devastated Chooral Mala and Mundakkai areas near Meppadi in Wayanad district of Kerala crossed 200 as the…
When the ground shakes: A landscape transformed overnight for the worse by a sudden upheaval of earth at Chooralmala in Wayanad on July 30. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Paris Olympics day 4 highlights Shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh bagged the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match. This is…
Students protest outside the Rau’s IAS study circle in Old Rajinder Nagar area, where 3 students died in a coaching centre Saturday night, after it was waterlogged in basement of IAS study circle building, in New Delhi on Monday, July 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Paris Olympics day 3 highlights Manu Bhaker…
Tripura CM Manik Saha, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav, Manipur CM N. Biren Singh, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi on July 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Paris Olympics Day 2 highlights…
