Police use tear gas during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor inside the hospital premises, in Kolkata, early on August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Indian Medical Association announces 24-hour closure of several services from 6 a.m. on August 17 The Indian Medical Association announced a 24-hour nationwide…
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…
