Republic Day greetings pour in from across the world, PM Modi thanks world leaders
New Delhi, Jan 26 (UNI) Warm Republic Day greetings poured in from world leaders on Wednesday, including from Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, UK PM Boris Johnson, Australia's Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron, and nearer…
German Chancellor Scholz, Biden to meet in Washington on February 7
Berlin, Jan 26 (UNI/Sputnik) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet on February 7 with US President Joe Biden in Washington, the politicians will discuss the situation around Ukraine, German newspaper Bild reported, citing government…
NGO & local citizens, Shah and Sahil Bashir hoist TriColour on top of Lal Chowk tower
SRINAGAR: For the first time in history, the Indian Tricolour was unfurled atop the Clock Tower in Srinagar's famous Lal Chowk area to mark the country's 73rd Republic Day. This is for the first time after India's Independence that the…
TCS becomes second most valuable IT Services Brand worldwide
Kolkata, Jan 26 (UNI) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has become the second most valuable brand in the IT services sector globally, according to Brand Finance, the world's leading brand valuation firm. According to the Brand Finance…
Vikas overflow only for ‘Humare Do’: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Jan 23 (UNI) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the Centre of pushing four crore people into poverty and alleged that the development has happened only for "Humare Do" in the country. In a series of tweets, the former…
UK´s Johnson dodges calls to resign over parties
Jan 26 (UNI/Sputnik) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday once again dodged calls to resign over a string of parties held at his official residence during the Covid-19 lockdown, telling Parliament that they must wait for the…
R’Day Flashes: UP showcases Kashi Vishwanath Dham
New Delhi, Jan 26 (UNI) The recently renovated Kashi Vishwanath Dham was showcased in the tableau of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh at the 73rd Republic Day parade on Wednesday. The front portion of the tableau showed products of…
Former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refuses Padma Bhushan
Kolkata, Jan 25 (UNI) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday refused the Padma Bhushan award, saying no one had told him anything about his selection for the honour. The senior CPI-M leader's name figured…
PM Modi pays tribute to fallen soldiers at War Memorial
New Delhi, Jan 26 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial on the occasion of the 73rd Republic Day. Accompanied by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the Prime Minister…
UKIBC: India, UK FTA can turbocharge trade
New Delhi, Jan 25 (UNI) In an endorsement of the calibration in India-UK bilateral relations with the launch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement, the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) has welcomed the development saying that an FTA…
Russia: Ukraine ‘flooded’ with US, NATO weapons
United Nations, Jan 26 (UNI/Sputnik) Ukraine has been "flooded" with weapons from the United States and NATO, as well as "countless" advisers from Western countries, said the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN. "Cultivating Russophobia…
Top national awards to CDS Rawat, Kalyan Singh and two literary persons
New Delhi, Jan 25 (UNI) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google's Sundar Pichai and actor and culinary writer Madhur Jaffrey are three Indian Americans to be conferred the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, which was also…
Florida man charged for death of 4 Indians on Canada-US border, granted release
Toronto, Jan 25 (UNI) A Florida man charged with human smuggling following the discovery of four Indians, including an infant and a teen, frozen to death on the Canada-US border, has been granted release from jail while waiting for his…
Maha MLA’s son among 7 students killed in Wardha, PM condoles
Nagpur, Jan 25 (UNI) Seven medical students, including a BJP MLA's son, were killed in a car accident in Wardha district, Maharashtra police said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of young lives and…
Frequent elections hamper progress: PM Modi
New Delhi, Jan 25: Saying frequent elections hamper the country's progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the people, academics, experts and intellectuals to discuss the idea of 'One nation, One election". Modi made the…
President: Armed forces will benefit from better gender balance
“Whether you are a doctor or a lawyer, a shopkeeper or an office-worker, a sanitation employee or a laborer, doing one's duty well and efficiently is the first and foremost contribution you make to the nation,” he added.
Yashwant Sinha: BJP has failed to fulfill all its promises
Panaji, Jan 25 (UNI) Former union minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday accused Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government of having failed to fulfill its promises and fooling the people. ''The BJP government has failed Indians on several fronts,…
Former union minister RPN Singh joins BJP
New Delhi, Jan 25: Former union minister RPN Singh on Tuesday quit the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Anurag Thakur, and Jyotiraditya…
Travel & Tourism in India witnesses 4 pc annual jump
Kolkata, Jan 25 (UNI) The Travel and Tourism industry, one of the hardest hit by the pandemic in India, has showed promising revival trends following the decline of the second wave of the pandemic in 2021. Data from the Monster…
France: Presidential candidate backs legalizing assisted dying
Paris, Jan 25 (UNI/Sputnik) Yannick Jadot, a presidential candidate of the French Greens, said on Tuesday he would seek to decriminalize assisted suicide if he won the presidency in April's elections. "Yes, because one should be able to…
