A Hindu ashram worker was on Friday hacked to death by unidentified assailants while he was on his regular morning walk in Bangladesh, days after a priest was killed by suspected Islamic State jihadists in the Muslim majority nation, which has seen a string of brutal attacks by Islamists on religious minorities and secular activists. Nityaranjan Pandey (60), who was […]
» Read moreAs the extraordinary two-day plenary of the Nuclear Suppliers Group began in Vienna on Thursday to discuss membership applications, India’s chances received a boost from Mexico, considered a “non-proliferation hardliner” thus far. “As a country we are going to be positively and constructively supporting India’s (membership at the NSG) in recognition of the commitment by PM Modi to the International […]
» Read moreAfter a series of celebrity Twitter handle hacks over the past weeks, Evan Williams , the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, had his account briefly compromised, a media report said. A group by the name of OurMine — the same group that claimed credit for compromising Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts on Monday — took credit for hacking […]
» Read moreIndia will soon open its sixth consulate in Seattle to cater to the needs of large number of Indian-Americans living in the northwestern part of the U.S. “We hope to open a new Indian consulate in Seattle,” Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said after the conclusion of the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Barack Obama at […]
» Read moreMeryl Streep made use of a spray tan, a fake belly and an oversized red tie to get in character for her latest role, Donald Trump. The New York Times reported that the three-time Oscar winner took the stage on Monday in New York as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee during a gala benefit for the Public Theater. A Times […]
» Read more(Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington on Tuesday. Pic Courtesy: PMO) U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed the start of preparatory work on six nuclear reactors in India, a key step in closing the first deal stemming from a U.S.-India civil nuclear accord […]
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