Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) With the arrival of eight more Sri Lankan nationals to Dhanushkodi on Tuesday, the number of refugees who have fled from the island nation after the economic crisis erupted in that country has crossed 100. Kamalarani 43, from Jaffna’s Velvettithurai, and her two sons and a daughter, Lavendran (25) of Velvettithurai, […]
New Delhi, June 30 (BPNS) India on Thursday supplied the seventh batch of its medical assistance, consisting of 6 tons of essential medicines, to Afghanistan, as part of its ongoing humanitarian aid. The consignment was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul, an official statement said. In view of the urgent appeals made by […]
Paris, June 22 (IANS) A teacher received death threats and was accused of ‘Islamophobia’ after asking a Muslim student to remove her face veil – as required by French law – before taking an exam at a high school in Paris, Daily Mail reported. The teacher was attacked on social media following the altercation with the […]
Abu Dhabi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the UAE on June 28, India’s Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday. PM Modi will be visiting the UAE after attending the G7 Summit, and will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 28 to pay his personal condolences on […]
Chennai, June 18 (BPNS) The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai celebrated the 246th anniversary of U.S. independence as well as 75 years of U.S.-India partnership in Chennai on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July in the United States, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July […]
Chennai, June 17 (BPNS) Seven Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are fleeing from the economic crisis in the island nation reached Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu on Friday. The Lankan Tamils were spotted by the local people at Mandapam and alerted the Coastal Security Police who reached the spot and took them into custody. Police said […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu coastal police are on high alert after intelligence reports of a possibility of smuggling of essential commodities to Sri Lanka through a sea route from the state. The intelligence issued an alert after inputs on the Sri Lankan nationals also trying to reach Indian shores following acute financial […]
Cape Town ,June 11 (BPNS) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country wants to see a “greater and deeper partnership” with other members of BRICS, an “attractive” bloc that many other countries have confidence in. BRICS groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, reports Xinhua news agency. Ramaphosa made the remarks when responding […]
New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) An woman diplomat was part of the Indian team that visited Afghanistan to oversee the delivery of India’s humanitarian aid to that country and meet with senior members of the Taliban. Deepti Jharwal is part of the external affairs ministry’s Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) division, people familiar with the development said on […]
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The Bangladeshi railway minister Mohammed Nurul Islam who is on a visit to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here has expressed interest in the LHB coaches and DEMU coaches made by the ICF. The minister inspected LHB, Vistadome, LHB AC II-tier, and LHB AC III-tier coaches and air-conditioned Self Propelled Inspection […]
