Kochi: Cricketer turned politician and former Pakistan Premier Imran Khan is unable to resist praising India and this time it is the foreign policy. Imran Khan commended India’s independent foreign policy and praised the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at a public meeting held at Lahore. Imran hailed the confidence of India in buying oil …
Kochi: Noted writer Salman Rusdie was in serious condition after being attacked while he was attending a function in the US on Friday.The writer is on a ventilator as the condition is very serious, media reports said.Doctors fear that he may lose sight in one of the eyes.Some of his blood vessels of arms have …
Kochi: Noted writer Salman Rusdie was attacked while he was attending a function in the US on Friday. The assailant targeted him as he was being introduced to the audience before his address on the importance of the US offering asylum for writers and other artists in exile organised by the Chautauqua Institute in New …
Kochi: China has thrown spanner in United Nation’s move to blacklist Pakistan terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar. China’s opposition to the United Nations Security plans to impose sanctions on Abdul, Deputy Chief of Jaish-E-Mohammad has led to the security council deferring the move. China demanded more perusal of the matter before taking a final decision. The …
Kochi: A 12th century idol that went missing from India about half a century back has been traced to New York In the US, media reports said. The idol of goddess Parvathi was located at a privately owned Bonhams Auction House which has its headquarters at London, the reports said. The 52 CM tall idol …
Kochi: High temperature has made life miserable in most of Europe while water shortage has hit many areas, mainly France, which is experiencing the worst heat conditions in its known history. The French government has set up an emergency team to deal with the situation.Water is being carried in tankers to places where people are …
Kochi: China continued its military acrobatics to give vent to its frustration over US house speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan despite China’s warning. China fired a number of ballistic missiles into the sea close to Taiwan’s north east and south west coast ignoring the heavy traffic of ships and flights passing through the zone, media …
Kochi: al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, 71, was killed in a US drone attack at Kabul in Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden announced it in a televised address. The attack was part of CIA’s counter-terrorism operation on Sunday. The president said that Zawahiri “carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens”. Zawahiri became …
Kochi: Ignoring China’s warning, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reached Taiwan on Tuesday. The Chinese President had warned the US to keep off the region. Xi Jinping had last week warned the US President Joe Biden not to meddle with Taiwan which China claims to be its province where no others have any right to …
Kochi: The Hyderabad-bound Indigo airlines from Sharjah made an emergency landing at Karachi airport in Pakistan. All passengers are reported to be safe.The plane 6 E 1406 was grounded as per security requirements, Indigo sources said.Another aircraft was to ferry the passengers from Karachi. The pilots found some problem in the second engine following which …
Kochi: The center has called an all party meeting on Tuesday to discuss how India could help Sri Lanka to come out of the crises it is facing now. The meeting was called after AIADMK and DMK made strong demands to extend a helping hand to the island nation. Over 14 percent of Srilanka’s population …
Kochi: The disgraced Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa escaped to Maldives in the wake of unrelenting protests in the country against him and other top leaders.Accompanied by his wife Loma Gotabaya, Gotabaya left in a special Air force plane.Gotabaya is still the chief of the armed forces.Gotabaya, whose earlier attempts to leave the country were …
Kochi: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been named interim President who has imposed an emergency in the country today. The decision on the appointment was taken based on the communication that took place between Parliament Speaker and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who moved out of the country due to unrelenting protests against him and others. Gotabaya, …
Kochi: Social networking company Twitter moved the court seeking to execute the 44 Bn dollars Twitter sale deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.The world ‘s richest man Musk had agreed to buy Twitter at a cost of 54.20 dollars per share as per the agreement.Musk had agreed to execute the deal but announced his decision to …
Kochi: Former Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe was assassinated during an election campaign for the upper house in the Southern city of Nara.The 67-year-old Abe, who was shot twice, collapsed and bled profusely. He was taken to the nearest hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, media reports said.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called a press conference …
Kochi: The name of 42-year-old Rishi Sunak of Indian origin is making rounds as the top contender for post of Prime Minister of Britain with exit of Boris Johnson of Conservative Party after lost support of ministers and lawmakers.It was his resignation as Chancellor of the exchequer that led a series of resignationsmaking Boris Government …
Kochi: After a gap of three years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached the United Arab Emirates on a one day visit. Modi will pay condolences to the former UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who passed away due to illness on May 13. The Prime Minister went to the UAE after attending …
Kochi: A small aircraft carrying 22 persons including four Indians went missing in Nepal today.The Tara Air NAET plane went out of the radar of Air Traffic Control at about 10 am.There were three Japanese nationals in the aircraft, media reports said. It was on a flight from tourism region of Pokhara to Jomsomon a …
Kochi: UAE President and Abu Dhabi ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away on Friday, media reports said.Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected to the helm on November 3, 2004 after his father’s death a day before.The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the UAE’s first president since the formation …
Kochi: Ranil Wickremesinghe of the United National Party will become Sri Lanka Prime Minister in the wake of a major political and economic crisis in the island nation, media reports said.The decision in this regard was taken during a meeting between Ranil and President Gotabaya Rajapakse yesterday. Ranil is likely to be sworn in today …
