“Who is the terrorist? Is it SFJ, which is peacefully and democratically organising the Global Khalistan Referendum to liberate Punjab from Indian occupation?” Mr. Pannun said in a statement. File | Photo Credit: AP India has asked the U.S. to list a Sikh separatist group as a terrorist organisation, an Indian government source said on … Read more
Daily Quiz | On earthquakes The 1976 Tangshan earthquake left more than 2.4 lakh people dead. The toll revealed Chinese scientists’ prediction of the nearby Haicheng quake in 1975, which China had hailed as evidence of the “superiority” of socialism, to have been a fluke. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | In late 1811 … Read more
Photo used for illustration purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Legal petitions filed at Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court last year, challenging Adani Green Energy’s proposed wind farm, were withdrawn on Tuesday (March 18, 2025), a month after the company announced its decision to exit the contentious renewable energy project. Also read: Adani Green withdraws from … Read more
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas hold signs and cutouts of hostages during a protest demanding the release of all hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel unleashed a new wave of strikes on Gaza, ending a … Read more
A woman reacts over the body of a person killed during overnight Israeli army airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Hamas on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) named the head of its government in the Gaza Strip, Essam al-Dalis, among a list … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. File | Photo Credit: Reuters LONDON Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, arrived in London on Monday (March 17, 2025) for meetings with his counterpart, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Mr Carney also met with King Chrales III, who is Canada’s titulary head of state. Mr Carney, who arrived in … Read more
Gujarat’s Vadinar, where Russia’s Rosneft-based Nayara Energy has a 20 million tonne a year refinery. | Photo Credit: Reuters Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd is estimated to have earned €724 million (about ₹6,850 crore) from exporting fuel made from Russian crude oil to the US in one year, an European think tank said in … Read more
Image used for representative purposes only. File | Photo Credit: AFP Rise in egg prices across the U.S. have forced the travellers to smuggle them across the border from Mexico, and sometimes even from Canada, a report from Wall Street Journal reports. The border patrol agents are witnessing an unexpected surge in attempts to sneak … Read more
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens as UFC fighter Conor McGregor speaks with reporters in the briefing room of the White House, on March 17, 2025, in Washington | Photo Credit: AP Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor used a St. Patrick’s Day visit to U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House … Read more
Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong | Photo Credit: AP China has suffered a loss of $7 billion from Sri Lanka’s external debt restructuring, a media report said on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). The state-owned Daily News quoted Chinese Ambassador to Colombo Qi Zhenhong as saying that China was Sri Lanka’s first bilateral creditor … Read more