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Trudeau's charges against India concerning: Australia
Rediff.com20 Sep 2023Australia has described Canada's allegations about India's involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader as 'concerning' and said Canberra is 'monitoring these developments closely' and has raised the issues with its Indian counterparts.
'If we get such requests...': UN on changing India's name
Rediff.com7 Sep 2023The United Nations considers requests from countries to change their names as and when the world body receives them, a top United Nations official has said, amid a row over President Droupadi Murmu's G20 dinner invites referring to her as 'President of Bharat' instead of 'President of India'.
Manipur is peaceful: India rejects UN experts' remark
Rediff.com5 Sep 2023India has strongly rejected comments by United Nations experts on Manipur, terming them 'unwarranted, presumptive and misleading' and asserting that situation in the Northeast state is peaceful.
India votes against western nations at UNHRC to condemn Quran desecration
Rediff.com12 Jul 2023India on Wednesday voted in favour of a draft resolution tabled in the UN Human Rights Council that condemns and strongly rejects recent "public and premeditated" acts of desecration of the Quran.
India pulled 415 million people out of poverty in 15 years: UN
Rediff.com11 Jul 2023A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the world's most populous nation.
Indian-Americans among 14 charged in $53-mn Covid relief fund fraud
Rediff.com7 Jul 2023This case is the largest investigated by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Fraud Task Force to date, US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton said in a press release.
NYT hails India's space programme as 'counterweight' to China
Rediff.com5 Jul 2023Lauding India's ambitious space programme, The New York Times has said the country, currently witnessing an 'explosive' growth in space-tech start-ups, is set to 'transform the planet's connection to the final frontier' and can emerge as a 'counterweight' to China.
Khalistanis try to set Indian consulate in San Francisco afire
Rediff.com4 Jul 2023A video by Khalistan supporters, dated July 2 posted on Twitter, showed the act of arson at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco.
Better J-K steps see India out of UN report on children of conflict
Rediff.com29 Jun 2023India has been mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General on Children and armed conflict since 2010 along with other countries of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Lake Chad basin, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the Philippines for alleged recruitment and use of boys by armed groups in Jammu and Kashmir; detainment of boys by Indian security forces in J&K for their alleged association with armed groups, or on national security grounds.
Diwali to be school holiday in New York City
Rediff.com27 Jun 2023New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was proud that the State Assembly and the State Senate have passed the bill making Diwali a New York City Public School holiday.
Modi visit a turning point in India-US ties: Garcetti
Rediff.com25 Jun 2023He also said that it is more than a relationship between the two countries.
After Modi's address, US lawmakers line up for his autograph
Rediff.com23 Jun 2023Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nearly hour-long address to the United States Congress evoked multiple standing ovations, applauses and cheers from American lawmakers and chants of 'Modi, Modi' from members of the diaspora community sitting in the grand House Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
'Yoga free from copyright': Modi leads Yoga event at UN
Rediff.com21 Jun 2023The prime minister, wearing an especially customised white yoga T-shirt and trousers, began his address with a 'Namaste' and thanked people for coming here from far away to attend the celebration.
Modi to lead historic Yoga session at UN headquarters
Rediff.com21 Jun 2023In a video message on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, Prime Minister Modi said India has always nurtured traditions that unite, adopt and embrace and made a fervent appeal to eliminate contradictions, hurdles and resistances through yoga.
China blocks India-US move to blacklist 26/11 terrorist
Rediff.com20 Jun 2023Beijing blocked the proposal that had been moved by the US and co-designated by India to blacklist Mir under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council as a global terrorist and subject him to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
Ahead of Modi's visit, UN honours 26/11 victims
Rediff.com20 Jun 2023The United Nations has dedicated a solidarity tree in remembrance of victims of terrorism with a solemn ceremony that also honoured victims of the 2008 Mumbai attack, on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the world organisation.
Modi collaborates with Grammy winner singer for a song
Rediff.com17 Jun 2023Prime Minister Narendra Modi has collaborated with Grammy Award-winning Indian-American singer Falu for a special song to promote the benefits of millets and their potential to alleviate world hunger.
Yoga Day: Modi to lead a session at UN headquarters
Rediff.com16 Jun 2023In a historic commemoration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a yoga session for the first time at United Nations Headquarters in New York on the 9th International Day of Yoga to be celebrated on June 21.
You ask BJP, they will say...: Rahul on train tragedy
Rediff.com5 Jun 2023Rahul said that if you ask the BJP why a train accident happened, they will say the Congress Party did such and such thing 50 years ago, taking a swipe at the government following the Odisha train accident, one of the worst railway tragedies in the country.
Cab driver reveals details of Harry, Meghan car chase
Rediff.com18 May 2023Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were 'pretty nervous' as they were chased by paparazzi in New York, according to an Indian-American cab driver who drove the couple for about 10 minutes after picking them up at a police station in Manhattan.