India, Sweden co-lead industry transition track under high-level UN Climate Action Summit
India and Sweden are co-leading an industry transition track under the high-level UN Climate Action Summit, hosted by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, that will create stronger commitments from sectors such as steel and cement to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. With a view to boosting ambition and accelerating action to implement the...
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PM Modi's visit great thing for Houston, say Indian Americans
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Indian-Americans all set to welcome Modi for 'Howdy, Modi' event
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PM Modi, Mongolian prez unveil Lord Buddha statue in Ulaanbaatar
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India will soar high if Pak stoops low by raising Kashmir issue at UN: Akbaruddin
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India's outreach, engagement at 74th UNGA session to be unprecedented: Amb Akbaruddin
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Trump hints at some announcement at 'Howdy Modi!' event in Houston
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Potential of India-US trade to double in five years: Ambassador Shringla
19 September 2019 | PTI
Indian national travelling with fake German passport denied entry into US
A 28-year-old Indian national was refused entry into the US after the border authorities found that he was travelling with a fraudulent German passport. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted the Indian national on Monday at the Washington Dulles International Airport. Authorities declined to prosecute the Indian man, who was...
PM Modi to be honoured by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured with the prestigious 'Global Goalkeeper Award' next week by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his leadership and commitment to improve access to sanitation in India. The prime minister will also address global leaders and corporate executives at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum...
Trump says a 'lot of progress' made in reducing Indo-Pak tensions; to meet Modi & Khan soon
US President Donald Trump has said that he will soon meet the prime ministers of India and Pakistan, even as he insisted that a "lot of progress" has been made in reducing tension between the countries. While Trump along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address over 50,000 Indian-Americans at the...
Trump to join Modi in Houston to address 50K Indian-Americans: White House
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will jointly address over 50,000 Indian-Americans at the mega "Howdy, Modi!" event in Houston on Sunday, which officials say is an "unprecedented" occasion, reflective of the strong bonds of friendship and cooperation between India and the US. Emphasising the new bonhomie in the...
BJP leader demands fresh socio-economic survey in Kashmir
There should be a fresh socioeconomic survey in Jammu & Kashmir for the welfare of members of schedule caste communities, a senior BJP leader said on Sunday, claiming that they were living in “sub standard conditions”. BJP state SC morcha president Jagdish Bhagat also claimed that the existing socioeconomic survey, which...
Pak LoC march delayed till Imran Khan's speech at UNGA
A planned march by some political and religious parties in Pakistan towards the Line of Control with India has been postponed after Prime Minister Imran Khan asked them to postpone it till his address at the UN General Assembly on September 27 during which he is expected to raise the...
US lawmakers 'concerned' about Indo-Pak tensions
A group of American lawmakers have expressed "grave concern" over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the US ambassadors in New Delhi and Islamabad to "de-escalate tensions" between India and Pakistan. Tension between the two Asian nations spiked after India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370...
