Amritsar/New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI) Another US military aircraft carrying a third batch of 112 undocumented Indians who were deported from the US arrived in Amritsar on Sunday night. The US Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft touched down at Amritsar International Airport around 10 pm, according to reports. This is the third such batch of…
Moscow, Feb 17 (UNI) Russia and the United States will hold talks on Ukraine in Riyadh on Tuesday, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported. The US delegation on the talks is expected to include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff, the publication said. Russian…
Chicago, Feb 17 (UNI) Flood and storms induced by the latest round of harsh weather have lashed the mideastern parts of the United States, claiming at least nine lives, including eight in Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday. Since the storms began on Saturday, more than 1,000 rescues have been carried out and about…
Tel Aviv, Feb 16 (UNI) A shipment of MK-84 heavy aerial bombs weighing 2,000 pounds each, which was recently authorized by the Trump administration, has been delivered to Israel by sea, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Sunday. “In a joint operation led by the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Mission to the United States…
Tokyo, Feb 16 (UNI) Japan is again asking the United States for a waiver from the tariffs Washington is imposing, including the so-called “mutual tariffs,” Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said after his conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I conveyed our position that Japan…
Munich/New Delhi, Feb 16 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, Fiji’s PM and FM Sitiveni Rabuka, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of IAEA, and Battsetseg Batmunkh, the Foreign Minister of Mongolia, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. In posts on X, the EAM said that he and…
Mumbai, Feb 14 (UNI) The equity market remained in the red for the eighth consecutive session on Friday, as BSE Sensex dropped 199.76 pts to settle at 75,939.21 amid a mixed trend in the Asian Market. Investors were seen worried about the impact of Trump’s proposed reciprocal tariff. High volatility was witnessed during the session,…
Jerusalem/Gaza, Feb 14 (UNI) Israel confirmed Friday that it has received a list of three hostages set to be released on Saturday from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office initially stated that the list was “acceptable by Israel,” but a spokesman for Netanyahu later backtracked, clarifying that Israel had…
Washington/New Delhi, Feb 13 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Washington on a two-day official visit, is to meet US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Tesla chief Elon Musk and noted Indian-American and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. These meetings have been scheduled ahead of PM Modi’s bilateral with US President Donald Trump,…
Paris/New Delhi, Feb 12 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with US Vice President JD Vance and his Indian-origin wife Usha Vance in Paris, ahead of meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington this week. PM Modi posted on X that he was delighted to celebrate the birthday of JD Vance and Usha Vance’s…
