Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday conferred with the ‘Order of the Nile’, Egypt’s highest honour, by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi here. Instituted in 1915, the ‘Order of the Nile’ is conferred upon heads of states, crown princes, and vice presidents who offer Egypt or humanity invaluable services. This is the 13th highest state honour conferred upon Prime Minister Modi. The ‘Order of the Nile’ is a pure gold collar consisting of three-square gold units comprising Pharaonic symbols. They discussed ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries with a focus on improving trade and investments,…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday lashed out at former US president Barack Obama, questioning his remarks on the protection of Muslims in India because the United States under his rule had “bombed six Muslim-majority nations” and more than 26,000 bombs were dropped. Notably, Obama’s remark came amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden State visit at the invitation of President Joe Biden. “It was surprising that when PM was visiting the US, a former US President (Barack Obama) was making a statement on Indian Muslims,” Sitharaman said at a press conference at the BJP headquarters. “I am speaking with…
Hundreds of migrant workers who were security guards during the 2022 Qatar World Cup have either been deported or detained following abrupt termination of their work contracts which has left many indebted. Demands for their unpaid wages have been met with arrests. Shakir Ullah, one worker from Pakistan who requested unpaid wages on behalf of hundred of his colleagues has spent around five months in a Qatari prison. The desperation of migrant workers in Qatar has increased due to forceful termination of their contracts, which goes against Qatar’s labor law. For years, FIFA and Qatar have claimed that the World…
After over 50 days of unabated ethnic violence in Manipur which claimed over 120 lives and displaced more than 40,000 people, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired an all-party meeting. Even as he said all efforts were being made to restore peace in the state, a united Opposition demanded immediate resignation of Chief Minister N Biren Singh, disarming of militants and a visit to the violence-hit state by an all-party delegation. Shah told the meeting that the situation was slowly returning to normal and not a single person had died since June 13 in violence in the state.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who began his maiden state visit to Egypt on Saturday, met the members of the Indian diaspora and the Bohra community. The Prime Minister’s meeting with the Bohra community members comes ahead of his visit on Sunday to Cairo’s historic Al-Hakim Mosque, restored with the help of India’s Dawoodi Bohra community. The Bohra community in India actually originated from the Fatima dynasty and they have renovated the mosque from the 1970s onwards. A member of the Indian diaspora, said, “I have been living in Egypt for the last 27 years and belong to the Bohra community.…
In a major development on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the private paramilitary group, Wagner, announced to halt of his operation to oust the Russian regime after striking an apparent deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Although Prigozhin, a top and trustworthy ally of President Vladimir Putin, asserted his decision came in order to avoid “bloodshed” in the country, however, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Wagner’s boss has signed contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry to avoid similar situations. “An agreement was reached that PMC Wagner troops would return to their camps and places of deployment. Some…
By Nava J Thakuria Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, while expressing its concern over the blockade on Asia Sentinel, an independent online media outlet focusing on Asian news coverage, urges the Singapore government (precisely the interior minister K. Shanmugam) to withdraw the ban immediately and unconditionally. ‘Access to Asia Sentinel’s website has apparently been blocked in Singapore by the country’s Ministry of Communications and Information, according to local media, after we refused to comply with an order to correct a May 24, 2023 article concerning the use of government power against dissenters,’ said the…
The meeting of the leaders of opposition parties in Patna to chalk out a roadmap for the formation of an anti-BJP front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls was “positive,” Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP hit out at the Congress over its refusal to support the Centre’s ordinance on the control of administrative services in Delhi.”We have decided to fight 2024 election together, it was a positive meeting,” Kumar said and added that the next meeting of the opposition will be held in Shimla soon. Kumar said the decision on seat…
India’s coal-based thermal power plants continue to drag their feet in meeting emission norms, says a new analysis done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions are a case in point: the CSE analysis finds that a mere 5 per cent of the installed capacity in this sector has put in place an air pollution control device – flue gas de-sulfurization (FGD) system — for controlling SO2 emissions. The CSE analysis is based on the updated FGD status released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the technical arm of the Union Ministry of Power, for April…
The value of the travel and tourism sector’s contribution to the Indian economy in 2022 was US$ 190 billion (Rs. 15.7 trillion) and is expected to reach US$ 201.37 billion (Rs. 16.5 trillion), by the end of 2023, according to figures from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The projection is worth a staggering roughly US$ 451.56 billion (Rs. 37 trillion) over the following ten years. On its current course, India should be able to accomplish this, says President and Chief Executive Officer, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Ms. Julia Simpson. She further mentioned that in 2022, there…