The White House confirmed that US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an Official State Visit to the United States next month. According to the statement released by the WH, the event will include a state dinner on June 22. “The upcoming visit will affirm the deep and close partnership between the United States and India and the warm bonds of family and friendship that link Americans and Indians together,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement while announcing the visit. She said that Prime Minister Modi’s visit…
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Fitch Ratings reiterated its BBB- rating with a stable outlook on India’s long-term national debt, stating that growth prospects have improved as the private sector appears to be prepared for stronger investment growth. According to the rating agency, this is due to recent improvements in corporate and bank balance sheets, which have been aided by the government’s infrastructure initiative. Fitch Ratings stated that India would be one of the fastest-growing sovereigns in the world, with a 6% GDP growth outlook for FY24, supported by solid investment prospects. However, it noted that there were challenges, including high-interest rates, low global demand,…
In unprecedented scenes, supporters of former prime minister Imran on Tuesday stormed the Pakistan Army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the Corps Commander’s residence in Lahore after his dramatic arrest in a corruption case. Khan, who travelled from Lahore to the federal capital Islamabad, was undergoing a biometric process at the Islamabad High Court when the paramilitary Rangers broke open the glass window and arrested him after beating lawyers and Khan’s security staff. Khan was arrested on Tuesday in an Al-Qadir trust case by paramilitary Rangers from outside the Islamabad High Court. A heavy contingent of Rangers…
Following a great performance in 2022, sales in the luxury residential market scaled by 151% year over year (y-o-y) in the quarter from January-March, 2023. According to a Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis (CBRE) report, sales and launch activity in the market maintained its momentum. A survey stated that the post-pandemic uptick in ownership of luxury housing results from homebuyers’ mindset looking for larger spaces and a higher preference for home ownership with better amenities. Sales of residential units overall increased by 12% quarter-over-quarter(Q-o-Q) and year-on-year (YoY) during the fourth quarter of FY23 across all segments. Over 78,000 housing units were…
Ban on Diesel 4-Wheelers Likely: Diesel powered cars SUVs may be banned in the coming days. The Energy Transition Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Petroleum, in its final report, has recommended to the Central Government to ban diesel-powered cars-SUVs by 2027 in cities with a population of more than one million (1 million). The report stresses on registration of only electric vehicles from 2024, so that in the next 10 years, 75 percent of the vehicles in cities with a population of more than one million are electric. The committee has also recommended doubling the share of grid power…
One year after Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the head while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the West Bank, a new repor by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) exposes a pattern of lethal force by the Israel Defense Forces alongside inadequate responses that evade accountability. Since 2001, CPJ has documented at least 20 journalist killings by the IDF. The vast majority—18—were Palestinian. No one has ever been charged or held accountable for these deaths. “The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh and the failure of the army’s investigative process to hold anyone responsible…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah exuded confidence in the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) winning in Karnataka in the upcoming assembly elections saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity will convert garner votes for the party. He seemed confident that his party would win the election. He said, “I have visited all parts of Karnataka. The enthusiasm, inclination, and support have increased in all areas. There is enthusiasm to form a double-engine government here. PM Modi’s popularity is tremendous which will convert to votes. It is clearly visible that the BJP will form its government with full majority.” Meanwhile, he also…
West Bengal became the first state to ban controversial Bollywood film The Kerala Story which narrates the ordeal of three women who are trafficked to the IS terror camp after being converted to Islam. The Trinamool Congress government banned the movie to “maintain peace” and to avoid incidents of “hatred and violence” in the state “What was ‘The Kashmir Files’? It was meant purely to humiliate a particular section of society. What is ‘The Kerala Story’? It is a distorted story,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, announcing the government’s decision. Banerjee has given direction to officials to ensure the movie…
Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare launched the third phase of Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana (TBSY) of the Health Ministry which is being supported by Coal India Limited as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative to commemorate World Thalassemia Day. She also launched the Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana Portal. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes a body to have less hemoglobin than normal. The Union Health Ministry has been implementing the TBSY since 2017 under the National Health Mission (NHM) and had recently completed its second phase in March…
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, IPI highlights the nearly 1000 attacks on journalists and media and threats to press freedom it has documented in connection with Russia’s war on Ukraine. These attacks illustrate the tragic toll the war continues to take on journalists’ safety and on independent media. IPI has been systematically monitoring media freedom threats and violations in both countries since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. It’s public database, the IPI War in Ukraine Press Freedom Tracker, documents physical and other attacks on journalists covering the war in Ukraine, as…