1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (757+ words) New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in August, including gasoline refined from Russian crude at a refinery in India that is partly owned by Russia's Rosneft, as Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted Moscow's domestic refining…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (379+ words) Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured India on Wednesday (September 9) that the island nation would not allow its territory to be used against New Delhi’s security interests. The assurance came during talks with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Colombo....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (457+ words) The Trump administration has suspended US-listed tech giant Cognizant’s ability to apply for fresh green card sponsorship. According to the US Labour Department, the permanent labour certification filings by the company have been suspended. It stated that “threat to American…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (857+ words) A protest at Paris’ Eiffel Tower has put the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, under scrutiny after staff unions alleged that female Eiffel Tower employees were asked to step away from their posts or remain out of sight…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (828+ words) The rescue of five orangutans, which are not indigenous to India, from a forest in Odisha’s Balasore district, has raised suspicions about the presence of an international wildlife smuggling racket, prompting authorities to launch a probe. Odisha Forest and Environment…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (498+ words) Bilateral ties, trade, economic cooperation and defence are expected to feature on the agenda during Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting on Friday (September 11), on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi. Speaking to…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (456+ words) The Eiffel Tower was shut down on Monday (September 7) after its staff members staged a strike over allegations that female employees were sidelined and removed from view during a private visit by a Hindu religious group two days back. Around…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (330+ words) Singapore has launched an investigation into racist and xenophobic online comments directed at Indian-origin people in response to the recent Nepal-Tibet flash floods disaster and the Singapore Airlines-Air India partnership. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong also reacted and said on Sunday…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (290+ words) Flight operations were suspended at Amritsar Airport for nearly an hour and a half due to drone sightings across the airfield. Seven flights were diverted due to the incident. According to Airport Director Anirudh Kumar Sharma, the Air Traffic Control…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (425+ words) The Russian envoy took a dig at the US and the West, asking what was stopping those countries from offering a better oil deal than Russia. Screengrab: ANI Amid tightening Western and US sanctions over Moscow’s oil trade, which Washington…...