PM Modi has all the ingredients to become global peacemaker: Erik Solheim

IANS | December 21, 2024 3:58 PM

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all the ingredients to become a global peacemaker with the right kind of foreign policy in place which does not meddle in other countries’ affairs while keeping a neutral stance, Norway's former Minister of Climate and Environment, Erik Solheim, said on Saturday.

Operation Vijay: The liberation of Goa and end of Portuguese rule

Vinay Nalwa | December 19, 2024 10:51 PM

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Goan history “accounts for over 40 rebellions against Portuguese rule”. In 1946, 14 Goan leaders were deported to Portugal and Angola. “Between February 1954 and May 1955, about 3,000 Goans have been arrested and over a thousand Goans imprisoned, some without trial, besides some thousands who have been taken to police stations and beaten on mere suspicion such as the possession of Mahatma Gandhi’s or Jawaharlal Nehru’s photos.

India’s envoy, US officials discuss advancing space partnership

IANS | December 19, 2024 10:47 AM

New York, Dec 19 (IANS) India’s Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra and US officials met at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Centre in Houston to take stock of space cooperation between the two countries and discuss advancing their partnership.