Issue of US visas in India being speeded up, says Ambassador Garcetti

IANS | November 20, 2023 1:38 PM

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The US is accelerating the pace of issuing visas in India with more staff joining its Hyderabad consulate and new consulates to open up in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad soon, Washington's Ambassador to New Delhi Eric Garcetti said here on Monday.

61 soldiers killed in Gaza: IDF

IANS | November 19, 2023 7:04 PM

Tel Aviv, Nov 19 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday said that three more IDF soldiers were killed by Hamas in Gaza taking the total number of soldiers killed to 61.

29 Myanmar soldiers repatriated to their country after 3 days

IANS | November 19, 2023 6:30 PM

Imphal/Aizawl, Nov 19 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday repatriated 29 Myanmar soldiers, who on Thursday (Nov 16) fled to Mizoram's Champhai district, after their camp at Tuibual in Chin state was captured by the civilian armed forces.

US lawmakers ask Biden administration to withhold assistance to Pakistan

IANS | November 19, 2023 1:07 PM

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections, local media reported

'My Hindu faith gives me my freedom': Vivek Ramaswamy

IANS | November 19, 2023 11:02 AM

New York, Nov 19 (IANS) Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has said that it is his Hindu faith that led him to the presidential campaign, and that as a president, he wants to make faith, family, hard work, patriotism "cool" in the US again.

NZ provides further humanitarian support amid Gaza war

IANS | November 18, 2023 3:31 PM

Wellington, Nov 18 (IANS) The New Zealand government is contributing an additional NZ$5 million ($3 million) to support the response to urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Saturday.