Kuala Lumpur, Feb 9 (IANS) Jeyaraj Raja Rao, a veteran of the Azad Hind Fauj, also known as the Indian National Army (INA), on Monday recounted his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kuala Lumpur and praised him for elevating India's standing across multiple sectors.
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) When thousands of Indian Institute of Technology alumni, entrepreneurs and executives gather in Long Beach, California, next April, the agenda will extend well beyond networking and keynote speeches. For the organisers of the Global Pan-IIT Conference, the four-day event is intended as a statement about how a relatively small community of Indian-origin technologists has come to play an outsized role in shaping innovation, capital and public life in both India and the United States.
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) US Senator Adam Schiff warned that President Donald Trump’s calls to “nationalize” US elections could undermine democracy at home and damage America’s standing abroad, as the country moves toward midterm elections.
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) Former US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that the accelerating measles outbreak in the United States is part of a broader global cycle driven by falling vaccination rates and a growing anti-vaccine backlash that has spread well beyond America.
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) US Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, raised fresh alarms Sunday over what he described as an effort by President Donald Trump to undermine confidence in US elections, calling the FBI’s seizure of 2020 voting records in Fulton County, Georgia “almost… Nixonian.”
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) A sharp political standoff over immigration enforcement and election rules is intensifying in Washington, with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries warning that aggressive federal actions could undermine civil liberties and democratic norms as the United States heads toward the November elections.
Kathmandu, Feb 8 (IANS) Security officials of Nepal and India have agreed to close border checkpoints for 72 hours during Nepal’s upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for March 5, with the aim of ensuring a secure polling environment.
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) As many as 4,000 doctors left Pakistan for better opportunities in 2025. Skilled labour in Pakistan start looking for opportunities abroad since their graduation, at least in majority of the cases, a report said.
Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) UN human rights experts have criticised China for their repeated refusal to Chinese human rights defender, Yang Li, for accessing medical treatment. The experts urged Chinese authorities to stop the harassment and intimidation of Li and her family and allow her to access medical treatment, a report has stated.
Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) China's crackdown on churches is part of a broader effort to align social institutions with the ideological priorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a report said.
