PUNE: Pune-based 17-year-old swimmer Sampanna Ramesh Shelar became the first person in the world to double cross Bangla Channel on Friday. Shelar created the world record by becoming the first person to swim to and fro from Saint Martin’s Island Jetty to Teknaf in Bangladesh also known as the Bangla Channel on Friday. After achieving … Read more
DUBAI: A Dubai court sentenced three Indians – including two men and a woman – to 517 years each in jail for swindling thousands of people in a multi-million-dollar fraud case, the UAE media reported. Identified as Sydney Lemos, his wife Valany and Ryan D’Souza were convicted on Sunday by the Dubai Misdemeanours Court in … Read more
Udaipur: 76,000 donors from across the globe donated more than 3 lakh pieces of clothing to break the world record in clothing donation today. The campaign was organised by Shri Lakshyaraj Singh. The previous world record was held by Dubai where the local citizens had donated 295,122 articles of clothing in 2016. Speaking about the achievement, … Read more
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will leave for war-torn Iraq on Sunday, April 1, to bring back the mortal remains of 39 Indians who were killed by terrorist group ISIS in Mosul. This comes even as the Congress party has moved a privilege motion against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Singh … Read more
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Microsoft’s Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella, US President Doanld Trump, newly re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are among the contenders this year for TIME magazine’s list of 100 most influential people who have made an impact on the contemporary world. For more than a decade, … Read more
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday arrived in Japan’s capital Tokyo on a three-day visit to Japan during which she will co-chair the Ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono. Swaraj will be co-chairing the 9th India-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Japanese Foreign Minister, Taro Kono, on March 29. EAM … Read more
BEIJING: India is a brother, but China is like a long lost cousin found, Maldives Ambassador to China Mohamed Faisal has said, asserting that his country would push ahead with Chinese projects despite New Delhi’s concerns. The Maldives will further embrace Chinese investment but is aware it risks getting caught between China and India, Faisal … Read more