Jeddah, April 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome at the Jeddah airport on Tuesday afternoon as he began a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, his third to the Kingdom after his previous visits in 2016 and 2019, at the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman.
Dhaka, April 22 (IANS) More than 32 students from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) in Bangladesh entered the second day of a hunger strike on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Mohammad Masud, according to local media reports.
Vatican City, April 22 (IANS) Pope Francis' body will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica until his funeral - scheduled for 10 AM Saturday morning - the Holy See's Press Office announced on Tuesday.
Jeddah, April 22 (IANS) A wave of excitement and pride has swept through the Indian diaspora in Saudi Arabia as Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on his two-day official visit to Jeddah, beginning Tuesday.
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal's Education Minister Bidya Bhattarai resigned following the differences she has with Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel over protesting teachers' demands on perks and benefits.
San Francisco, April 22 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met global CEOs, pension fund managers and other institutional investors here, and discussed the opportunity for collaboration in the domain of energy and sustainability, the Rs 1 lakh crore ($12 billion) corpus private sector–driven research, development, and innovation scheme, and GIFT-IFSC, among others.
Jaipur, April 22 (IANS) US Vice President James David Vance, accompanied by his wife Usha Vance and their three children, is currently on a visit to Jaipur.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) As the Indian government launches several measures to enhance women's safety, health and financial independence, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her address at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the US, said that India is changing, and so are Indian women.
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) The lawyers' association in Pakistan has called for an indefinite boycott of the courts as it continues to stage a sit-in protest against the canal project of the federal government on the Indus River.
Jeddah, April 22 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a landmark two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, India’s Ambassador to the Kingdom, Suhel Ajaz Khan, praised the PM’s leadership as the “main driving force” behind the rapid evolution of the ties between the two countries, calling the relationship one of the most robust in the region.
