New Delhi, India | Xinhua | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday directed officials to prepare contingency evacuation plans for over 3,000 Indian citizens stranded in violence-hit Sudan. The directions were given during a high-level review meeting of the security situation in Sudan via video-conferencing. The Indian prime minister also emphasized …
Read More »Nearly 70 die in lightning strikes in India
New Delhi, India | Xinhua | Lightning strikes amid heavy rains claimed nearly 70 people’s lives, and injured many others, in three Indian states, namely Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, in the past 24 hours, said government officials from these states over phone on Monday. The death toll due to …
Read More »Indian PM defends farm laws, accuses opposition of betraying, misleading farmers
New Delhi, India | THE INDEPENDENT | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday strongly defended the three contentious farm laws and accused the opposition parties of betraying and misleading the farmers. The farm laws have triggered massive protests in and outside India’s national capital of Delhi, with thousands of farmers …
Read More »Gandhi centre project delay, bank loan interest Anger Migereko
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Tourism Board is yet to utilize an offer from India for the construction of the Mahatma Gandhi Heritage Centre. The donation was announced when the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited Uganda in 2018, in commemoration of the Asian country’s 150th-anniversary celebrations. …
Read More »World leaders pledge €7.4bn to research Covid-19 vaccine
EU-hosted talks tout cooperation but is not addressed by India, Russia or US PATRICK WINTOUR | World leaders, with the notable exception of Donald Trump, stumped up nearly €7.4bn (£6.5bn) to research Covid-19 vaccines and therapies at a virtual event convened by the EU, pledging the money will also be …
Read More »US eyes virus ‘plateau’ as world weighs cautious reboot
Washington, United States | AFP | Coronavirus deaths in the hard-hit United States were flat for a second consecutive day, with New York’s governor saying the “worst is over” as many countries weigh a gradual reopening of their shattered economies. Since emerging late last year, the coronavirus pandemic has killed around …
Read More »Deadly riots as Trump talks trade, choppers in India
New Delhi, India | AFP | India rolled out the red carpet on Tuesday for US President Donald Trump on the second day of a visit high on spectacular optics, but deadly unrest exposed religious tensions that his host is accused of stoking. The violence in New Delhi on Monday just …
Read More »Jinja Municipality leaders on the spot for delays to construct Mahatma Gandhi center
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | India’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Shri Ravi Shankar has attributed delays to construct the Mahatma Gandhi heritage centre to lack of cooperation from Jinja Municipal council authorities. Construction of the memorial centre at the source of river Nile was pledged by India’s Prime Minister, …
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