Akshita Kapoor

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called Ghulam Nabi Azad to check on his health after the senior leader was admitted to a hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during the ongoing all-party MP delegation tour.PM Modi wished Azad a speedy recovery, as he recuperates in Kuwait a day after he was hospitalised due to extreme heat.Earlier on Tuesday, Azad shared an update on his condition:"Blessed to share that despite the extreme heat in Kuwait affecting my health, by God's grace I'm doing fine and recovering well. All test results are normal. Thank you all for your concern and prayers — it truly means a lot!"BJP MP Baijayant Panda, who is leading the delegation, said Azad’s presence will be missed in the upcoming leg of the tour.Taking to X, Panda wrote, "Halfway into our delegation's tour, Shri Ghulam […]

[ad_1] The United States has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals accused of infringing on the free speech rights of American citizens abroad.Announcing the move on Wednesday, secretary of state Marco Rubio said the policy will apply to foreign officials and individuals who are "complicit in censoring Americans", including those involved in fining, harassing, or criminally charging US citizens for expressing their views overseas.“For too long, Americans have been fined, harassed, and even charged by foreign authorities for exercising their free speech rights,” said Rubio in a post on X. “Free speech is essential to the American way of life – a birthright over which foreign governments have no authority,” Rubio wrote.Trump Admin Orders Social Media Screening For All Visa Applicants With Gaza ConnectionsWhile the state department did not name any specific countries or individuals who might […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump's social media enterprise revealed its strategy on Tuesday to secure approximately $2.5 billion, with intentions to establish a "bitcoin treasury", while confirming cryptocurrency's significant role in its portfolio.Trump Media & Technology Group, the operator of Truth Social platform, confirmed in its announcement that it has secured subscription arrangements with approximately 50 institutional investors, as reported by AFP.The agreements stipulate the company's commitment to issue and distribute roughly $1.5 billion in common stock alongside $1.0 billion in convertible senior secured notes through a private placement offering."The Company intends to use the proceeds for the creation of a Bitcoin treasury. One of the largest Bitcoin treasury deals of any public company, the move closes Trump Media's previously announced special acquisition fund, which is one of numerous ways, including through potential mergers and acquisitions, that the Company is […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Civil defence mock drills scheduled on Thursday in the states bordering Pakistan were postponed by the authorities citing "administrative reasons."This comes hours after mock drills under the name of Operation Shield were scheduled for states including Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir.“It is hereby intimated that the civil defence exercise 'Operation Shield', which was planned to be held on 29.05.2025, is hereby postponed due to administrative reasons,” Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan information departments said in a circular."It is requested that necessary directions to all the controllers of civil defence and other stakeholders may be issued accordingly. Next dates for the exercise shall be issued subsequently," it added.Meanwhile, the Punjab government wrote to the Centre, proposing June 3 as the date for carrying out a civil defence exercise, citing that their civil defence staff were undergoing […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay any military action against Iran amid ongoing nuclear negotiations."Well, I'd like to be honest, yes I did," Trump said when asked if he had told Netanyahu in a call last week not to take any action that could disrupt Washington's talks with Tehran.Pressed on what he told the Israeli Prime Minister, Trump replied: "I just said I don't think it's appropriate, we're having very good discussions with them."He added: "I told him this would be inappropriate to do right now because we're very close to a solution. "I think they want to make a deal, and if we can make a deal, save a lot of lives." According to Times of Israel, Netanyahu and Trump had engaged in a heated phone call last […]

[ad_1] Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni NEW DELHI: One of India's most crucial all-rounders in recent times, Ravindra Jadeja, has revealed that the two most influential figures in his cricketing journey share not just a first name, but also hail from the same state — Bihar.In a candid conversation on the podcast ‘Kutti Stories with Ash’, hosted by teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, Jadeja opened up about how both his childhood coach and his legendary mentor MS Dhoni have been central to his career."My cricketing journey is between two Mahendras — Mahendra Singh Chauhan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni," Jadeja said. "I started playing in Jamnagar, at a ground called 'Cricket Bungalow', at the age of 8-9. My coach, who is still training at the same ground, is also from Bihar and his name is Mahendra Singh Chauhan. I have told this to […]

[ad_1] “If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it… But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.”Liam Neeson said it in Taken. Benjamin Netanyahu turned it into policy.On October 26, 2023 — 19 days after the Hamas-led massacre on Israeli soil left over 1,200 dead and hundreds taken hostage — Israel’s Prime Minister declared, “All Hamas members are dead men walking — above and below ground, inside and outside Gaza.” It sounded like war rhetoric. It turned out to be a declaration of intent. Over the next 18 months, that promise morphed into one of the most relentless, far-reaching, and unapologetic assassination campaigns ever carried out by a democratic state.This was not merely a campaign of retribution. It was a strategic decapitation effort — targeting […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Is Shashi Tharoor prioritising national interest over party interest as country's global envoy or is he being a "super spokesperson of the BJP"? The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who is leading one of the 7 multi-party delegations to expose Pakistan post Pahalgam terror attack, is once again in his party's crosshairs - this time for his remark that "India breached the Line of Control (Loc) for the first time during the 2016 surgical strike on a terror base."As expected, Congress rebuttal to this claim has been sharp and strong. The party cited an old statement of S Jaishankar to counter Tharoor's remarks. Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera posted on X a remark made by Jaishankar to the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs in October 2016. Khera claimed that Jaishankar had then said: “Professionally done, target-specific, limited-calibre counter-terrorist operations have […]

[ad_1] Elon Musk characterised it as a "massive spending bill" that increases the federal deficit. (AI image) Elon Musk is disappointed with Donald Trump! The Tesla CEO, who is one of Trump's biggest supporters, has expressed disapproval of Trump's primary legislative proposal, ‘The One Big Beautiful Bill’.’This marks a significant fracture in their partnership that was established during the last year's campaign and was set to transform American governance and federal administration, reports Associated Press.The tech magnate, who backed Trump's campaign with a minimum contribution of $250 million and has served his administration as a senior adviser, expressed disappointment regarding what the US President refers to as his "big beautiful bill."In his CBS appearance, Musk characterised it as a "massive spending bill" that increases the federal deficit and negatively impacts the operations of his Department of Government Efficiency, abbreviated as […]