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Tharoor took to Twitter to share his stance over the Sengol controversy acknowledging the symbolic significance of the sceptre rooted in India’s rich historical past. Public Intellectual, Author and senior Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor expressed his views over the heated controversy over Sengol or sceptre installed by PM Narendra Modi in the New Parliament building inaugurated today. He tweeted that the two opposing positions taken by the Centre and the opposition parties can be reconciled, calling them to embrace the sceptre as a symbol of India’s historical past to acknowledge the values of the present. His remarks come amid a…

UK Opposition Leader Sir Keir Starmer said that there is a huge scope for mutual benefit from enhancing India-UK bilateral relations across all critical areas.  UK Opposition leader from the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer said on friday that it is time for the UK-India relationship to be widened across all critical sectors, as part of his foreign policy pitch for the upcoming general elections expected to be held next year. He also said that there is a huge scope to garner mutual benefit and cooperation between the two nations through enhanced bilateral ties. According to reports, Starmer would be…

With a gradual increase in fraudulent visa applications from Indian students belonging to a certain number of states, two other Australian universities have prohibited the education agents to recruit Indian students from these which registered the maximum number of such cases. Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a cordial welcome from his Australian counterpart in Sydney, two other Australian varsities, Federation University in Victoria and Western Sydney University in New South Wales have been prompted to prohibit recruiting students from the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This has…

After months of speculation, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis who has long been considered as twice-impeached and indicted Donald Trump’s primary rival is finally set to launch his 2024 Presidential Campaign on Wednesday. The formal announcement will be streamed on Twitter Spaces at 6 pm EDT where DeSantis will share the screen with Twitter CEO Elon Musk.  He will subsequently address conservative programs on prime-time shows on Fox News and Mark Levin’s Radio show.  Besides Trump, other GOP candidates include former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy…

PM Narendra Modi addressed a community event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, amid cheerful applause from the Indian Diaspora in Australia. As part of a three-day visit to Australia, the second, after his 2014 visit, PM Narendra Modi addressed a large crowd of the Indian community at an event at Sydney Olympic Park on Tuesday. He landed in Australia on Tuesday after attending the G7 Summit at Hiroshima and FIPIC Summit in Papua New Guinea. As per reports in local media, the PM had expressed the desire to strengthen defense and security cooperation between India and Australia, as China…

The Delhi High Court, in response to a defamation lawsuit filed by a Gujarat-based NGO, summoned British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Monday over its Documentary ‘India- The Modi Question’. This comes days after another defamatory suit was filed by BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh alleging that the documentary link was still available on Wikipedia and Internet Archive for viewing. The NGO Justice for Trial has claimed that the BBC Documentary maligned the image of India’s PM and its Judicial system. Senior Advocate Harish Salve, on behalf of the NGO, contended that the documentary cast a slur on the reputation of…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called China ‘the biggest challenge of our age’ during a press conference on the final day of G7 Summit at Hiroshima, Japan. He added that Beijing’s increasingly authoritarian behavior at home along with its assertive approach towards other countries is a growing threat to global security. This year’s G7 talks primarily focused on measures to decelerate Russia-Ukraine conflict and to keep China’s economic aggression in check by seeking ‘constructive and stable relations’ with Beijing. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at Hiroshima on Saturday to participate in a series of Bilateral talks with G7 leaders…

Amidst growing sanction impositions on Russia, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is speculated to visit Hiroshima on Sunday in his first ever trip to Asia after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Defence Council had earlier stated that Zelensky’s physical presence is absolutely necessary in order to defend the interests of Ukraine.  Zelensky’s in-person visit is making headlines in the G7 as his participation implies greater advocacy of counter-offensive stance against Russia. On its Agenda would be a call of coalition for its western allies to provide greater resources including a ‘jets coalition’ that would help…