NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked all ministers to ensure that the benefits of all govt schemes and programmes reach every eligible person and to work for society’s overall development.At the Chintan Shivir meeting, Modi interacted with eight groups consisting of eight ministers each, which deliberated on different issues, including improving self-efficiency, delivery,…
File photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (Picture credit: AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said high voter turnout in the country’s parliamentary election showed public support for his policies and for the armed forces fighting in Ukraine, after preliminary results gave his United Russia party a record parliamentary majority.More than 97% of the votes…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel on Wednesday said its military killed Muhammad Abu Alwan, identified by Israel as the head of Hamas’ finance department, in a strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the killing in a joint statement, with Netanyahu also posting the…
Iran might become a key topic of discussion between two leaders (File photo from when Trump visited China) Iran could emerge as a sensitive issue when US President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on Thursday, amid a report that Chinese entities provided Tehran with high-resolution satellite imagery before an Iranian missile…
The Mecca defence pact was signed on August 7 Pakistan on Wednesday appointed a former Pakistan Army officer as the first secretary-general of the country’s trilateral Mecca pact with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.Lieutenant general Nauman Mahmood (retired) will head the alliance’s general secretariat, which is being established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.“The government of Pakistan is…
People visit the Badrinath Temple amid the ongoing ‘Char Dham Yatra’, in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. (PTI Photo) More than 17.79 lakh pilgrims have visited Badrinath Dham so far this year, surpassing the shrine’s previous annual footfall record.A total of 1,779,805 devotees had visited the shrine as of September 22, 153 days after the Badrinath Yatra…
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump looked north on Wednesday morning and discovered that Canada has too many immigrants.Canadians might look south and discover something to contest: Although Canada takes in more immigrants per capita, the US takes in three times as many legal…
(Representative image): The MEA said its embassy in Oman was closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with Omani authorities for the early repatriation of the rescued Indian seafarers. An Indian seafarer, identified as Wiper Suraj Yadav from Uttar Pradesh, was killed after a missile attack on the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged bulk carrier MV Cape Dao…
File photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Picture credit: PTI) India has emerged as one of the countries whose proposals are being considered for restoring safe commercial shipping in the Black Sea, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Egypt, India and Turkey have outlined options for a maritime…
Zhang’s husband Liu Ming Chung, the CEO of Nine Dragons, is also a billionaire. In 1985, business tycoon Zhang Yin started a paper-trading business in Hong Kong with about 30,000 yuan, or 3,800 US dollars. More than two decades later, she would be named China’s richest person, with an estimated fortune of $3.4 billion on…