India celebrates Navy Day on 4th December
New Delhi: India celebrates December 04 as Navy Day, every year, to acknowledge the role of the Indian Navy and commemorate its achievements in ‘Operation Trident’ during the 1971 Indo-Pak …
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Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief
New York: The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. In a message ahead of …
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Biden administration in the US designates 4 Al-Qaeda, and Taliban leaders as global terrorists
Washignton: The United States has designated two leaders of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and two of the Tehrik i Taliban Pakistan (TTP) movement in Afghanistan as global terrorists, …
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Canada/US unity – Thanksgiving Virtual Concert
Bollywood Ki Dhuan is organizing a virtual concert over the US Thanksgiving weekend. Asha Bajaj from Canadian Media had a chance to connect with the director of the event, Rohan Kapoor, to learn …
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200 detained in Lhasa, Tibet over protesting against COVID-19
Lhasa/IBNS: Authorities have detained 200 people over protesting against strict COVID-19 restrictions imposed in the region, media reports said. The restrictions imposed in the city made people stay in their …
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Americans will continue to stand beside Indians in this difficult hour, Joe Biden on Morbi bridge tragedy
Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday condoled the death of people in a bridge collapse incident in Gujarat’s Morbi town and said the people of America will continue to …
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COVID-19 causes lockdown in China’s Zhengzhou world’s biggest iPhone plant
Zhengzhou/IBNS: Chinese authorities have imposed a lockdown in Zhengzhou district, a region that houses the world’s largest iPhone factory, to combat Covid-19 spread, media reports said. The lockdown started on …
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India PM Modi inaugurates 3024 newly constructed flats at Kalkaji, New Delhi
New Delhi/IBNS: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 3024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the ‘In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation Project’ and handed over keys to …
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Afghanistan sees a rise in Opium cultivation by nearly a third, warns UNODC
New York: The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly a third amid soaring prices, and despite the multiple humanitarian and …
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India PM Modi to conduct a detailed inquiry on Morbi bridge mishap in Gujarat
New Delhi/IBNS: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday participated in a review meeting following the collapse of a bridge in Morbi town of Gujarat and said the need of …
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