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New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): India's Basmati rice export sector has remained resilient despite tensions in the West Asia region, with exporters saying the impact of the conflict has been far less severe than initially feared due to alternative supply routes and timely policy support from the government. According to Dev Garg, Vice President of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF), the sector faced initial disruptions after the conflict began, but has since stabilised and is currentl ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): India's Basmati rice export sector has remained resilient despite tensions in the West Asia region, with exporters saying the impact of the conflict has been far less severe than initially feared due to alternative supply routes and timely policy support from the government. According to Dev Garg, Vice President of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF), the sector faced initial disruptions after the conflict began, but has since stabilised and is currentl ...Read More >
New Delhi: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that American forces could withdraw from the ongoing war in Iran within two to three weeks, declaring that the primary objective of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons had been met. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump linked the potential withdrawal to efforts to bring down sharply rising U.S. gasoline prices. "All I have to do is leave Iran. We will be doing that very soon," he said. "We knocked out one regime, and ...Read More >
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) India's prime minister on Wednesday called for a strategic relationship with Ethiopia during his first visit to the country, one of Africa's most populous. The South is writing its own destiny, and India and Ethiopia share a vision on this," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliamentarians in a special address. "Our vision is that of a world where the countries of the South do not rise against anyone, but for everyone; a world where development is equitable, where ...Read More >
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The Indian prime minister called for a strategic relationship with Ethiopia Wednesday during his first visit to the country, one of Africa's most populous. "The Global South is writing its own destiny, and India and Ethiopia share a vision for it," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliamentarians during a special address. "Our vision is of a world where the Global South rises not against anyone, but for everyone; a world where development is fair, where technolog ...Read More >
New Delhi: A new bill seeks to overhaul laws governing India's civil nuclear sector, opening it up to private participation and putting in place a new liability regime, in a bid to address concerns voiced by the industry partners. The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025, seen as a comprehensive legislation to harness India's full nuclear power potential, seeks to repeal the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage A ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Congress leader and party's General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday over his visit to Manipur, calling it a "display of how sorely lacking in empathy and compassion a leader can be." Venugopal slammed the Centre for not "having the courage" to make a genuine attempt at peace in the region, claiming that the government has neither presented a solution to the "deep social rift which caused the civil war ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Congress leader and party General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday over his visit to Manipur, calling it a display of how sorely lacking in empathy and compassion a leader can be. Venugopal slammed the Centre for not having the courage to make a genuine attempt at peace in the region, claiming that the government has neither presented a solution to the deep social rift which caused the civil war. Mani ...Read More >
New Delhi: On what was to be the darkest day for a nurse from Kerala, an unexpected ray of hope came from thousands of miles away. Nimisha Priya, who had been sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of loca business partner, had her execution halted just hours before it was to take place. At the centre of this dramatic turn was a quiet but powerful intervention by India's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar. A native of Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, Nimisha l ...Read More >
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The execution of Nimisha Priya, a Malayali nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, has been put on hold following a Yemeni government order issued on Tuesday Samuel Jerome Baskaran, who has been negotiating on behalf of the family, stated that the victim's family has not yet agreed to a pardon or to accept blood money. The intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar, Chandy Oommen MLA, Yemeni authorities made it possible, he said. Nimisha Priya ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): In a major push to promote healthier lifestyles and combat the rise of obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases like diabetes and heart disease among others, the Union Health Ministry has proposed to prominently display boards indicating the amount of oil and sugar content in popular snacks, such as pizzas and burgers as well as samosas, vada paav, kachori among others, in schools, offices, institutions, Departments/Offices/autonomous bodies and organisations. Als ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 15 (UNI) The execution of Nimisha Priya, the Kerala nurse who is on a death row in Yemen, has been postponed following efforts by Government of India, official sources said here today. Nimisha, 37, was to be executed in Yemen tomorrow on charges of murdering her business partner -- a Yemeni national -- in 2017. Three years later her appeal against the conviction was rejected by the Yemeni Supreme Court. "In the case of Ms. Nimisha Priya, it has been learnt that the local author ...Read More >
New Delhi/Sanaa: Urgent diplomatic and legal efforts are underway to stop the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing death sentenced in Yemen. Her execution is scheduled for July 16. The Supreme Court of India on July 14 heard a petition seeking intervention in the case, while parallel talks continue in Yemen between local authorities, tribal leaders and representatives from India. The petition was filed by the Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, a group campaigning ...Read More >
Patna, July 14 (UNI) In a major step towards igniting the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship across the state, Bihar Industries Minister Nitish Mishra launched the official Bihar Idea Festival Portal here today. Speaking at the event Mishra said Bihar Idea festival was not just an event but a revolution to make 'Samriddh Bihar'. He said that it will encourage the youth to take up entrepreneurship to solve the grassroot challenges of Bihar. He said that the youth will be sensitised and i ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Grand Mufti of India Kanthapuram E Abubaker Musaliyar's active intervention, there is a ray of hope for Malayal nurse Nimisha Priya, who is to be executed in Yemen on July 16 in connection with the murder of a Yemeni national. According to reports, Kanthapuram, who is also All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama general secretary, is actively involved in efforts to prevent the death penalty for the 36-year-old Malayali nurse, currently imprisoned in Yemen. Talks about her ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it was doing whatever was "utmost possible" to save an Indian nurse facing execution on July 16 for murder in Yemen, but "nothing much" could be done keeping in view the status of Yemen. "There is a point up to which the Government of India can go and we have reached that point," attorney general R Venkataramani informed a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta. The top law officer said the government was kee ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the government could do "nothing much" in the case of an Indian nurse facing execution on July 16 for murder in Yemen. Attorney general R Venkataramani informed a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the government was doing "utmost possible". "Having regard to the sensitivity and status of Yemen as a place, there is nothing much the Government of India can do," he said. He continued, "There is a poin ...Read More >
Varanasi: A huge congregation of pilgrims and kanwariyas gathered in Kashi a day ahead to offer 'jalabhishek' at Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the first Monday of Shravan. The barricaded area in the vicinity of Kashi Vishwanath Dham was occupied by pilgrims by Sunday evening to ensure early entry into the temple.Apart from enforcing traffic diversions and crowd regulation exercises, officials ensured activation of all kanwariyas camps. District administration announced closing of schools up to clas ...Read More >
12 Guwahati: The banned insurgent group, United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa-I), claimed that three of its cadres were killed in a targeted drone attack in at least three waves on its mobile camps in Myanmar's Sagaing region near the India-Myanmar border by the Indian Army early Sunday morning. The Ulfa-I said between 2am and 4am, over 150 drones of Indian Army, manufactured in Israel and France, struck several mobile camps of Ulfa-I, and Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), the pol ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 13 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intervene in the matter related to Nimisha Priya facing the death penalty in Yemen. This comes amid reports of a 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala scheduled to be executed on July 16. The trial court convicted her of killing the Yemeni national, a decision that the country's Supreme Judicial Council upheld in November 2023. "Kindly find encl ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 13 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intervene in the matter related to Nimisha Priya facing the death penalty in Yemen. This comes amid reports of a 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala scheduled to be executed on July 16. The trial court convicted her of killing the Yemeni national, a decision that the country Supreme Judicial Council upheld in November 2023. Kindly find enclose ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress leader K C Venugopal on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging his immediate intervention to save Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, who is scheduled to be executed in Yemen on July 16.In a letter, Venugopal appealed to the Prime Minister to take urgent diplomatic steps with Yemeni authorities to halt the execution. "While efforts have been made by the Action Council and her family to negotiate with the victim's family to accept 'blood money' (diyah), ...Read More >
New Delhi (AsiaNews) - The death sentence inflicted on Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen is at the centre of intense diplomatic activity, after local media reported 16 July as the scheduled date for her execution. Originally from Kerala, a state in southern India, she was convicted of killing a Yemeni man who held her prisoner. Priya's story, 37, begins in 2011 (or perhaps 2008, according to some sources), when she moved to Yemen to work as a nurse to financially support her elderly parents. ...Read More >
PALAKKAD: Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row in Yemen, has been informed that her execution is scheduled for 16 July. Her husband, Tomy Thomas, confirmed this while speaking to The New Indian Express over the phone on Friday. According to Thomas, Nimisha conveyed the news through WhatsApp text and voice messages sent last week from the Central Prison in Sana'a, where she is currently held. She allegedly told him that the chairman of the prison personally informed her of the decisio ...Read More >
KOCHI: Vinitha Radhakrishnan's long vigil for her childhood friend Nimisha Priya teeters on the edge of desperation at the thought of what July 16 might bring.That's the date set by Yemen to execute the 37-year-old expat nurse from Kerala, convicted in 2018 of murdering her Yemeni business partner and kept on death row at the central prison in Sana'a since. It's a reality Vinitha and everyone else in Poonkayam village of Palakkad district still haven't reconciled to."We can never imagine Nimisha ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram/ New Delhi: Sources have noted that they are closely following the matter on the Nimisha Priya case in Yemen, where she was convicted for the crime of murder in June 2018. According to sources, the matter continues to be closely followed. Samuel Jerome, negotiator in the case on behalf of Nimisha's mother Prema Kumari, stated that the Indian government had the option to intervene in the case to potentially save the nurse's life. Jerome explained that they had offered blood mo ...Read More >
An Indian national Nimisha Priya -- who is on death row after being convicted for the murder of a Yemeni national -- will be executed on July 16. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sources informed that the ministry is closely following the matter. "We have been in touch with local authorities and her family members and rendered all possible assistance. We continue to closely follow the matter," sources said. Priya, who hails from Kollengode town in Kerala's Palakkad, worked as a nurse in ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the last few years, China has emerged as the biggest profiteer of war. When neighbouring countries fight, China becomes their dealer. From the Russia-Ukraine war to the India-Pakistan conflict, and civil wars from Yemen to Africa, Chinese weapons are visible on every front. A recent report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has revealed that China has sent military equipment to more than 44 countries in the last few years. China has supplied various we ...Read More >
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump to sign an executive order to ease sanctions on Syria. The move is broadly considered as significant shift in American foreign policy toward the war-torn nation. The executive order, expected to be signed on Monday, June 30. Trump had earlier announced that the US would lift sanctions to support Syria's post-war recovery. The move comes after the collapse of the Assad regime and the rise of a transitional government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former rebel co ...Read More >
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