Mumbai, 11/6: Meta’s social media platforms Facebook and Instagram suffered service globally including in India. Downdetector.com is also showing spike in disruptions in services in Facebook and Instagram in US, Europe and select cities in India.
New Delhi, 12/6: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar strongly defended India’s decision to buy Russian crude oil on Thursday, arguing that New Delhi’s energy choices were driven by national interest, affordability and supply considerations rather than geopolitical alignments. Speaking during the Kultaranta Talks in Finland, Jaishankar rejected criticism over India’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict…
New Delhi, 12/6: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging rejection of her nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh. The bench, however, said it has not observed anything on the merits of the case.
Israel, 12/6: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that US President Donald Trump vowed any deal reached between US and Iran would include commitments to remove Tehran’s “enriched nuclear material”, in a statement made on Thursday. Netanyahu’s office also said he welcomed Trump’s commitments on limiting Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
New Delhi, 12/6: Amid the ongoing tussle in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the names of 19 rebel MPs who sent their names to the Lok Sabha Speaker’s Office on May 18, came to the fore on Friday. The list includes the names of Satabdi Roy, Saayoni Ghosh, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Yusuf Pathan, news agency…
New Delhi11/6: For the first time since its inception in 2015 Chief Ministers of all 28 states participated in the NITI Aayog’s governing council meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday Lieutenant governors and administrators of union territories (UTs) also attended the day-long meeting held at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in…
New Delhi, 11/6: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told a meeting of senior Congress functionaries that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “finished off” the economy, students and farmers, as the party announced a “two-to-three-mont nationwide agitation against the BJP government over a variety of issues, including CBSE-NEET issue.
Tehran, 11/6: The fragile ceasefire between United States and Iran grew more precarious as both countries traded fire for the second consecutive day, with President Donald Trump warning that Iran will be hit “VERY HARD” tonight. The United States will hit Iran “very hard tonight” and will soon take control of the Middle Eastern country’s…
New Delhi, 11/6: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday summoned comedian Pranit More and web developer Himanshu Jangra, over remarks allegedly made during a stand-up comedy show in Gurugram that the commission said appeared to glorify sexual coercion and non-consensual conduct towards a woman.Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports and a viral…
New Delhi, 11/6: All three missing Indian seafarers have died after a U S military strike on a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Thursday. The US said its military carried out a “precision” strike on the vessel that failed to follow its instructions and was carrying oil from…
