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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Urban Development Year 2025, Gujarat’s urban development plan and State Clean Air Programme in Gandhinagar on Tuesday, remarking 20 years of the Urban Development Year 2005. Gujarat’s Urban Development Year 2005 was a flagship initiative launched by the then Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the intend of transforming urban landscape of Gujarat through better governance, planned infrastructure and improved quality of life for urban residents. PM Modi will further inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several projects connected to health, urban development and water supply. PM Modi further dedicated over 22,000…
India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, paid homage to India’s former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary on Tuesday “Tributes to our former PM, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary,” India’s PM Modi Posted on X
United States special envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposal for a truce in Gaza was accepted by Hamas, according to a Palestinian official quoted by Reuters on Monday. However, an Israeli official denied that the proposal originated in Washington and added that no Israeli government could accept it. Witkoff said Reuters that what he had witnessed was “absolutely unacceptable” and that the idea under discussion was not the same as his own. Witkoff further denied that Hamas had accepted his offer of a truce in Gaza and a prisoner deal. The agreement, which was accepted by Hamas through intermediaries, would see the…
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Locomotive Manufacturing plant of the Indian Railways in Gujarat’s Dahod district on Monday, in line with his commitment to strengthning connectivity and developing world-class travel facilities. This plant will generate electric locomotives of 9000 HP for domestic uses and for export. PM Modi further flagged off the first electric locomotive manufactured from the plant. The locomotives will help in expanding freight carrying capacity of Indian Railways. These locomotives will be integrated with regenerative braking frameworks, and are being designed to decrease energy utilization, which contributes to natural sustainability. Thereafter, the Prime Minister Narendra…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin expressed his heartfelt greetings to African heads of state and government on Africa Day, in a statement on Sunday. “Over the past decades, independent African states have firmly established themselves as respected members of the international community, achieving notable progress in both economic and social development. Multilateral cooperation at the African Union and various subregional organisations helps enhance peace, security, and stability across the continent,” Putin Said. “Russia has consistently advocated for deepening its traditionally friendly ties with African partners. This commitment was clearly demonstrated at the Russia–Africa summits held in 2019 and 2023, which opened new avenues for cooperation and fostered greater alignment on key international issues.” he added. “The Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum…
The World Health Organization (WHO) stated on Thursday that Gaza’s health system is at a snap point as Israeli escalated military operations ongoing, amid worsening over population relocation and claimed shortages of basic needs. Four main hospitals in Gaza have had to pause medical services in the last week due to their adjacency of events. WHO missions trying to reach Al-Awda Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital were blocked, it stated. According to WHO, merely 19 of the Gaza Strip’s 36 hospitals remain in service while nearby to 94% of all hospitals are broken or demolished, further stating that merely 12…
U.S. President Trump’s administration revoked Harvard University’s eligibilty for enrollment foreign students on Thursday, and directing students already enrolled to transfer to other schools or forfeit their legal status, according to the Department of Homeland Security, as per Reuters. According to the Reuters, Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary has directed the department to revoke the Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, the department stated in a statement. Kristi Noem alleged the university of “fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party.” Harvard University stated the President Trump administration move – which impacts thousands of students -…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Major General David Zini as the new head of the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet, according to the Prime Minister office in a statement on Thursday. Ronen Bar,the chief of Shin Bet, declared his stepping down in April, mentioning he would resigned on June 15, six weeks following Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to oust him. The Shin Bet, which holds counter-terrorism investigations, has been at the epicenter political conflict pitting Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition government opposed a range of critics varying from members of the defence establishment to families of hostages in Gaza. (Forelines)
During this tense and unforeseen moment in a diplomatic meeting at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump prosecuted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on allegations of land seizures and mass killings of white South Africans. The televised exchange in the Oval Office strongly resembled Trump’s February meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. President Ramaphosa had come to Washington with trade-related discussions and cooperation on critical minerals seriously in mind; he was instead met with allegations long dismissed by South African government officials. At first, the president politely opened the sitting with some genial chitchat, including discussions of…