US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his assertion that children are "essentially immune" from COVID-19, despite a new report which said nearly 100,000 kids tested were infected with the virus by the end of July.On Monday, the new report from the...

On the eve of the first anniversary of the revocation of the contentious Article 370 and Article 35A, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a new political map which includes the UT of J&K as part of Pakistan on Tuesday. Khan has decided to present...

US President Donald Trump said that his administration is working on what he called "a big immigration bill."Speaking to reporters at the White House before a trip to Florida, Trump said the bill will be "merit-based", the BBC reported on Saturday.In addition,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed during an online meeting with the country's Security Council the detention of Russian citizens in Belarus, the Kremlin said in a statement."Hope was expressed that in the near future this situation will be clarified...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said regional security can be attained through regional cooperation, semi-official Fars news agency reported."Regional security and stability can be achieved only within the framework of regional cooperation," Rouhani said in...

US President Donald Trump has said that he will ban the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok from operating in the country through an executive order as early as Saturday, according to media reports.Speaking to reporters on board the Air Force One on...

US President Donald on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the November 3 Presidential elections, asserting that postal voting by all voters being adopted in some states because of the Covid-19 crisis could lead to fraud.He asked in a tweet, "Delay the...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica as executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to promote justice and combat racism in all its manifestations."Every day, in our work across the world, we must strive to do our part to promote inclusion, justice and...

The share of modern warships in the Russian navy should exceed 70 per cent by 2027, President Vladimir Putin said."We will continue to pursue a course towards the development of a modern, combat-ready fleet and build ships armed with promising weapons and...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated the Diamer Bhasha dam, said to the tallest roller compact concrete dam in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,500-megawatt electricity production at the River Indus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said...

Lawyers for US President Donald Trump have said that he will continue his fight to shield his tax returns and financial records from a federal prosecutor who subpoenaed them, days after the Supreme Court ruled the President is not entirely immune to criminal...

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to end preferential treatment for Hong Kong, as his administration adopts an increasingly tough stance on China."Hong Kong will now be treated the same as mainland China," the president told reporters at the...

It's official. The White House has turned on America's top infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, spraying into public view a longlist of "mistakes" he has made since the COVID-19 pandemic began and seeking to undercut the doctor's reputation as a trusted...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that many more people could slip into hunger this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.He sounded the alarm in a video message on Monday during the launch of "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed business related issues with India''s policy makers and industrialists.On the second and final day of his state visit to India, the President discussed the potential of trade, investment, protection of intellectual...

US President Donald Trump said that he discussed an energy deal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in their talks on Tuesday.On the second and final day of his two-day visit, Trump held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and an energy deal was among...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday skirted all the controversies related to the ongoing violent protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s government by saying that he has a great deal of faith in his leadership.At the very outset of his press conference...

Flagging the high duties, US President Donald Trump here on Tuesday said India imposed the highest tariffs on US products and cited the case of Harley-Davidson bike."We are being charged a large amount of tariffs. I think you have to pay the highest tariff when...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that India and the US will reach a comprehensive agreement on intellectual property rights (IPR).Trump held official bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day and spoke on a number of...

For nearly one hour, US First Lady Melania Trump had the first-hand experience of the Delhi government''s much-talked about ''happiness curriculum'' at Sarvodaya School in South Moti Bagh, here on Tuesday.The US first Lady was accorded a traditional welcome...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday hosted a banquet in honour of visiting US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleagues, and other dignitaries from both sides.Welcoming the US President,...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that India and the US will reach a comprehensive agreement on intellectual property rights (IPR).Trump held official bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day and spoke on a number of...

The crux of Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s ''Namaste Trump'' was to showcase the personal bond between him and US President Donald Trump; he called him "my friend, India''s friend"."There is so much that we share: Values and ideals, spirit of enterprise...

It was love in the air as Ivanka Trump, in a Proenza Schouler floral printed dress, took a stroll at the Taj Mahal with her husband Jared Kushner on Monday.Proenza Schouler is a women''s wear and accessories brand founded in New York in 2002 by designers...

US President Donald Trump penned about Prime Minister Nrendra Modi as his "great friend" in the Sabarmati Ashram''s visitors'' book during his short trip there on his maiden visit to India on Monday afternoon, but did not mention Mahatma Gandhi for whom...

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced that India and the US are in discussion for a “fantastic” trade agreement.Terming that the proposed agreement will be among the biggest ever made, he said “Over the course of my visit, Prime Minister (Narendra)...

US President Donald Trump, who is on a two-day state visit to India, on Monday visited the Taj Mahal here and wrote in the visitor''s book that the "Taj Mahal inspires awe, a timeless testament to the rich and diverse beauty of Indian culture! Thank you,...

US President Donald Trump, who is on a two-day visit to India, on Monday walked hand in hand with his wife Melania Trump at the Taj Mahal here.Tourist guide Nitin Kumar Singh guided Trump and his wife at the Taj Mahal. Trump was impressed with him and even...

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, along with Prime Minister of Nepal Shri K.P. Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated the second Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani - Biratnagar today.Jogbani – Biratnagar is an important trade point between the two countries....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS summit at Brasilia on 13 November 2019. This is the 4th time the two leaders have met this year.During the meeting both leaders reviewed...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS summit at Brasilia on 13 November 2019.President Xi Jinping conveyed his deep appreciation to PM for hosting him at the 2nd Informal...

1. The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and the President of the People's Republic of China Mr Xi Jinping held their Second Informal Summit in Chennai, India, on 11-12 October 2019.2. The two Leaders had an in-depth exchange of views in a friendly...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed that 2nd Informal Summit at Mamallapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu has begun a “New Era of Cooperation” between India and China.Prime Minister was making his inaugural statement at beginning of the delegation level talks Chaired...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during which the two reviewed the "excellent state of bilateral relations" and agreed to take India-Bangladesh relations to new heights on the sidelines of the...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday held out threats of a conventional war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours spinning out of control and the radicalisation of Muslims in India and around the world in his address to the General Assembly.Khan painted...

A meeting amid heightened tensions in the Gulf region, an area vital to India''s economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that New Delhi supports diplomacy and dialogue to bring peace and stability to the zone.Modi "reiterated...

US President Donald Trump said he had discussed Kashmir with the leaders of both India and Pakistan and offered mediation or arbitration, and urged them to "just work it out, just work it out".In a press conference after addressing the UN General Assembly...

Leaders from around the world joined hands in the spirit of Gandhian universality to inaugurate a solar facility and roof garden at the UN headquarters and a garden with trees from across the US dedicated to the Mahatma on his 150th birth year.Secretary-General...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump that India is not shying away from talks with Pakistan, but for that it expects Islamabad to take some concrete steps, which has not happened.Modi also told Trump that though India has the second...

Backing India''s position on Pakistan-sponsored terror, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would "take care" of the issue and that Modi had given the message on terrorism to Islamabad "loud and clear" from the ''Howdy,...

Backing India''s position on Pakistan-sponsored terror, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would "take care" of the issue and that Modi had given the message on terrorism to Islamabad "loud and clear" from the ''Howdy,...

India and the US are very close to concluding a trade deal, and a larger deal is set to be finalised in some time, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, as teams from both sides were engaged in negotiating a limited trade package.Answering queries from...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gifted US President Donald Trump a large, framed photograph of the ''Howdy, Modi!'' event in Houston, which shows the two leaders holding hands and waving to a packed audience of over 50,000 at the NRG stadium."Memories...

World leaders have gathered in New York today for the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Climate Action Summit. The Summit is being called by UNSG Mr. António Guterres to ramp up climate actions worldwide. Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Shri...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed over fifty thousand people at the 'Howdy Modi' event at NRG stadium in Houston, Texas. Prime Minister was joined by the President of United States of America, Donald J Trump.Addressing the massive gathering, Prime...

PM Modi and PM Oli of Nepal, today, jointly inaugurated a cross-border petroleum products pipeline via video conference. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Nepal, Right Hon'ble K.P. Sharma Oli today jointly inaugurated South Asia’s...

1. Joint Statement "Reaching New Heights of Cooperation through Trust and Partnership”.2. Joint Strategy for the Enhancement of India- Russia Trade and Investments.3. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and Government of the Russian...

The India-Russia joint declaration by Russian President  and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on trade and investment, while extracting an unambiguous stand on Kashmir that reflective of New Delhi''s narrative.In a veiled attack on Pakistan''s...

Terrorist groups operating in Kashmir and Maoists groups elsewhere have recruited children as fighters, according to a report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.The annual report on children and armed conflict for 2018 released on Tuesday also said that children...

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that only the Afghan government has the authority to negotiate with the Taliban on a peace deal, even as the militant outfit has rejected direct talks with the government.Ghani, who is also a presidential candidate,...

Facing questions of censorship in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan said his government was the most inclusive government as far as the freedom of press was concerned and added that the media should act as a watchdog, not a blackmailer, Jang reported on Wednesday.Addressing...

 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has acknowledged that some terrorists in Pakistan had fought in Kashmir while asserting that he had the army's support for disarming them and for overtures to India.Speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington on Tuesday,...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday said that Tehran was the guardian of security in the Strait of Hormuz and does not seek to increase tensions in the strategic region despite its recent capture of a British oil tanker."Iran has been, and will be, the...

"It's just bombs all over the place" - US President Donald Trump's vision of Jammu and Kashmir, as if it were another Syria, evoked derision on social media on Tuesday, with Twitterati slamming his comments.One Twitter user posted: "And the way Trump describes...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his country would be willing to give up its nuclear weapons if India did the same.In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Khan, who had earlier met US President Donald Trump, was asked how Pakistan would respond if...

US President Donald Trump blindsided India in his mercurial style by stepping into the Kashmir quagmire with a claim on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to mediate the dispute with Pakistan.India immediately rejected Trump's assertion....

US President Donald Trump on Monday offered to help mediate in the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi had broached the subject with him during their meeting in Osaka, Japan, last month."I was with Prime Minister...

Imran Khan, former Pakistan skipper and current Prime Minister, has said that he is working on a plan to develop "best cricket team of the world" following the dismal performance of the Men in Green in the recently concluded...

US President Donald Trump has announced that a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz.Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Trump said that USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship of the US Navy, destroyed the drone that threatened...