Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha NEW DELHI: India has unveiled “Rising Together” as the vision for its bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha confirming that the country’s first project presentation to the…
The newest F-16 variant, the Block-72, ordered by Morocco, takes off. (Image credit: LM) More than half a century after it first took to the skies in 1974, the F-16 Fighting Falcon has reached yet another milestone, with the newest version of the jet, the Block 72, completing its maiden flight on October 6. The…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commemorated 25 years in public service during the ‘Seva Jyoti’ programme in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s completion of 25 years as head of government on Wednesday drew congratulations from BJP leaders as well as political leaders abroad, who marked the milestone with messages highlighting his long tenure…
Israelis mark the October 7 anniversary in Israel as Gaza continues to bear the war’s devastating toll Three years after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the shockwaves of that day continue to shape lives, politics and security across the Middle East. What began as a devastating assault on southern Israel grew into a…
Bob HopePhoto: Wikimedia Common In 1993, comedian and entertainer Bob Hope sold his 2,308-acre Jordan Ranch in eastern Ventura County to the National Park Service for $16.7 million. The acquisition added the rugged, oak-dotted property to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, bringing the park service’s holdings in the recreation area to about 20,400…
Photo credit (L-R): Burkle Foundation and the MLS Billionaire investor Ron Burkle purchased Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House in Los Feliz for about $4.5 million in 2011, roughly 70 percent below its original asking price, after the landmark had been damaged by earthquakes and heavy rains. He then spent up to $17 million on a…
RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra announces raising repo rates by 25 basis points MUMBAI: The RBI raised the repo rate by a widely expected 25 basis points to 5.50% on Wednesday as stronger-than-expected growth and broader price pressures prompted the Monetary Policy Committee to unanimously vote for a hike and shift its stance from neutral to…
File photo: INDIA bloc ‘vote chori’ protest NEW DELHI: A day after INDIA bloc MPs marched towards the Election Commission and Rahul Gandhi staged an hours-long sit-in, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is set to host opposition MPs for lunch in Delhi.Kharge has invited INDIA bloc MPs for lunch at 1.30 pm at Sagar Ratna on…
File photo: US vice president JD Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two US vice president JD Vance has said Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity for Washington to agree to an end to the seven-month war.In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Vance said the US remained open…
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka among 260 were detained as Delhi Police say INDIA bloc march had no permission NEW DELHI: Congress MP Pawan Khera on Tuesday warned the government that the INDIA bloc’s protest against chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar was only the beginning, shortly after opposition MPs were released from New Police Lines in…
