आजादी के अमृत महोत्सव पर 75 लोकतांत्रिक देशों के युवाओं को आमंत्रित किया जाएगा

प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस को संबोधित करते हुए डॉ विनय सहस्त्रबुद्धे.नई दिल्ली: विश्व का सबसे बड़ा लोकतंत्र होने के नाते भारत ने आजादी के अमृत महोत्सव में दुनिया के 75 लोकतांत्रिक देशों के 35 वर्ष से कम आयु के प्रतिनिधियों को आमंत्रित करने की योजना बनाई है. भारतीय सांस्कृतिक संबंध परिषद के अध्यक्ष डॉ विनय सहस्रबुद्धे ने…Continue Reading

Biden administration urges Supreme Court to suspend Texas abortion law

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to intervene and suspend a Texas law that has banned most abortions there.The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal that asks the justices to put the Texas law on hold and to eventually declare it unconstitutional. The move, while expected, sets the stage for another battle…Continue Reading

Column: For Nancy Pelosi, maybe one last chance to do something really, really big

As a San Francisco resident, Nancy Pelosi knows a few things about earthquakes.So in 2010 when Republicans won the Massachusetts Senate seat once held by Edward M. Kennedy, an upset high on the political Richter scale, it was Pelosi — cool, calm, collected — who sought to steady Democrats and put some starch in their…Continue Reading

Podcast: A matter of a piñon

Listen to this episode of The Times: Tall, bushy, spiny and fragrant, the pinyon pine is a beloved feature of the Mountain West — and not just for its beauty. The tiny piñon nuts in the tree’s cones are so good, people in the region have eaten them every fall for countless generations. But as…Continue Reading

Despite promises to lift some Trump sanctions, Biden leaves Cuba in deep freeze

NEW YORK — One of Cuba’s most senior diplomats switches from Spanish to English when he describes the pace at which many Cubans expected a new President Biden to ease restrictions on the island nation.“Swiftly,” Carlos Fernández de Cossío said. Biden had campaigned with the vow of a fast rollback of many of the toughest policies imposed…Continue Reading