For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Sunday, April 10, 2022, 3:10 [IST] Islamabad, Apr 09: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan held an emergency meeting of his Cabinet on Saturday night, even though his government is expected to lose a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly, according to…Continue Reading

As a Canadian delegation prepares for its final meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican Friday, a growing chorus in Canada is hoping Francis commits to immediately remedying the Roman Catholic Church’s broken compensation promises to residential school survivors.Critics say that if Canadian bishops won’t immediately compensate residential school survivors, Pope Francis and the Vatican…Continue Reading

WASHINGTON—President Biden held a video call Thursday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan—known as the Quad—”to discuss the war against Ukraine and its implications for the Indo-Pacific,” the White House said. The meeting came as the U.S. and Western allies have taken steps to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin and his economy amid…Continue Reading

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held wide-ranging and productive talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian here during which he discussed bilateral cooperation, Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine situation.Jaishankar reached France on Sunday after concluding his visit to Germany where he attended the Munich Security Conference 2022.Arrived in Paris. Held wide-ranging and productive…Continue Reading

EC holds virtual meets to decide on whether ban on physical rallies should continue

New Delhi: The Election Commission is holding a series of virtual meets on Saturday to decide whether the ban imposed by it on physical rallies and roadshows to prevent the spread of coronavirus should continue. Announcing dates for elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur on January 8, the poll panel had announced…Continue Reading

COP26: PM Modi holds bilateral talks with British PM Johnson

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit here and the two leaders discussed cooperation in areas like green hydrogen, renewables and clean technology, economy and defence. This was the first in-person meeting between Modi and Johnson following the British Prime Minister’s twice…Continue Reading