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Plant-based courses of millet, stuffed mushrooms: Menu for PM Modi’s state dinner at the White House
JUNE 21, 2023
NEW DELHI: United States First Lady Jill Biden hosted a media preview in advance of Thursday’s State Dinner as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit.
"Tomorrow night, guest will walk across the South Lawn into a pavilion draped in rich greens with saffron-coloured flowers at every table - the colours of the Indian flag," she says.
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JUNE 21, 2023
Denied a U.S. visa in 2005 over deadly religious riots in his home state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Washington on Wednesday for a state visit that will highlight his change in fortune and growing global clout, even as concerns about human rights and democratic erosion in India are intensifying across the nation he now leads.
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Indian Cricket: ‘God Gave Me Minimial Talent, You Are Blessed’: How Sachin’s Pep Talk Inspired Laxman’s Epic Knock vs Australia
JUNE 20, 2023
While it was in the last few years that India saw its golden era as far as bowling, especially pacers, is concerned in Test cricket; as far as the batting unit is concerned, it was certainly the early 2000s where India saw its best period of batting dominance.
The batting unit, which consisted of the explosive opening pair...
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Indian PM Modi US Visit LIVE Updates: PM Says Yoga Unites the World; Musk Confident ‘Tesla Will be in India’ After Meeting Modi
JUNE 20, 2023
PM Modi US Visit Live Updates: PM Modi on Wednesday said Yoga is a global spirit and unites the world. The statement comes as PM Modi will lead the 9th International Yoga Day celebrations at the United Nations headquarters with representatives from over 180 countries. PM Modi who arrives in New York on Tuesday met Tesla owner...
JUNE 20, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome as he arrived here on Tuesday on the first leg of his maiden state visit to the US during which he will lead the celebrations of the International Day of Yoga at the United Nations Headquarters and hold bilateral talks with President Joe Biden in Washington. "Landed in New...
JUNE 20, 2023
FILE - This handout image taken during the historical 1986 dive, courtesy of WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and released Feb. 15, 2023 shows the Titanic bow. - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute/AFP via Getty Images, FILE
A submersible carrying five people has gone missing while on a tour of the underwater wreckage of the Titanic off the coast...
JUNE 20, 2023
NEW DELHI: Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy, a 17-year-old boy from Telangana, recently achieved the top rank in the IIT entrance exam Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2023, the results of which were announced on Sunday. According to IIT Guwahati, which conducted the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Advanced this year, Reddy secured 341 out of 360 marks or 94.74 percentile...
JUNE 20, 2023
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival to the United States on an official state visit, John Kirby, NSC coordinator for strategic communications, said on Tuesday that Washington supported "India's emergence as a great power".
"This is a big week here at the White House. This visit will affirm the strong ties between our two countries...
JUNE 20, 2023
NEW DELHI: Air India on Tuesday firmed up its order of 470 Airbus and Boeing aircraft worth $70 billion at list price.
While announcing the deal this February, AI had signed a letter of intent (LoI) for 400 single and 70 twin aisles of the airframe majors which will start joining its fleet in a couple of months.
This...
JUNE 19, 2023
According to reports, nearly 100 people have died in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and eastern Bihar over the past few days amid rising temperatures. This has since prompted officials in the northern state to launch an investigation into dozens of deaths that some have attributed to a heatwave, reported BBC.
What happened in Uttar Pradesh?
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