Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, who is currently on a visit to India, took to social networking platform LinkedIn to share his excitement of coming back to India and “meeting innovators and changemakers”. “It’s fantastic to be back in India this week, meeting with so many innovators and changemakers, like these employees at State … Read more
We recognize that some applicants may still face extended visa wait times, and we’re making every effort to further reduce visa interview appointment wait times as quickly as possible in India and around the world, the U.S. said. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The United States is making every effort to reduce the waiting time … Read more
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. | Photo Credit: ANI India, France to hold strategic dialogue on Thursday India and France are expected to take stock of their overall security cooperation during a high-level dialogue on Thursday, January 5, 2022. BJP to attend Election Commission demonstration on remote voting EVMs The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) … Read more
Walmart Inc and other PhonePe shareholders will have to pay nearly $1 billion in tax after the digital payments company shifted its headquarters to India, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. PhonePe is raising funds at a $12 billion pre-money valuation from General Atlantic, Qatar Investment Authority and others, triggering … Read more
As India’s economy grows, women are dropping out of its workforce. That’s stumped economists. Some say it’s a sign of prosperity. In conservative India, if women can afford not to work, they don’t. Source link
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI India and France are expected to take stock of their overall security cooperation during a high-level dialogue on Thursday, January 5, 2022. The two sides will deliberate on wide-ranging bilateral and global issues at the 36th India-France strategic dialogue, according to the Ministry … Read more
India tried to defuse the situation around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and quietly helped in the grain deal between Moscow and Kyiv, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said even as he vehemently rejected charges of New Delhi being a war profiteer over its procurement of discounted Russian oil. The External Affairs Minister also … Read more
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant is being flown to Mumbai where he will undergo ligament surgeries after suffering multiple injuries in a car crash on December 30, the BCCI said on Wednesday. Pant was heading to his hometown of Roorkee when the car he was driving hit a central divider, flipped over and caught fire in … Read more
Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti has been renominated as the U.S. envoy to India | Photo Credit: Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday renominated Eric Garcetti, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, as his envoy to India, with the White House exuding confidence that he would be confirmed by the United States … Read more
Brazil’s new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech after being sworn in at the National Congress, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters (This article forms a part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every … Read more