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British Sikh MP receives menacing email warning to ‘watch your back’
London, March 5 Britain's first female Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill has said she was forced to contact police after receiving a threatening email message saying: "watch your back". The senior Labour MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston said that following the email, she is forced to keep a bodyguard at her ...Swiss envoy vehemently summoned, fierce protest lodged over despicable anti-India posters in Geneva
New Delhi, March 5 The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday summoned the Swiss envoy and raised issue of "malicious" anti-India posters in front of UN building in Geneva, official sources said. The Swiss Ambassador conveyed to the ministry that India's concerns would be conveyed to Berne with all ...Latest incident: Another Hindu temple bears the brunt of Khalistani hatred in Australia
Melbourne, March 4 There seems to be no let-up in cases of temple attacks in Australia with Khalistan supporters targeting the Shree Laxmi Narayan Temple in Brisbane on Saturday. Temple President Satinder Shukla told The Australia Today: "Priest and devotees called this morning and notified me about the vandalism on ...Update: Death toll rises to 104 in Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak
Abuja, March 4 The death toll from Nigeria's Lassa fever outbreak since the beginning of the year had risen to 104, local health authorities said. In its latest update on the outbreak which has spread to 88 local government areas across 22 states in the country, the Nigeria Centre for ...Man apprehended at Chandigarh airport with 18 kg of valuable gold bricks
New Delhi, March 4 The Customs officials at the Chandigarh airport have arrested a man and recovered 18 bricks of pure gold weighing 1 kg each (total 18 kg) worth Rs 10,28,16,000 from his possession, a Customs official said on Saturday. The official said that the accused, who arrived in ...Hidden corridor discovered in Great Pyramid of Giza
Cairo, March 3 The Egyptian government has announced the discovery of a hidden 9-meter-long and 2.10-meter-wide corridor behind the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, known as Khufu Pyramid, which "will lead to further findings". Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa said that "the ...Indian-American named Chancellor of California Community Colleges
New York, March 3 Indian-American Sonya Christian has been named the 11th permanent Chancellor of the California Community College system, the largest and most diverse system of public higher education in the US. With her appointment, Christian, a Kerala University graduate, becomes the first woman and the first person of ...‘Art of listening is powerful’: Rahul Gandhi at Cambridge University
London, March 2 Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi while speaking to MBA students at the Cambridge Judge Business School on the subject of "Learning to Listen in the 21st Century", said that people around the world need to find a way of listening compassionately to new concerns in the 21st ...Majority of voters not keen on Indian-origin Harris as president: Poll
New York, March 2 Even though US President Joe Biden has accidentally referred to Kamala Harris as President at least six times, a majority of voters are unenthusiastic about his Vice President's potential presidential run in 2024, according to the latest poll. According to The Telegraph, Biden's Indian-origin second-in-command has ...Told Russian counterpart to end war and engage in meaningful diplomacy: Blinken
New Delhi, March 2 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that he urged Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to end the Ukraine war and engage in meaningful diplomacy. Addressing a press conference after the day-long deliberations at the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting, Blinken, while referring to his ...