Month: May 2026

Modi in Norway LIVE: PM Modi to meet leaders at the Nordic-India Summit

May 19, 2026 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with PM of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre at the Oslo City Hall, during the Business and Research Summit in Oslo on Monday, May 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: X/NarendraModi The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday (May 18, 2026) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway marked a significant milestone…

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Pep Guardiola likely to leave Manchester City after current season, ending trophy-laden decade

May 19, 2026 admin

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola won six Premier League titles and City’s first Champions League among 20 trophies | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Pep Guardiola is set to bring his trophy-laden decade in charge of Manchester City to an end this weekend, according to multiple reports on Monday (May 18, 2026). Guardiola, 55,…

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The New York Times sues the Pentagon a second time over Hegseth’s media restrictions

May 19, 2026 admin

The paper said it had filed the additional lawsuit after first suing the Pentagon in December over new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to challenge an interim policy “that the Pentagon hastily put into place after a federal judge ruled in The Times’s favour in its original lawsuit.” Photo: Getty Images via AFP…

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Xi Jinping hosts Vladimir Putin in Beijing days after Trump: what to know

May 19, 2026 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, looking to deepen a strategic partnership stretching from Scandinavia to Southeast Asia. Underpinning the two nuclear powers’ relations is China’s economic heft complemented by Russia’s vast oil production, likely at the forefront of talks this…

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A.P. targets 45 MSME clusters under Cluster Development Programme, aims to generate 7,032 jobs

May 19, 2026 admin

Minister for MSME, NRI Empowerment & Relations, and SERP, Kondapalli Srinivas in an interaction with the The Hindu. File | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri The Andhra Pradesh government has unveiled an ambitious cluster-based development strategy for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector, identifying 45 potential industrial clusters across districts at an outlay of…

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How Trump’s crypto venture and Iran’s top exchange tapped into the same industry networks

May 19, 2026 admin

When customers of Iran’s largest crypto exchange needed to move billions of dollars, networks created by two of the industry’s biggest players served as conduits. And from the early stages of U.S. President Donald Trump’s flagship digital currency venture, the same two players lent credibility to the startup. According to data analysed by Reuters, Iran’s…

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After Netherlands, MEA faces questions over PM’s decision not to hold press conference in Norway

May 19, 2026 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press conference in Oslo, on Monday May 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The Ministry of External Affairs defended India’s record on democracy on Monday (May 18 2026), for the second time during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s European tour, over the PM’s decision not to take questions from the…

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U.S. to host G20 foreign ministers’ meet in Atlanta on October 30-31

May 19, 2026 admin

The meeting will be chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. will host the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Atlanta on October 30-31, with discussions expected to focus on global economic challenges, resilient supply chains and strengthening international cooperation. The meeting, to be chaired by U.S. Secretary…

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Improving efficiency of fertilizer use in India

May 19, 2026 admin

The ongoing war in West Asia and the rising costs of fuel and fertilizers give India an opportunity to enhance fertilizer use efficiency and moderate demand. India produces 80% of its urea requirement domestically and imports the rest while also boosting domestic production capacities to become fully self-reliant. But India’s urea industry relies too heavily…

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‘Offer prayers in shifts’: Adityanath warns against namaz on roads, tells Muslims to ‘control’ population numbers

May 19, 2026 admin

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday warned against the offering of namaz on roads and suggested that such religious practices should be conducted in shifts at designated places of worship. Speaking at an event organised by a Hindi newspaper in Lucknow, Mr….

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