Category: Events

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Monday arrived in Manhattan ahead of his first court appearance in the United States, days after his dramatic seizure in Caracas. Maduro, 63, was flown by helicopter to a Manhattan heliport near the federal courthouse before being transferred into an armoured vehicle.Wearing a tan prison jumpsuit and bright orange...

NEW DELHI: The Congress move to appoint Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as chairperson of the candidate screening committee for the upcoming Assam elections has added to the murmurs of leadership debate within the grand old party, with the BJP-led NDA claiming internal conflict between the Gandhi siblings. Soon after Priyanka’s elevation, which was announced on Sunday,...

Iran’s head of judiciary said on Monday that it will show “no leniency towards rioters,” even as he acknowledged the public’s right to protest, after demonstrations over economic grievances entered their second week, according to AFP.“I instruct the attorney general and prosecutors across the country to act in accordance with the law and with resolve...

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant. Without even realising we use so many sentences and phrases that owe their origin to Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, and each of them are an invaluable nugget of pure wisdom. William Shakespeare was born in 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon,...

Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: In what seems to be a last-moment decision, star batter Virat Kohli will not play Delhi’s Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Railways on Tuesday, January 6, in Bengaluru.As per BCCI guidelines, Kohli had played two matches for Delhi earlier in the tournament, against Andhra and Gujarat. He scored 131 and 77...

NEW DELHI: Amid a tightening security environment shaped by a militarily assertive China and a volatile Pakistan, the defence ministry has cleared military modernisation projects worth nearly Rs 79,000 crore, marking one of the most consequential procurement approvals in recent years. The clearances were accorded by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by defence minister...

US vice President JD Vance’s home in Cincinnati was attacked at night, with several windows smashed, prompting a response from the secret service and local police. Secret service agents rushed to the East Walnut Hills residence in the early hours of Monday, and a suspect has been taken into custody, though authorities have not confirmed...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is understood to have prepared a contingency plan to flee the country should nationwide protests overwhelm the regime’s security forces, according to an intelligence assessment shared with The Times.Khamenei, 86, would leave Tehran with a tightly controlled group of fewer than 20 people, including close aides and family members,...

Amazon is allowing tech workers stranded in India due to H-1B visa delays to work remotely until March 2026. However, severe restrictions ban coding, testing, strategic decisions, and customer interactions, leaving many unable to perform their core job functions. This policy addresses visa backlogs, impacting thousands of employees. Amazon has granted a rare remote work...

AI-generated image used for representation What began two centuries ago as a warning to European empires is being reborn as something far more Trumpian.US President Donald Trump’s offhand quip — the “Donroe Doctrine” — is no longer just a rhetorical flourish. Framed by Trump as being “about peace on Earth,” it is fast emerging as...