Following widespread Gen Z protests against corruption, former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been appointed as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal, making her the first woman to hold the office. The landmark decision was reached after a consensus between protest leaders, President Ram Chandra Poudel, and Army Chief Ashok Raj. Karki, who was also…
PM Modi and his mother Heeraben Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday slammed the Congress over an AI-generated video featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Heeraben, accusing the party of taking a vow to “repeatedly insult” her. The clip was posted by the Bihar unit of the Congress.“The Congress…
Image credit: https://www.ed.gov/ Nicholas Kent has officially assumed office as the US Under Secretary of Education, following Senate confirmation and a formal swearing-in ceremony. The role places him at the center of federal policymaking on postsecondary education, student aid, and workforce alignment at a time of renewed debate over the future of American higher education.Kent’s…
The video that set off the storm was not much to look at. A circle of 12 men draped in bright garlands were reading aloud solemn statements during a ceremony to form a new local government in a deeply rural corner of India. The scandal was that six of those elected to lead the village…
Kash Patel took oath as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday, placing his hand on the Bhagavad Gita. He became the ninth person to lead the agency. The oath ceremony was administered by the US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB)…
NEW DELHI: Rekha Gupta, BJP MLA from Shalimar Bagh, was sworn in as the chief minister of Delhi on Thursday, marking the beginning of a new government in the capital under the BJP rule after 27 years. She took the oath of office alongside six BJP MLAs who have been appointed as cabinet ministers. The…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Donald Trump as he took oath on Monday as the 47th president of the United States.“Congratulations my dear friend President Donald Trump on your historic inauguration as the 47th President of the United States! I look forward to working closely together once again, to benefit both our countries,…
Decades ago, Mozambique’s liberation party, Frelimo, easily attracted adoring crowds. The promise of salvation from Portuguese colonizers, and a life with jobs and housing for all, was an easy sell in a southern African nation that was suffering under racist rule. But when Daniel Chapo of Frelimo becomes president on Wednesday, he will confront a…