NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, on his 90th birthday. He called him a symbol of “love, compassion, patience and moral discipline.”In a post on X, PM Modi prayed for the Dalai Lama’s good health and long life.Tibetan Buddhist monks living in exile held…
The UAE unveiled a new symbol for its national currency, the Dirham. The new design was unveiled by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) on Thursday. It will be used for both physical and virtual forms of Dirham. The new Dirham symbol draws inspiration from the UAE flag and the nation’s robust identity. It consists…
NEW DELHI: IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, who designed the “₹” symbol for Indian currency, distanced himself from the ongoing tussle between Centre and DMK-led Tamil Nadu government over three-language policyThe controversy escalated after the DMK government replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget.Udaya said that…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday strongly hit out at Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin for dropping rupee symbol from logo of the state budget, terming the move a “completely avoidable example of language and regional chauvinism”. The minister added that the DMK government’s action showcases “a dangerous mindset that weakens…
‘Symbol of India’s scientific journey’: PM Modi launches ‘Mission Mausam’ on 150 years of IMD (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) as a cornerstone of India’s scientific progress during its 150th foundation day celebration and released a postage stamp and a special commemorative coin…
BJP spoof video: Screengrab NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released a video attacking Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal over “Sheesh Mahal“, which constitutes a controversy around the renovation of Delhi CM house.In a series of spoofs and memes that have overwhelmingly occupied the political parties’ social media space in the…