Day: August 27, 2019

Rafale to feature in Republic Day parade for first time

ITI Nagpur students to learn to assemble Rafale jets

6:26 pm August 27, 2019

Nagpur: Students of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) here in Maharashtra are all set to get a chance to learn how to assemble and fit body parts of the Rafale and Falcon aircraft, an official said on Tuesday. The France-based Dassault Aviation, manufacturer of Rafale fighter jets, signed an agreement with the government- run ITI […]

PM Modi visits Jaitley’s residence

3:25 pm August 27, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the family members of former Union minister Arun Jaitley at his residence here on Tuesday and offered floral tributes to a portrait of the departed leader. Jaitley (66) passed away at the All Institute of medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived at […]

Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

Iran’s Rouhani tells US to take ‘first step’ by lifting sanctions

3:20 pm August 27, 2019

Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday told the United States to “take the first step” by lifting all sanctions against Iran, a day after US President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting. “The step is to retreat from sanctions. You must retreat from all illegal, unjust and wrong sanctions against the nation of Iran,” […]

UK public tribunal to probe Uighur 'genocide' claims

China ban on some textbooks seen aimed at Uighur culture

3:17 pm August 27, 2019

Beijing: For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions of his fellow minority Uighurs in China’s far western region of Xinjiang. That all changed three years ago when the ruling Communist Party launched what it says is a campaign against ethnic separatism […]

WH says no secret first lady-Kim Jong Un meeting

3:12 pm August 27, 2019

Biarritz: No, first lady Melania Trump hasn’t had any secret meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The White House is clarifying comments made by President Donald Trump during a news conference in France. He had said “the first lady has gotten to know” Kim and likely agrees he’s “a man with a country […]