An official slides down a rope during a helicopter raid on MSC Aries ship at sea in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on April 13, 2024. Photo: Reuters New Delhi: Iran has said it released all the crew members of Portuguese-flagged cargo vessel MSC Aries that had 17 Indians among … Read more
Louvre Abu Dhabi revisits 3rd century Indian animal folk tales as the source of most fables in the Arab world and beyondPanchatantra’s cautionary tale of the dog with a bone – the one who mistakes his own image in the water for another dog with a better bone only to learn a hard lesson on … Read more
Photo: Twitter In a game-changing move, the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has updated visa exemption policy, allowing citizens of 87 countries to enter the Emirates without a prior visa. Prior to this update, citizens of 73 countries were eligible for UAE visa exemption. The decision has been made to streamline the tourist process … Read more
New York: A top Hindu advocacy group in the US has said that it is “shocking” and “disheartening” to see that the investigation into the killing of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula is dismissed with no charges against those who struck her. Kandula, a student of the Northeastern University in South Lake Union, died after she … Read more
Witnessing increasing demand for travel from India to Saudi Arabia for spiritual and leisure purposes, Riyadh aims to attract 7.5 million Indian visitors by 2030, as articulated by Alhasan Aldabbagh, President – Asia Pacific, Saudi Tourism Authority, during the prominent SATTE 2024 travel show. Expressing enthusiasm about Saudi’s third participation in SATTE, Aldabbagh marked the … Read more
SERDANG: It is irresponsible for a former prime minister to insult any race in the country, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said that the statement by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad about Indians being “disloyal” to the country was nothing new coming from someone whom Anwar alleged always had prejudices against races. Anwar … Read more
Representative image New Delhi: A cargo ship, ‘MV LILA NORFOLK’ has been hijacked late last evening near the coast of Somalia and is being closely watched by the Indian Navy which has rushed a warship towards it, military officials said on Friday. The hijacked ship has 15 Indians on board and communication has been established … Read more
