Hafiz: India’s progress in badminton is not a surprise

PETALING JAYA: Indian women shuttlers have now joined their men counterparts as champions in the Asian region. They were the surprise winners at this year’s Asia Team Championships in Shah Alam, following the men team’s breakthroughs at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou and the 2022 Thomas Cup Finals in Bangkok. These achievements are enough to show...

Indian devotees splurge on jets, gold idols as Hindu temple opens

AYODHYA, India (Reuters) - The private jet parking lots at airports near the Indian city of Ayodhya are full and the shops have run out of gold-plated idols, as wealthy devotees prepare for the invite-only opening ceremony of one of Hinduism's holiest temples. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani are among...

India cracks down on Binance, eight other foreign exchanges

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) addressed the notices to Binance, KuCoin, Huobi, Kraken, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MEXC Global, and Bitfinex, according to a circular shared on Dec. 28. Furthermore, the FIU intends to wall off local investors from these platforms and has taken initial steps to block URLs of non-compliant Virtual Digital Assets Service Providers. FIU’s announcement...

Canada’s Trudeau sees shift in India relations after US plot revealed -CBC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he senses a change in India's tone with Ottawa after the United States warned New Delhi about its involvement in a thwarted plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on U.S. soil, the CBC reported on Wednesday. "I think there is a beginning of an understanding that...

Putrajaya wants to meet Indian govt over ban on export of non-basmati white rice, says Mat Sabu

JOHOR BARU: Putrajaya wants to meet with the Indian government over its ban on the export of non-basmati white rice, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu (pic). The Agriculture and Food Security Minister said his ministry is reaching out to its Indian counterpart to obtain a suitable date for a government-to-government meeting. “When they planned on ceasing the...

At home conversing in Tamil, Hindi and Nepali

JOHOR BARU: Raymond Hiew makes heads turn when he speaks to the Indian community and some foreign workers from South Asia in their mother tongue. The 60-year-old retiree is able to converse in Tamil, Hindi and Nepali languages – thanks to the 10 years of voluntary works he did in India. These three languages are widely spoken...

India anti-terror agency seizes properties of alleged Khalistan militant

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal anti-terror agency on Saturday said it confiscated the properties of an alleged Khalistani militant whom it accuses of terror activities in India, as tensions with Canada grow over Sikh separatists. The seizure of a house and land owned by Gurpatwant Singh Pannu in India's northern state of Punjab "comes as...

Biden and Modi to announce rail and shipping project to link India to Middle East and Europe

NEW DELHI (AP): President Joe Biden and his allies plan to roll out plans on Saturday for a shipping corridor that would connect India with the Middle East and ultimately Europe - a possible game changer for global trade to be announced at the Group of 20 summit. The proposed memorandum of understanding for a shipping...

Anwar congratulates India on historic moon landing

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of India for the successful landing of Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on the southern polar region of the moon on Wednesday (Aug 23). In a Facebook post on Thursday (Aug 24), the Malaysian Prime Minister said Malaysia also took pride in the...

Top 10 Places to Visit in India

Take a deeper look at the most fascinating, interesting, and mind boggling places to visit in India – a country like no other! If you haven’t been to India, you won’t be able to comprehend, how interesting, different, and mind-blowing it can be! India is so big and diverse in culture, history, and landscape, you won’t...