A couple of days after India blocked Chinese automaker BYD’s $1 billion bid to set up an electric vehicle (EV) factory in the country, Beijing’s top diplomat has urged New Delhi to rethink the decision, adding that the two countries were not ‘threats’ to each other. Wang Yi, whose position …
Read More »Plane crashes into two-story Texas home through roof, 3 injured
By India Today World Desk: A plane with three people on board crashed into a Texas home through the roof on Sunday afternoon in Georgetown. The two-story home was vacant at the time of the crash, which happened just before noon in the 500 block of Northwood Drive, which is …
Read More »Crisis-hit Sri Lanka may allow Indian rupee to be used in local transactions
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka is considering the possibility of allowing the use of the Indian rupee for local transactions, as the island nation struggles to build its depleted foreign reserves and to emerge from last year’s unprecedented economic crisis. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said Saturday …
Read More »Sita Dahal, wife of Nepal PM ‘Prachanda’, passes away
Sita Dahal, wife of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”, passed on Wednesday after suffering from a rare neurological condition for a long time. She was 69. Sita, who has been ill for a long time, passed away Wednesday at Norvic International Hospital in Kathmandu. She was undergoing treatment at …
Read More »All 6 aboard helicopter carrying Mexican tourists are killed in a crash near Mount Everest in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — All six people on board a helicopter carrying Mexican tourists were killed when it crashed Tuesday near Mount Everest in Nepal, authorities said. The helicopter crashed in the Lamajura area and all the bodies were recovered, said Basanta Bhattarai, the chief government administrator in the area. …
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