02 May 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping is all set to meet his US counterpart Joe Biden in San Francisco. The California city has amped up its security measures ahead of the leader’s first visit to the country in six years since 2017.
Jinping arrives to the US to attend days of talks with world leaders and CEOs at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, to boost confidence in the Asian power’s slowing economy.
An operation to evacuate 40 labourers trapped in the under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route in Uttarkhand’s Uttarkashi continued for the third day.
As Drilling to insert the pipes has begun with the help of an ‘auger machine’, authorities believe that trapped labourers are likely to be evacuated by Wednesday. However, a fresh landslide on Tuesday hampered efforts to insert steel pipes through the rubble of the collapsed tunnel.
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to Arvind Kejriwal and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for allegedly making "disparaging" and unverified remarks against PM Narendra Modi and violating the model code of conduct.
The notice against the national convener of the AAP came after the BJP filed a complaint against him on November 10,2023, regarding two posts made on X that portrayed PM Modi in a "disparaging, insulting and defamatory manner". The posts were made on X from the official handle of the Aam Aadmi Party.
A rapidly expanding offensive by Myanmar’s anti-junta groups has seen resistance fighters capture key towns and regions near the border with India in recent days, fuelling concerns on Tuesday about a spillover of tensions and influx of refugees to the northeastern states.
The offensive by three powerful anti-junta groups, named “Operation 1027” after the date it started last month, initially focused on Myanmar’s northeastern Shan state that borders China. Successes by resistance fighters in Shan, including the capture of towns and more than 100 military outposts, were followed by similar attacks in Chin state and Sagaing region, which both border India.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Priyanka Chaturvedi slammed ex-Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq's bizarre comment on Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai which has triggered a massive row forcing Razzaq to tender an apology. As the comment was received with a round of applause by Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul, the Sena MP said their action only exposed their pathetic uprbringing. "Aiswarya continues to stand tall despite and inspite their pathetic remarks," Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote.
