Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): Samajwadi Party's MLA Nitin Agarwal, who is backed by the BJP, has been elected as the Deputy Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday.
Tokyo [Japan], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida travelled on Sunday to the defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the country's quake-and-tsunami-hit northeast.
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Jonas Gahr Store on assuming the office of Prime Minister of Norway and said that he is looking forward to working closely with the latter's new administration in further strengthening India-Norway re
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed the return of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council, after leaving it in 2018 under then-President Trump.
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): India on Thursday was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a sixth term (2022-24) with an overwhelming majority as it vowed to promote and protect human rights through "Samman, Samvad and Sahyog".
Melbourne [Australia], October 14 (ANI): Richard Freudenstein, Cricket Australia interim Chair, who was elected on Wednesday following the resignation of Earl Eddings, said it is anticipated the Board will appoint a permanent Chair by the end of 2021.
Seoul [South Korea], October 12 (ANI/Global Economic): Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung was elected as a Democratic Party's presidential candidate by a narrow margin with 50.29 per cent of the vote on the 10th. Ex-PM Lee nak-yon's camp has decided to officially appeal to the party's
Dubai [UAE], October 10 (ANI): Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the toss and elected to bowl against Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 here at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 10 (ANI): The 44 elected members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile have been administered oath by Deputy Speaker Dawa Tsering.
Rome [Italy], October 8 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday met Indonesian Speaker of the House of Representatives, Puan Maharani and congratulated her for being elected the first woman Speaker of the House.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 7 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar administered the oath of office to three newly-elected MLAs, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at the state Assembly on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently serving his second term as the Prime Minister, completed a total of 20 years as an elected representative on Thursday.