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It is one matter for a BJP chief minister who is not known for choosing his words carefully to criticise former US president Barack Obama’s comments on the need to protect minority rights in India. It is quite another for two members of the Cabinet Committee on Security who ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday criticised former United States President Barack Obama’s recent comments about minority rights in India, saying that Washington had bombed six Muslim-dominated countries during his regime.Obama had made the statement on Friday, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to meet US President ...

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday slammed former US president Barack Obama's statement about minority rights in India, saying his remarks were surprising as six Muslim-majority countries had faced US "bombing" during his tenure.She said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the highest civilian awards from 13 countries, including ...

Barack Obama became a historical figure when he took office in January 2009 as the first African-American President of the United States. Rishi Sunak put his own stamp on history last week when he became the first coloured Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Add a few more firsts ...

Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani singer to win a Grammy this year. The track that won, "Mohabbat," off her 2021 album Vulture Prince, is an 8-minute ethereal journey through Aftab's take on an Urdu-language poem.After helping to shepherd in a new era of DIY music in Pakistan, working ...

“I guess the question for you, Mr President, is: ‘Do you feel lucky?’” In his new autobiography, Barack Obama recalls being asked this by his director of legislative affairs, Phil Schiliro, at a time when his options for passing comprehensive healthcare reform were narrowing.“I looked at him and smiled. ...

The first volume of former President Barack Obama’s memoirs, A Promised Land, has recently been published. Most of the commentary about these memoirs has contrasted the former constitutional law professor’s polite and consensual approach to government to the mayhem that has taken place under his successor, President Donald J ...

Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an “open secret” that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even Al-Qaeda, sometimes ...

The former US President stated that Dr Singh owed Sonia Gandhi for his position in the office. (File image: Reuters)Barack Obama’s Memoir: Former US President Barack Obama’s memoir ‘A Promised Land’ is set to be released globally today, and it allows readers a glimpse into his journey to the ...

Former US President Barack Obama has said that his fascination with India largely revolved around Mahatma Gandhi, whose "successful non-violent campaign against the British rule became a beacon for other dispossessed, marginalised groups". However, the 44th US president, in his latest book, rues that the ...