Taipei: The newly-elected president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was sworn in as the fifth popularly elected president of Taiwan on Monday, reported Focus Taiwan.The DPP will be the first ruling party to govern for a third consecutive four-year term, with Lai, 64, and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim taking office since Taiwan held its first direct presidential

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter incident and said that India stands in solidarity with people of Iran in this hour of distress. PM Modi said that he is praying for well-being of Raisi and the leaders accompanying him onboard the chopper.In a post on X, PM Modi stated, "Deeply concerned by reports regarding President

Tehran: As Iranian authorities intensified their search operation for the crashed helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, the Iran Red Crescent claimed to have dispatched its forces to the place where rescue teams reported the smell of fuel, Iran-based Press TV reported.Moreover, Major General Hossein Salami, the chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), has also

Tehran: Hours after an Iranian military commander claimed to have located the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, conflicting reports emerged as the Head of Iran’s Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Koulivand, said that rescue teams are still searching the area for the accident site."Rescue crews haven’t yet located the crash site of the helicopter carrying

Nuwara Eliya: Hailing the ties shared by India and Sri Lanka on the occasion of Kumbhabhishekam puja at the Seetha Amman Temple, the Sri Lankan MP, V Radhakrishnan, said that the two countries have a good relationship because of tourism, and 60 per cent of the people that come to the island nation are from India.He added that Colombo and New Delhi should get together and work in future, and Sri

An official said the lives of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were "at risk following the helicopter crash". Ebrahim Raisi was elected Iranian president at the second attempt in 2021Dubai: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian