A 103,000-capacity arena. One prefect in northern Italy just shut it all down. West's antisemitic remarks have now cost him stages across six countries, and Scott's shadow of Astroworld followed him straight into the ban.
India and Italy on Wednesday elevated their bilateral relationship to the level of a “Special Strategic Partnership” as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held high-level talks in Rome focused on expanding cooperation in trade, defence manufacturing, technology, clean energy, connectivity and global security.
PM Modi’s Italy visit featured a high-profile interaction with Giorgia Meloni, diaspora outreach in Rome and renewed focus on trade, defence and strategic cooperation.
A smiling selfie from Giorgia Meloni turned into an unexpected India-wide moment, thanks to her eye-catching jhumka earrings. While her caption carried a sharp political message, social media couldn’t stop talking about the desi bling.
Arriving at Lake Como from Milan is, in itself, a small journey into another world. The train glides past quiet towns and stretches of green, until suddenly the landscape opens up to reveal the lake—serene, expansive, and impossibly elegant.
For the past three years in a row ~ 2023, 2024, and now 2025 ~ my travels across Italy, from the sun-washed lanes of Puglia to the Renaissance splendor of Florence and even the hurried streets of Rome, have taught me a lesson far deeper than art, architecture, or cuisine.
This afternoon—a quiet, sun-dappled Sunday in Monopoli—I had planned to take the train to Lecce, that ancient Baroque city about an hour away.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on Wednesday formalised a new phase of collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at deepening bilateral ties in the field of sports.
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for his second visit to India this year, highlighting the steady momentum in diplomatic exchanges between the two countries.
A few days ago, I took a short train ride —barely 3 5 minutes—from Monopoli to Bari, the capital of Puglia.
