Rinson Jose, 37, from Kerala’s Wayanad who briefly trained for the clergy before migrating to Norway has emerged as an alleged link in the pager blasts that killed 12 in Lebanon. Norta Global Ltd, a ‘tech firm’ based in Sofia, Bulgaria, allegedly owned by Jose, is being probed by international security agencies following reports linking it to the sale of the pagers.

PM Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of empowering artisans, especially those from Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), by providing them with the tools, training and resources needed to boost productivity and self-reliance

Ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit to the United States from September 21 to 23, an NRI has said that a trip by Modi to LA in the 1990s was a referral point for this project