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Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar has warned his Pakistani counterpart, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoo..
In yet another blow to China, navies from India and Maldives participated in the fourth edition of Ekatha exerci..
A US think tank has said that China is discouraging competitor countries in the South China Sea (SCS) over oil a..
in a speech on July 8, US President Joe Biden announced that the American military would complete its withdrawal..
The long speech of President Xi Jinping at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on the occasion of the CPC''s centenary c..
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India and Uzbekistan are swiftly moving to strengthen their partnership to develop connectivity in Central Asia ..
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The US condemns terrorists infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC) and expects Pakistan to play a "constructive r..
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Hilal Akbar Lone, National Conference (NCLok Sabhason of senior ) leader and member, Muhammad Akbar Lone, has b..
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As per reports, India and China have agreed to a monitored disengagement on both banks of the Pangong Tso. China..
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Pakistan and India engaged in a heated debate, filled with accusations against each other, over deteriorating mi..
Indian and Chinese militaries will hold a ninth round of talks aimed at resolving the border disputes in Eastern..
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In major boost to India, the US Congress through a bipartisan law, the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA)..
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The shrine of a Hindu saint has been vandalized by an aggressive mob in Pakistan''s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province...
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Timely rescue operation by the army saved the lives of five civilians after an overnight road accident on the Ja..
In a striking development, the annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the 57- member Organisation of Islamic..
There are fears that statues of Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi in the UK could be toppled after both were ..
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Ten persons trapped in snow at the Sinthan Pass in Jammu and Kashmir''s Kishtwar district were rescued by a team..
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan''s party was on Monday reported to be leading in the all-important elections ..
After around 50 years, the Tripura government has undertaken a Rs 4.83 crore project to construct a war memorial..
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Japan''s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was on Monday elected as the new leader of the ruling Liberal De..
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As India dominates south of Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh, China has started fresh build up at Finger area nort..
Pakistan''s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has sent out an open warning to India, claiming..
In sanctioning the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), the US has launched a precision strike agai..
As India and China continues to be in a border dispute deadlock, Beijing has started laying fibre optics cables ..
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भारत में जब आम जनता के बीच नेपाल का जिक्र होता है तो सामान्य हिन्दू नेपाल को अपने धर्म और संस्कृति के काफी करीब ..
The mantra to success is, ‘When opportunity knocks, answer the door.’ India is striving hard to be a successful ..
I had penned articles under the same agonising title in 2006, followed in 2007, in the spate of terrorist attack..
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The Centre has asked Tehran to grant a sanatorium for the Indian pilgrims who tested positive for the novel coro..
Since the US and Taliban inked their peace deal, Afghanistan has been fast heading towards greater instability a..
A rare glimpse of deity culture is being witnessed these days mostly in interiors of Himachal Pradesh as highly ..
After notorious gunman Shahrukh brandishing gun at Delhi Police head constable Deepak Dahia went viral during th..
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again come to stand by Pakistan, which has been facing diplomati..
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Uttar Pradesh Police have geared up security apparatus across Ayodhya city on Wednesday after intelligence agenc..
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The Army''s artillery modernisation plan envisages procuring 2,800 guns by 2027. The plan included procuring 1,5..
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Pakistan''s Sikh community on Tuesday observed the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev, the founder o..
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Ahead of Kartarpur Corridor opening on Saturday, the US-based radical group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) - learnt to..
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public gathering at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab''s Gurdaspur after ina..
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US President Donald Trump has turned the ongoing impeachment inquiry over his dealings with Ukraine into his sig..
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In a bold, unprecedented and unexpected move Prime Minister Modi’s government abrogated the special provisions..
The long wall and circular shrine discovered during the excavation at the disputed site in Ayodhya, was part of ..
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Ceasefire violations by Pakistan from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a five-yea..
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National Conference President and MP Farooq Abdullah has turned to religion in his home in Srinagar that has bee..
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In his Independence Day speech on August 15 this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed, "One nation, one..
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Lure of easy money readily convinced Indian pharmaceutical Company, Avon Life Sciences, to supply ephedrine, a c..
In one of the biggest drug rackets unearthed by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) of US, the Indian connection h..
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Defence and diplomatic officials from India and the US are to have two meetings this week aimed at strengthening..
देश की रक्षा सेनाओं के लिए नए रक्षा उपकरणों, प्रणालियों और समाधानों के लिए रक्षा अनुसंधान व विकास संगठन (डीआरडीओ..
The proposal for appointing a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has been doing the rounds since the time of Pandit Ja..
Prime Minister Narendra Modis two-day visit to Bhutan was aimed at re-engaging with the Himalayan neighbour duri..
For over 59 years, the people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), including Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), were not awar..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi rightly began his Independence Day address by declaring that the abrogation of Arti..
It is just as well that the BBC has decided to expand its shortwave radio service in Kashmir to beat the communi..
In his first speech after winning the election for his second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed that..
India''s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin dramatically extended the hand of friendship to the hostile ne..
Even as Pakistan''s Prime Minister Imran Khan expresses solidarity with the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir ..
On Friday morning, India secured a major diplomatic victory at the UN by reiterating its unequivocal position on..
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing into a complaint of an alleged disproportionate case agains..
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the issue of population explosion in th..
As India celebrated its 73rd Independence Day, the roadmap for the next phase of growth is of prime importance a..
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 75 days today in his second avatar as the nation''s helmsman, he sp..
In a historic decision on August 5, India repealed Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&..
The peaceful celebration of Eid although at reduced scale, demolishes the propaganda fueled by countries/media h..
The special status of Jammu & Kashmir has been revoked and the state has been bifurcated into two Union Territor..
A curfew and a total communication blackout are in place in Kashmir with the government on Monday proposing to r..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s actual countdown for revoking Article 370 and bifurcation of the state of Jammu ..
In 1951 when the Constituent Assembly of J&K state was convened, Sheikh Mohd. Abdullah addressed the members and..
Finally, it appears that the Modi government with its political heft is looking at resolving the Kashmir imbrogl..
By most accounts, Jawaharlal Nehru was a pacifist, influenced to a great degree by the liberal education he obta..
While the separatists are shell shocked and certain that Delhi is going to do what it plans to do in Jammu and K..
The increase in surcharge on super-rich proposed in the Union Budget, a negative for most Foreign Portfolio Inve..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the gift of dignity to Muslim women by getting the Triple Talaq Bill pass..
Women will be the ultimate sufferers of the triple talaq legislation as they will be damaging their homes and ca..
Terrorist groups operating in Kashmir and Maoists groups elsewhere have recruited children as fighters, accordin..
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Prime Minister''s most trusted lieutenant in Modi 2.0, is learnt to be focusi..
The Defence PSUs like HAL, various OFBs and BEL, can be incentivised for sourcing locally within UP. The ince..
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The State Department now appears to stand behind US President Donald Trump''s claim that Prime Minister Narendra..
After deflating the BJPs Karnataka euphoria the Congress leadership in Madhya Pradesh has got down to the job of..
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China and India will have to jointly stand up to counter US "ugly" unilateralist and protectionist trade policie..
Indias push towards further strengthening the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic..
Pakistan''s Prime Minister Imran Khan, who visits the US from Sunday hoping for a reset in the frayed relations ..
While contemplating our natural resources, past conversations often centered around fossil fuels and them becomi..
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In a major clampdown, the NIA is likely to question some more separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir and attach..
After the rain interruption on Tuesday, the forecast for Wednesday doesnt look too good either, as there are cha..
During early mornings and late evenings, Edakkulam village of Thirunavaya Grama panchayat in Malappuram district..
India skipper Virat Kohli has always been very vocal about the need to manage the workload of the players when i..
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The match between India and Bangladesh at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Tuesday is a must-win game for the Ban..
The US Senate has urged the government to "strengthen and enhance its major defence partnership with India" and ..
Absorbed with their to-do lists and set of tasks, professionals have little time to worry about the wider releva..
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India, the worlds largest democracy, has again elected a government brutally strong in numbers with no encumbran..
All eyes are on what policy mechanisms will the Hon. Finance Minister of India use in Budget 2019-2020, to boost..
The extreme heatwave that recently saw temperatures soar across India was a stark reminder that this region is o..
Transportation infrastructure and allied services are critical growth engines for propelling India's rise as an ..
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Pakistan on Thursday on a two-day official visit to the country on the ..
President Trump signed an executive order on June 24, imposing additional economic sanctions on Iran. Apparently..
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Miffed over government move to order manual checking of shipments and a close verification of input tax credit (..
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Since the US announcement of its withdrawal of benefits to India under the Generalised System of Preferences (GS..
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Congratulating Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his "strong and decisive mandate", US Commerce Secretary W..
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The satisfaction level with the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touched its highest levels since ..
The evening crept up slowly. Different colours of light over the presidential palace. After sitting in front of ..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s re-election by such large margins in a sweeping victory is testimony to his popu..
China''s experience can be relevant to India in tackling high pollution levels across the country, a new report ..
Taking a lead in the global fight against AIDS, India is supplying the world with two-thirds of the drugs to tre..
The anti-monopoly actions against digital giants by the US government and Congress have the potential to affect ..
The representation of Rajya Sabha members in the second Narendra Modi government has dropped from 19 to 11 as th..
The Quad countries, India, Australia, Japan and the US, have discussed leveraging the power of the private secto..
The first childhood lesson in history is that when an empire emerges it climbs to the highest peak and then, ine..
India has lashed out against the heads of the Security Council reform negotiation process, accusing them of "obf..
The UN General Assembly has declared August 22 as the International Day for Victims of Religious Violence to com..
When the Indian Air Force (IAF) was planning and carrying out the air strikes at Balakot in Pakistan, high-end t..
Changes in technology in monitoring the enemy or incoming threats by using a drone or an unmanned aerial vehicle..
China on Monday said it was firmly opposed to a meeting between the US and Taiwan security officials, asking Was..
PM Modi''s populist development model working well in conjunction with Hindutva Plus sits well with the sequenti..
Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Kedarnath temple and his meditation at 12,000 ft above sea level in the G..
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After smashing through all bastions in north and middle India - from Haryana, Himachal, Uttarakhand and Delhi in..
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Recent military events between India and Pakistan have left behind multiple lessons. It all started with the Pul..
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk who has been moving back and forth on his India dream for couple of years and unable to take..
The biggest test for India''s largest democracy is going to end in the Lok Sabha elections. The whole country''s..
US Navy Chief Admiral John Richardson said that his recent visit to India was a "critical opportunity" to streng..
Considering the threat percept to India''s crown jewel - Jammu & Kashmir - India''s deep state knows its intensi..
When there is only one bullet in the chamber, you don''t want to expend it needlessly, you want to ensure that y..
The New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency may house all the Central government offices but local issues have played t..
The bulwark of Lashkar-e-Tayiba''s ideology is to use political Islam as the tip of the spear in its hatred for ..
In the past couple of months the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has asked for an expression of Interest (EOI) to make..
Detecting land mines has always been a risky affair for Army units operating along border areas. Each year a few..
India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) has now gone deep into the detail design phase (DDP) which is exp..
Even as India and its security apparatus grapple with the imponderables that emerge constantly with Pakistan''s ..
India''s deep state is well versed in the art of intelligence warfare. Its human intelligence-led inputs to the ..
Call it a coincidence or whatever. Since 1992 by-elections, a party which wins the Lok Sabha constituency, forms..
China''s retreat from providing international protection for Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and its p..
US President Donald Trump and his Democratic adversaries put aside the fallout of the Russia investigations and ..
Creating a positive perception and a strong political brand even for a mass hero-politician is not an easy job, ..
Words are being shot like arrows in West Bengal as various parties take part in the country''s biggest political..
The emergence of populism and populist politics poses a fundamental challenge to liberal democracies globally. I..
Over the next several decades, India will either succeed in positioning itself as a major global power or it wil..
In a direct contest, most voters in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will vote for Rahul Gandhi as ..
China on Wednesday said the issue of blacklisting Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar at the UN panel was head..
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tossed its hat in the ring for the taking over of Air Indias iconic tower at Nar..
Caste intricacies has tied up the elections in Tamil Nadu in several knots because of a cluttered four-cornered ..
China on Monday said it won''t hold a grudge against India if it skipped the second edition of the Belt and Road..
In the continuing IL&FS noxious bonds saga, the creme de la creme of some of Indias top educational institutions..
It is crucial for the government to keep pushing towards more effective growth-oriented policy framing and imple..
The Indian elections that kicked off on Thursday are a democratic exercise the likes of which the world has neve..
The ''M'' factor will have decisive say in West Bengal polls as demographic profile of the state shows that ther..
A renowned journalist, he once greatly admired Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and penned a large num..
Kirstjen Nielsen, the head of the US Homeland Security has quit President Donald Trump''s cabinet amid an unprec..
It''s a constituency that has consistently voted for Rajputs though they make up just 12.5 per cent of the 17 la..
All politicians in Maharashtra love to call its 12-crore people a ''family''.No wonder, since politics runs in t..
Two daughters from vastly different backgrounds have returned to the badlands of eastern Uttar Pradesh to reclai..
China on Wednesday said it was working hard on the issue of blacklisting Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mo..
A kindergarten teacher has been detained for allegedly poisoning 23 children with nitrite in China''s Henan prov..
China on Friday said it was wrong to accuse it of sheltering terrorists because it put a technical hold on the r..
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has demanded that all countries should take stringent action to combat the financ..
Two cousins battle it out from a constituency, while the father of one of them is in the race from a neighbourin..
China on Thursday indicated that it won''t support the unilateral draft resolution circulated by the US to the U..
The US has expressed concern about space debris created by the anti-satellite (A-SAT) test carried out by India ..
The US is working with India to offer an alternative to the Russian S-400 Triumf missile defence system, accordi..
Thirty-seven years after it was inaugurated by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, a children''s park here in Amet..
As attention turns to issues for next year''s election, the Democratic Party has failed in its bid to overturn P..
Chinese authorities have destroyed 30,000 world maps for showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and also ref..
When Anna Hazare launched his India Against Corruption (IAC) in 2011, little did he realise the media convergenc..
Although it is now almost certain that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) - the group of parties led by the ..
The signalling at the Federal Reserve of the US meeting last week that no more interest rate hikes should be exp..
At the onset of the digital revolution, there was high expectation that digital communication technologies, espe..
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who delved into the murky depths of the 2016 election looking for links between ..
China on Tuesday indicated that it won''t recognise the successor of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama..
The street smart tactics of the Pakistan army - played out by Prime Minister Imran Khan at its behest - to some ..
US President Donald Trump has vetoed a bill blocking his declaration of a national emergency at the southern bor..
Over the last two-to-three decades, the major success story of the Indian economy has been the stellar growth of..
The fair sex is not getting a fair deal in tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh - but Rattan Manjari will have none ..
The US, which has launched an all-out diplomatic and economic campaign against the Nicolas Maduro government of ..
It''s encouraging to see innovation - a key to tackling pollution - coming from all corners, especially developi..
India has called for a "UN-led consensus on zero tolerance on terrorism", while condemning Pakistan''s use of cr..
In a controversial resolution that initially split the Democrats before being expansively reworded, the House of..
With an eye on the upcoming general elections, the Rajasthan BJP headquarters here set up a one-stop shop to pro..
Days after burying differences and finalizing seat-sharing agreement with Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab, Unio..
Islamic State (IS) sympathisers were using videos of Light Series on YouTube, a Yemen preacher and writer Anwar ..
The "sole" agenda of the Centre''s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (J&K) is to curb separatism in Jammu and Kashmir as th..
The Indian government will be making a mistake if the proposed amendments to the arbitration are cleared as cert..
To prevent Pulwama-like suicide attack in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed and casualties in anti-terror opera..
A new book on Kashmir restates the obvious but would be of interest to both scholars and the lay reader as it pr..
We live in the Age of Knowledge that set in with the success of the information technology (IT)revolution at the..
US President Donald Trump has said that there was a "dangerous situation" between India and Pakistan because of ..
A recent European Union intelligence sharing exercise with India has revealed that Lockheed Martin, the US-headq..
Than Myint from Myanmar suddenly woke up at around 4.30 a.m on Tuesday in her hotel room, struggling to breathe...
Facing the challenge of retaining all the four Lok Sabha seats, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur s..
China on Tuesday said it was not aware of Beijing''s reported plans to sell its first and only aircraft carrier ..
China on Monday chided the US for sailing two warships in the disputed South China Sea, a move that comes ahead ..
Two parallel peace processes on Afghanistan are underway. In Doha, Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative f..
Former high-profile Commerce and Industry minister Kamal Nath was once India''s face at the troubled world trade..
With 2019 underway, it would serve us well to look at some of the most pressing needs of Indian infrastructure. ..
Considering the significant role played by Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in increasing access to higher educa..
When the Marxists were striving to establish their hegemony in West Bengal, one of their favourite targets was t..
China-based smartphone maker Realme, which started its operations just eight months ago, is set to expand into I..
In the midst of the stand off between the West Bengal government and the Centre, the CBI is focusing on recoveri..
Sans any accountability and transparency, the Supreme Court Collegium system has been functioning like a "cabal"..
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is not only West Bengal''s first woman Chief Minister and perhaps the..
As political parties fight over pro-farmer schemes ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Economic Adviser Kris..
A politically enfeebled President Donald Trump will face the nation on Tuesday night with his State of the Union..
The government is planning to make the first payment under the Direct Income Support (DIS) for farmers, announce..
As the nation - and the capital city - observes the 71st anniversary of Gandhi''s martyrdom, unfortunately, ther..
Taking a blow to his outsize ego, US President Donald Trump has agreed to the Democrats'' terms to end the debil..
The mounting opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the northeastern states may derail the BJP''s bid..
In the summer of 2017, the Doklam incident could have taken a dramatic turn for India (and China too!); fortunat..
With over 7,000 km of coastline, India has a big potential for marine transport, but the lack of infrastructure ..
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has reported that India is on the verge of becoming a highly wat..
Unfazed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s statement that the government will wait for the Supreme Court ruling ..
To address various challenges for safety and expansion of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in India, a task-force..
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice President, Avinash Rai Khanna, on Tuesday said the party would fight ..
Just as Narendra Modi mocked the Congress on the rural employment scheme by saying that it was a living example ..
The renewable energy sector in India has been dynamic in the last two decades, and especially over the last few ..
Fuelled by policy reforms and rebound in credit, India''s economy is forecast to expand by 7.5 per cent during t..
"Problems" like Afghanistan, even Iran, created in the thick of the Cold War, are now in the lap of a declining ..
Unlike the Congress, the communists or the socialists, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has rarely seen major fi..
The UN is "very concerned" over India sending back Rohingya refugees to Myanmar without the world body''s refuge..
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which petitioned the Indian Supreme Court to stop jallikattu, is..
The UN''s fundamental position on equal rights for women applies across the board to all religions and in the ca..
After a massive exodus of foreign funds from the country''s capital market segment in 2018, analysts anticipate ..
If Telangana, with its welfare and development schemes, is emerging as a role model for other states in the coun..
Access to credit, data and transportation are among the most crucial drivers of economic well-being. To ensure b..
When Narendra Modi was running for office, he promised to create 10 million jobs per year. The Modi administrati..
With over 1.15 lakh postcards addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several meetings with MPs, thousands..
The coming general elections, along with the ongoing US-China trade war and crude oil prices will determine the ..
The Indian government is accelerating its programme of blending ethanol with petrol for two reasons: Our petrole..
Given the limited fiscal space to increase the expenditure on social services, such as education and health, it ..
The Supreme Court entered 2018 on a tumultuous note with four senior-most judges, on January 12, going public ov..
The year proved to be a remarkable one for women from the legal point of view, that is. Apart from allowing wome..
The day before the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) waxed eloquent on the triple talaq bill in parliament, saffron b..
The speed at which global technology giants changed the way people lead their lives - the way they talk to each ..
Embracing disruptive technologies to stay ahead of the curve, the buoyant Indian IT industry made digital busine..
Although the number of Indian research journals has spiraled to over 21,000 in 10 years, they are sadly not maki..
As 2018 ends and we head into 2019, it would be worthwhile to s an the investment horizon and identify important..
A year is a long time in politics. In Uttar Pradesh, the change of the calendar from 2017 to 2018 saw a tectonic..
"Kaun Banega Mukhyamantri" was being widely asked after the Rajasthan assembly elections were announced last wee..
Money, as they say, isn''t everything - but an analysis of expenditure patterns reveals a lot about government p..
China on Wednesday said it was not aware of the detention of the third Canadian as reported by the Canadian medi..
Afghanistan has welcomed the exemption from the Iran sanctions given by the US for the India-developed Chabahar ..
The results of the much-awaited state elections are finally out. By all accounts, it was unexpected that the Bha..
The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) on Thursday highlighted the outcome of its recent Virtual Summit and the Jume..
Indian Army of the future will be technology –driven accordingly, it is replacing or upgrading its inventory of ..
Traditionally, Navy Day is celebrated annually, on 4th December, to mark free India’s first naval victory in the..
With four big oil and gas producers blocking 193 countries from "welcoming" an influential climate science repor..
China will increase its green cover by building 20,000 national forest villages by 2020 in the country.
One of the few encouraging trends in the global efforts on mitigating climate change is the rapid adoption of so..
In her recent book, "What Gandhi Didn''t See: Being Indian In South Africa", author Zainab Priya Dala looks back..
Former senior Indian diplomat Preeti Saran has been elected unopposed to an Asia Pacific seat on the Committee o..
China on Monday reacted cautiously to the trilateral meet between India, Japan and the US on the sidelines of th..
As President Donald Trump went on another verbal rampage this week, decrying climate change, and the Federal Res..
In the midst of a government-Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tussle over utilisation of capital reserves of the cent..
Pitted against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bastion of Jhalrapat..
In this globalised world, there are many voices cheerleading the belief that location holds no relevance in comp..
Timed for the tenth anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai attack on Monday, the US government has announced a $5 millio..
India and China on Friday pledged to resolve their decades-long boundary dispute by intensifying their efforts t..
We live in an age when technology drives most of what we do in our day-to-day lives. And blessed as we are with ..
Globe-trotting former UN Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim, who will be known for his contributions to..
India and China will discuss their vexed boundary dispute and try to sort out major issues at the 21st round of ..
Political grapevine in Jammu and Kashmir was agog on Wednesday that the Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party (..
Over the same period, India''s per capita income increased by 522 per cent (from $1,134 to $7,055), providing mo..
China on Tuesday said it hoped the Maldives will think before scraping the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with it af..
An attack by a rebel group has injured an Indian police peacekeeper serving an UN operation in a Democratic Repu..
India on Monday said it is ready for more joint projects with China in Afghanistan, a strife-torn country whose ..
The crucial decision, approved by the High Level Empowered Committee (HLEC) headed by Home Minister Rajnath Sing..
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has lived up to his reputation as a Hindutva hawk. There has been n..
India and China have agreed to step up more military exchanges and interactions at defence talks held here.
पिछले साल जुलाई में चीनी सेना की टुकड़ियों की पूर्वोत्तर अफ्रीका के देश जिबूती में बने नए सैनिक अड्डे में तैनाती..
The US embargo on Cuba is preventing Indian companies from sending medicines and development-related equipment t..
With a dip in the mercury, the people of Nagaland''s Longleng district have started welcoming their annual winge..
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived here on Friday on a four-day visit to China which comes at a time whe..
Beijing on Thursday said it was not aware of India''s protest to the bus services planned between China and Paki..
India, which is facing several protests against development projects, has said that there has to be a better bal..
Pakistan has attacked growing arms sales to India by several countries, including the US and Russia, calling the..
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the big buzzword in the world of technology as it promises to change the way we ..
It cannot but be politically embarrassing for the Narendra Modi government that the decision to send two squabbl..
I interviewed Jamal Khashoggi in Jeddah in December 2001, months after 9/11. What struck me were his strong opin..
In what is a clear turnaround for the job opportunities in India, the aerospace sector is literally booming. Mul..
The first project under the strategic partnership model (SP-Model) will be the one to make 111 naval utility hel..
The Indian Army celebrates Zojia Day on 1st November. The day is celebrated to mark the capture of Zojila, a hig..
China and Japan, arch rivals in Asia, on Friday warmed up to each other as both countries stuck a slew of deals ..
If Narendra Modi can be "stopped" in the next elections then India should still be able to protect its pluralist..
After China and Russia failed to block a briefing on Myanmar, the Security Council heard the head of an independ..
Toxic smog has once again threatened to engulf the National Capital Region (NCR) as farmers in parts of Haryana ..
Attacks against artistes are happening not just because of "the rise of any particular ideology over the last tw..
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the worlds largest experimental fusion facility in ..
What is so great about 2019? Ask about any other year and one would get hundreds of answers. This year there app..
Has India, yet again managed to balance its ties between the US and Russia? The first-ever 2+2 dialogue, between..
Indian enterprises have realised the importance of selling experiences, not just products, and global 3D experie..
China on Tuesday sought to defend the CPEC after Pakistan decided to slash Chinese investments and review the mu..
By concluding the S-400 Triumf long-range surface-to-air missile system deal with Russia in the face of Washingt..
India has denounced Pakistan''s "preposterous" attempt to exploit and dishonour the memory of the innocent victi..
India will make a "sovereign decision" on Russian defence purchases, which are facing possible US sanctions, acc..
A wary China on Tuesday hoped the Maldives'' new government will provide an "enabling environment" to the Chines..
While India has taken tremendous strides in combating poverty in the past decade, Muslims, members of the Schedu..
The Super Hornet is a platform that is continuously evolving to outpace future threats. Every two years Boeing a..
China on Tuesday said the latest set of tariffs imposed by the US on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods will fo..
India has criticised the world body for not doing enough to cut off the drug trade that is financing the Taliban..
As turtle doves and pigeons compete with each other to the accompaniment of cicada''s flattering music to pick t..
The Byzantine and Roman sites of Ebla and Idlib, in northwest Syria, may well be reduced to dust if an explosion..
Millions of people residing in the lower reaches of the Ganga basin in India may face food shortage in the next ..
India has expressed regret that the Kashmir issue is being raised at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) after men..
China on Tuesday rejected a Financial Times report that Pakistan is mulling to negotiate the terms of the China-..
Suicides, between May and September, by two of its bright officers - one with the anti-terror squad (ATS) and th..
Two months ago, all 12 boys and the coach of a Thai football team were rescued after being trapped in a cave in ..
Ten years ago, on September 15, 2008, the dream run of the world economy came undone with the collapse of Lehman..
China on Monday said it will extend the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to the west of Pakistan.
The shifting at midnight of the Jammu and Kashmir police chief, S.P. Vaid, has triggered an interesting debate i..
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao, better known as KCR, is known for taking decisions which surprise his political ..
Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat, who has taken a leap of faith in his upcoming novel "The Girl in Room 105" in ..
China on Friday said it was "happy" to see the maiden "2+2" dialogue between India and the US and hoped the two ..
While the jury is still out on the "lethality of Shivpal", the Yadav chieftain is already braced for a long haul..
India has brushed aside Pakistan''s latest attempt to raise the Kashmir issue at a UN forum and instead took the..
"Transportation" infrastructure applies to physical goods as much as to non-physical goods. Infrastructure that ..
Experienced shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa said in order to improve the standards of Indian doubles teams, academy co..
Among the dozen or so guests US Ambassador Frank Wisner was escorting to Bhutan for a holiday was Richard Holbro..
If Rahul Gandhi participates in the meeting called by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to discuss the count..
Incidents of lynching have hurt India''s image, Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, who is in China to draw in more t..
China on Wednesday denied a media report that it is helping Afghanistan build a military base and eventually pla..
Infrastructure and economic policies under Atal Bihari Vajpayee''s prime ministership provide us with some cruci..