New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Thursday said border areas had been neglected in the past but were now a top priority of the Narendra Modi government, as he sought to counter claims of fresh Chinese incursions in Arunachal Pradesh. Rijiju also invoked...
New Delhi: The NSUI has criticised the NCERT's reconstituted Textbook Development Team for political science textbooks of Classes 11 and 12, saying that the team includes members who have direct or indirect links with the RSS-affiliated ecosystem. The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) raised...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday received his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, in New Delhi, for high-level talks to deepen defence cooperation between the two countries. Welcoming the Japanese Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh took to X and posted, "Konichiwa Koizumi San! Happy to...
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu Thursday chaired a review meeting to assess the national capital's preparedness for the upcoming BRICS Summit 2026. The Lieutenant Governor took to social media 'X' and said, "Chaired a review meeting on Delhi’s preparedness for the upcoming...
United Nations: In an implied criticism of Pakistan's role in dealing with terrorism, India has called for transparency in the Security Council listing and delisting groups as terrorist organisations, adding that it should not be driven by narrow political interests. "Presence in the Security Council...
Singapore: Top Indian ministers Thursday met Prime Minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, here and discussed the progress made in implementing the roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, External Affairs Minister (EAM)...
Washington: US Senator Mark Warner has demanded answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over paid advertisements containing alleged child sexual abuse material, citing an earlier investigation that found similar advertisements running on Instagram in India. Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said Meta had allowed advertisements featuring...
Bangui: The death toll from a gold mine collapse in a western part of Central African Republic has risen to more than 100, a Red Cross volunteer involved in relief efforts and a local official said Wednesday. The low-tech, artisanal gold mine collapsed Tuesday morning...
Washington: Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. As a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of Trump's second-term...
Amstelveen: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Abhishek scored a brace each to help India beat arch-rivals Pakistan 5-3 in their final Pool D match of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup here Wednesday. Harmanpreet struck twice from two penalty corners in the fifth and 21st minutes,...
A foreign outlet interviewed me this week and at the end of it, after we had wrapped up, the interviewer...
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Uttar Pradesh’s latest babu reshuffle, while seemingly routine, is difficult to view in isolation. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved...
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Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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