United Nations: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, is set to make a rare appearance Wednesday on the world stage when he speaks at the UN General Assembly in what is likely the first time a foreign leader addresses the world body while their country is at...
New York: India and the US Wednesday discussed bilateral relations and New Delhi's concerns regarding the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. Jaishankar, who...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court was told Wednesday that there was a "premeditated collusion" between Odisha government and the Centre in withdrawing senior IPS officer Sushant Kumar Nath's integrity certificate merely based on a CBI communication. Senior advocate P Chidambaram, appearing for petitioner Jayanta Das,...
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings on the margins of the General Assembly, during which he discussed reformed multilateralism, the need for an effective UN Security Council and collaboration in the fields of Artificial Intelligence...
New Delhi: The proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union could be signed by the end of this year, German Ambassador to India Dr Jasper Wieck said Wednesday, adding that unlocking the pact's economic potential and boosting bilateral trade and investment...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday delivered a split verdict on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a Constitution Bench. While Justice Dipankar Datta rejected...
New Delhi: Terming the SIR a "Frankenstein which has created fear in the minds of voters", former chief election commissioner O P Rawat Wednesday said changes to the statutory voter registration Form 6 are "absolutely wrong and illegal". Another former CEC, S Y Quraishi, questioned...
New Delhi: All banks, including Regional Rural Banks, will remain open Sunday for the convenience of customers in view of a strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), finance ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The UFBU, which claims to represent 90...
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said 'vote chori' is a direct attack on the Constitution, and the BJP, the RSS and the Election Commission who organised it have committed an act of treason. Justice will be served, the leader of opposition in the...
Nagoya: Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally completed her medal collection, winning the elusive Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event in Nagoya Wednesday. The Tokyo Olympic silver medallist totalled 198kg, lifting 88kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk to...
By Dilip Cherian The next big change in India’s babudom may not come through another cadre reform or a new...
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The alleged suicide by a second-year B. Tech student of the prestigious IIT Bombay, one of India’s most premier institutes,...
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Political satire, which in the present social media age also assumes the form of memes, is a healthy process of...
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Almost ten years ago on 8 November 2016 when PM Narendra Modi personally, in a highly insensitive and arbitrary manner,...
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