“The downturn in India-Canada relations was caused by the licence that was given to the extremist and secessionist elements in the country. Our hope is that we can rebuild our ties based on mutua…
Tukergram, a small hamlet situated on a hillock in Gram Panchayat (GP) Tarinipur, Katigora block of Cachar district, Assam, has only 32 households and a population of 152. The word ‘Tuker’ mean…
Mounjaro, an injectable medication designed to support weight loss, works by imitating the effects of two natural hormones, GLP-1 and GIP, which help control appetite, blood sugar levels, and diges…
US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has launched Mounjaro, a diabetes and weight-loss drug, in India. Priced at Rs 3,500 for a 2.5 mg vial, the ‘game-changing’ medication has debuted in the Ind…
Since January, a total of 388 Indian deportees have arrived in the country till date after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing all illegal immigrants to leave the country …
Noida-based edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah has filed a draft IPO papers with regulator Sebi through a confidential pre-filing routeread morePhysicsWallah, the edtech unicorn based in Noida, has filed…
Waqas Hassan, a Pakistani entrepreneur recently landed in India without a valid visa. During his six-hour layover in Mumbai, Hassan enjoyed the famous vada pao with some cutting chai and even picke…
Pune witnessed a horrifying incident as a fire that broke out in a minibus was found to be a deliberate act of sabotage. Police revealed on Thursday that the blaze, which occurred in the city’s I…
Anaemia remains a major public health concern in India, affecting women, children and pregnant mothers, leading to severe health complications. Firstpost brings you an expert’s view on when a tra…
The report, prepared by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford in collaboration with Gallup, found Finland to be the happiest country on the face of the Earth, followed by Denmar…
India’s wait is over.The popular anti-obesity drug Mounjaro is finally here.The development comes after Eli Lilly received approval from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDS…
The flight, operated by Qeshm Air from Iran, landed at Dabolim airport (in South Goa) at 6.30 pm on Wednesday, bringing 140 tourists to the state, a tourism department official said in a releaserea…
After years of financial exclusion, NBFCs are playing a crucial role in bridging the gapread moreIn rural India, women are increasingly becoming aware of financial matters, but mere awareness is no…
The two airlines have entered into a codeshare partnership. Generally, a codeshare partnership allows an airline to book its passengers on its partner carrier on a single ticketread moreAir India h…
The 155mm/52-calibre ATAGS have been designed and developed by DRDO and will be produced by private defence firms Bharat Forge and Tata Advanced Systemsread moreIndia’s government has approved a …
The 30-share BSE Sensex surged 899.01 points, settling at 76,348.06 after breaching the 76K mark. The broader Nifty 50 index, on the other hand, jumped 283.05 points to end the day at 23,190.65read…
Nearly five years after the tragic death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, her father, Satish Salian, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking a fresh investig…
X Corp claims that the government’s reliance on Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act, along with the introduction of the Sahyog Portal, has led to an opaque and arbitrary takedown process that contrave…
Security forces neutralised 18 Naxalites in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday. The operation, which took place near the Bijapur-Dantewada border, also claimed the life o…
Days after violent clashes shook Maharashtra’s Nagpur, police have arrested the man accused of orchestrating the unrest—Fahim Shamim Khan, a local politician from the Minorities Democratic Part…
Violence erupted in Nagpur following communal clashes over Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb. In response, the Maharashtra State Cyber Department has taken action against social media accounts spre…
While HPV prevention efforts have largely focussed on women, the virus poses significant health risks to men as well emphasising the need for gender-inclusive vaccination strategies to curb its ris…
Peru’s Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer Salcedo on Tuesday said that Peru and India have gravitational attraction and that this natural affinity should be formalised through Free Trade Agreements …
Greece’s National Security Advisor Athanasios Ntokos on Wednesday said that the current sentiment in Brussels and other major European capitals is that “we need to do more about European strate…
Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue 2025 in New Delhi on Wednesday, during the session titled The Big Picture: The World in 50 Minutes, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri stressed the urgency of UN reform…
The glamorous beauty contest is at the centre of a political debate in Telangana. The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao has accused the Revanth Reddy-led Congress governmen…
Nagpur witnessed a night of chaos earlier this week as violent clashes erupted over the demand to demolish Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tombAmid the mayhem, a female police officer became a victim …
India has an extensive history of participation in peacekeeping missions. Given Russia’s rejection of forces from any Nato member country sending peacekeepers, New Delhi has emerged as a key alte…
Calling the
Raisina Dialogue a “crossroads” for open and multi-dimensional discussions, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday that the forum has, over the years, influenced global disco…
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday reaffirmed his country’s commitment to upholding freedom of speech within legal boundaries as he addressed India’s concerns regarding the…
“I believe that diplomacy is always the first thing to do, violence is never the right answer. I had a phone call with President Putin, and I told him, that to start a war is easy, but to end a w…
India and New Zealand aim to sign a free trade agreement in the next two months, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Tuesday, a move that could expand bilateral trade in agricu…
For more than a decade, Hungary’s government has pursued policies that closely resemble the ideological stances that propelled Trump to the White House in 2016, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Af…
Nearly 3,700 attendees and over 800 speakers and delegates from around 130 countries worldwide will attend the Raisina Dialogueread moreDefence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with his Nether…
‘Three years later, it does look like I’m the one that got egg on my face because clearly, the policy has meant that India has actually a prime minister who can hug both the president of Ukrain…
A 45-year-old woman in the West Bengal capital, Kolkata, has been diagnosed with human coronavirus or HKU1.According to a report, the woman had been suffering from a persistent fever, cough, and co…
New Zealand’s Luxon spoke at Firstpost’s IdeasPod as part of the Raisina Dialogue, explaining his country’s concerns in a fast-changing world and expressed optimism about a stronger relations…
Tulsi Gabbard mentioned that even in the four years that President Trump was not in office, he and PM Modi continued to build upon the close friendship that they had inculcatedread moreThe United S…
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlights the West’s hypocrisy in trying to dominate global diplomacy. He gave the example of how the West transformed Pakistan’s invasion of K…
Aurangzeb, the longest reigning Mughal Emperor, died in 1707. Years and years later, his final resting place — his tomb — has become a hot topic and a cause of violence in the city of Nagpur in…
Flagging the threats that might arise in the absence of an international order, he said, “It’s not just big countries who will benefit if there is no world order. Any country which will have ex…
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, along with other international leaders, including New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, is attending the Raisina Dialogueread moreNepal’s Forei…
Hours after US President Donald Trump shared a video link of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with US-based podcaster Lex Fridman on Truth Social, PM Modi on Monday joined the Trump-own…
“The world order is undergoing a great churn. This requires leadership, the kind we have in the room today. It requires systems to think differently, honest conversations, fresh ideas and creativ…
Luxon arrived in the city on Sunday on a five-day official visit to India to attend the Raisina Dialogue 2025. Earlier this morning, the New Zealand PM paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi in Rajghat.read…
Aspirin, one of the world’s most common over-the-counter painkillers, may have a powerful new role beyond relieving headaches and reducing fevers. Scientists have discovered that this inexpensive…
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Monday highlighted the long-standing relationship between Indians and New Zealanders, emphasising over two centuries of shared history at the Raisina…
India’s wholesale inflation rose to 2.38% in February whereas food inflation rose to 5.94, according to government data released todayread moreWholesale price inflation marginally rose to 2.38 pe…
New Zealand has also formally entered two key frameworks set up by India– Indo-Pacific Oceans’ Initiative (IPOI) and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). An MoU for defen…
Following the tragic hit-and-run case in Gujarat’s Vadodara, police have found that accused Rakshit Chaurasia had last month created a ruckus after allegedly being drunk. Now he has confessed to …
Gabbard is visiting India as a part of her multi-nation visit. The Asia leg of Gabbard’s trip will culminate in an address on March 18 at the Raisina Dialogue, a multinational gathering of securi…
According to the External Affairs Ministry, the ‘Quad Workshop on Pandemic Preparedness for the Indo-Pacific Region’ will concentrate on pandemic preparedness, namely governance, monitoring, an…
The Defence Minister and the American National Intelligence Chief in the South Block and discuss the issues of mutual interest for the two sides, defence ministry officials saidread moreDefence Min…
The Raisina Dialogue is an annual geopolitical and economics conference dedicated to resolving the world’s most pressing concernsread moreNepal’s Foreign Minister, Arzu Rana Deuba, left for Ind…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are set to jointly start the 10th edition of the conference, which will take place from March 17 to 19read moreNew Zeal…
The list released by the Ministry of Home Affairs names 45 organisations that are officially categorized as terrorist organisations under Section 35 of the UAPA and are included in the First Schedu…
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is the Chief Guest of the Raisina Dialogue starting todayread morePrime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 10th edition of Raisina Dialogue …
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks, the country listens and that’s what happened when the Indian leader sat down for an “epic three-hour podcast” with MIT researcher Lex Fridman on Sund…
Marking his first official visit to India as Prime Minister, Luxon has brought along New Zealand’s largest-ever delegation on a foreign trip, comprising community and business leadersread moreNew…
PM Modi drew a parallel between the mission undertaken by the Doge and his own idea to free India from “deep-rooted issues and harmful practices”. He also highlighted the removal of 40,000 unne…