India’s retail inflation rose to 6.21 per cent on an annual basis in October, according to government data released on Tuesday (November 12). The price hike digits are now up from a nine-month high of…
Tension has been high in Manipur since last week due to a fresh round of violence in Jiribam.
In the latest incident reported on Monday (November 11), at least 10 suspected Kuki insurgents were shot…
After celebrating Diwali, people of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) woke up on Friday to a thick blanket of toxic smoke and “very poor” air quality.
There was a complete ban on…
The Telangana government in response to recent health scares has placed an immediate ban on the production and sale of mayonnaise made from raw eggs.
This urgent move comes on the heels of troubling…
Diwali, also known as Deepawali, is considered one of the most auspicious Hindu festivals worldwide. It symbolises the power of light over darkness, and conveys the traditional Indian wisdom that…
The Swiggy Limited IPO will open for subscription on November 6. On Wednesday, the food delivery giant announced that the price band for its $1.35 billion domestic initial public offering has been…
India-manufactured weapons and other defence equipment are now in big demand overseas. The US, France and Armenia have ranked the top three buyers of India’s arms, increasing total military sales to…
With the festival of lights, Diwali just a couple of days away, Delhi is gasping for breath after its overall air quality remained in the ‘very category’ on Monday, making it hazardous for…
Scurvy may not be a disease you might have heard of in the 21st century. Yet, about 300 years after naval surgeon James Lind discovered citrus juice as a remedy for this 15th-century disease, the…
Germany’s Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck emphasised the urgent need to rebalance the country’s trade policies at the 18th Asia Pacific Conference of German Business in New Delhi, saying that Germany…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to India has already yielded positive results as the country on Friday announced that it would significantly boost the number of visas issued to skilled…
Hours after India and China reached an agreement to end the nearly four-year military standoff in eastern Ladakh, the disengagement process started at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with the…
Terror has engulfed the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. There have been four different terror attacks in the past week, the last one occurring on Thursday evening (October 24) when two soldiers…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday once again backed a two-state solution in the ongoing conflict in West Asia and said “any approach has to be fair and durable”.
Speaking at the Brics…
Two terrorists, who opened fire on a camp sheltering construction workers in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on October 20 leaving seven dead, have been captured in CCTV footage where they were seen…
During his interactions with world leaders at the 16th Brics Summit 2024 in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s spoke on key global concerns, from the importance of diplomacy in resolving…
Hyundai Motor India made its stock market debut on Tuesday (October 22) and slipped almost 6 per cent during the day’s trade, but with a market capitalisation surpassing Rs 1.59 lakh crore after…
A Chinese “interests” angle has surfaced in the terror attack carried out on Sunday evening by the Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba, on the labour camp at a…
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia for BRICS Summit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday emphasised the enduring nature of India-Russia relations, saying that Moscow…
Amid the recent political upheaval in Bangladesh, American apparel buyers have shifted their focus and dependency on India as they see a political stability in the country.
Trust building on…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be on a visit to India from October 24 and ahead of his trip, his Cabinet has approved a key strategic document, titled ‘Focus on India’ which highlights the future…
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, said that his country’s relationship with India should not be held captive by the past and both the nations should “bury the past” and “think of the…
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar held brief, informal talks over two days during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conclave in Islamabad,…
Obesity is hard to escape.
A peculiar case of a woman who took tapeworm egg pills as a quick-fix solution to lose weight has come to light.
Doctors said she ended up with a devastating illness and…
An Air India Mumbai-New York flight was diverted to New Delhi Airport on Monday after a security concern arising out of bomb threat.
Air India flight AI119 which took off for New York’s John F….
Researchers have found that improper arm positioning can affect the accuracy of blood pressure readings.
The study is significant because variations in readings may result in an increased number of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for “peace and stability” in West Asia, saying, “everyone wants whether it is Eurasia or West Asia, peace and stability should be restored as soon as…
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani expressed grief over the passing away of his “dear friend” Ratan Tata, calling his death “a big loss, not just to the Tata Group, but to every…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s new six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday expressed confidence in India’s ‘resilient’ growth story.
After assessing the evolving macroeconomic and…
The government has extended the implementation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA in four districts of Assam after reports of “recent disturbances” in the neighbouring country…
With the BJP racing ahead in Haryana as per the early trends, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the “biggest lesson” of the poll results is that one should never be “overconfident” in the…
Farmers in India are getting only about a third of the final selling price of vegetables and fruits, in contrast to other sectors, a series of research papers published by the Reserve Bank of India…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has been practicing shooting targets mimicking Chinese spy balloons at very high-altitudes with a Rafale fighter jet.
The contingency plans are being carried out by the Air…
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu is on his first bilateral State visit to India. Muizzu, whose stance has been notably pro-Beijing, has assured that his country’s relations with China will not…
In a significant step towards implementing India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), NCRTC has commenced trial runs on the Sahibabad-New Ashok Nagar section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut…
Security personnel killed 28 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in the Bastar region on Friday in one of the biggest operations against Maoists in Chhattisgarh, a senior police official said.
Hailing the…
Forbes India will celebrate the 11th edition of Under 30 in Mumbai on October 4, 2024. The prestigious list recognises young innovators and leaders who are redefining the future and embodying the…
Chinese scientists claimed to have cured a type 1 diabetes patient using cell transplants in what was stated to be the first such case in the world.
The 25-year-old patient, who had the chronic…
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday acknowledged the bilateral relations it shares with India, saying that Jamaica has a lot to learn from the country.
Holness, who is on his first trip…
In an exclusive interview with Firstpost Managing Editor Palki Sharma at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi, Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi addressed a range of pressing topics…
When he left the Supreme Court on Monday, Atul Kumar was beaming.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud used its extraordinary powers to ask the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)…
The French government, led by Emmanuel Macron, has submitted India the best and final price offer for the 26 Rafale Marine Jet deal, just ahead of the two-day scheduled visit of National Security…
The Indian government lifted the ban on non-basmati white rice exports late Friday, a decision that has already sent waves of excitement through the agricultural sector. Just months after the ban was…
Two women and a child were killed, while nine others were injured in a blast at an “illegal” firecracker unit in a village in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Saturday, police said. Workers and some of…
India’s call for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council has found support among major global players with US and France being the pioneers in pushing New Delhi’s inclusion. The latest country to…
Indo-Russia joint venture BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd will have at least 15 per cent of the technical vacancies in the company filled by Agniveers. Additionally, half of the vacancies in administrative…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Karnataka High Court Judge Justice V Srishananda over his recent controversial remarks.
A five-judge bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud closed the…
The untimely death of a 26-year-old woman at Ernst & Young (EY) in Pune has shed light on the missing work-life balance in India.
On Tuesday, a similar case made headlines in Lucknow.
A woman at a…
The much-awaited first phase of Mumbai’s first underground Metro will be commissioned soon, subject to safety clearance, Ashwini Bhide, managing director for Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) said…
India has reported the first case of Mpox clade 1b from Kerala’s Malappuram after a 38-year-old man who travelled from United Arab Emirates showed symptoms. According to the official sources, this is…
As cases of Alzheimer’s disease continue to rise across the world, concerns are growing about the impact of this progressive neurological disorder on individuals. Alzheimer’s, which impairs various…
Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt has gone into more detail about her battle with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Alia, in an interview with The Lallantop, said, “I have been zoning out from…
In one of his first comments since the Tirupati laddoo row blew over, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP government is “doing politics in the…
Stolen customer data including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after Telegram’s founder was accused of…
New Delhi on Thursday slammed Reuters report on diversion of Indian defence exports to Ukraine, terming it “inaccurate and mischievous.”
“We have seen the Reuters report. It is speculative and…
The death of Anna Sebastian Perayil, a 26-year-old chartered accountant with Ernst & Young India, allegedly due to “work pressure” has created massive outrage with the company, considered to be one of…
BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday accused Rahul Gandhi of having a history of abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and OBCs, and of siding with anti-India forces, days after the opposition party…
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery with the identification of a new blood group system, MAL, solving a medical mystery that has puzzled researchers for more than five decades.
This newly…
Southern states of India, which did not show “exceptional” performance before 1991, have emerged as the leading economic powerhouse following the economic liberalisation. “Overall, the southern states…
Manipur is slowly limping back to normalcy after weeks of disturbance with schools reopening on Tuesday. The internet suspension has also been lifted in all the districts of the northeastern…