Further, Tucy also sought protection, citing international laws that obligate the preservation of cultural heritage sites. He argued that misrepresentation of historical facts has led to public unr…
With China facing strategic isolation and Western powers looking for stability, India is no longer the rising power, it is the anchor powerread moreIn the constantly shifting tectonics of global tr…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has begun targetting ultra-processed foods.Kennedy Jr has begun the process of eliminating a US Food and Drug Administration program calle…
Modi is visiting Mauritius on March 11 and 12 at the invitation of Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, primarily to grace the island nation’s national day celebrationsread moreIndia and Maurit…
Data shows that about 45 per cent women cite childcare and domestic commitments as reasons for not participating in the workforce, she noted adding that in the last six years, there is an enhanced …
The United States is facing a surge in measles cases, with an outbreak in West Texas leading to the country’s first measles-related death in a decade.US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, in a…
The Pune Police on Friday arrested the accused who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a stationary bus at Swargate bus station.read moreThe Pune Police on Friday arrested the accused who al…
The Union Government on Thursday appointed the current Finance Secretary, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, as the new chief of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).read moreThe Union Government on …
Donald Trump is known for some radical ideas and on Tuesday (February 25), he added to this list with the idea of selling a ‘gold card’ visa, promising permanent residency and a chance of citiz…
Gyanesh Kumar, who was named as an Election Commissioner in March last year, has been appointed India’s 26th Chief Election Commissioner.
Replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar, his term will run till…
A second aircraft carrying 119 illegal immigrants from the United States is set to land at Amritsar airport on Sunday, The Times of India reported. This development comes after a C-17 aircraft with…
After sealing strategic deals in France, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the United States where he will meet with President Donald Trump. The meeting between the two will be the first since…
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Washington, the Indian government on Monday backed the Chabahar Port project in Iran and stated that it has provided a much-needed alternative route to…
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the Income Tax Bill, sources told CNN-News 18.
Following the approval, the bill is expected to be tabled in the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed all security agencies to step up the fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir with the goal of achieving ‘zero infiltration’.
Chairing two…
Donald Trump has vowed to carry out the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in US history, and his administration is wasting no time in making it happen.
As part of this sweeping crackdown,…
The government has put “substantial amount of money” in hands of people through rejig of I-T slabs in the Budget and an additional 1 crore people will pay no tax due to hike in tax rebate to Rs 12…
Set to make history with her eighth consecutive Union Budget, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has worked tirelessly with key officials to prepare a budget of over Rs 50 lakh crore for…
The government of India recently approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, announcing that it would announced submit its report by the end of this year.
Despite there being a long time before…
India and China have agreed to resume direct air services between the two countries, New Delhi said in a statement on Monday after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited Beijing.
The announcement…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in China on Sunday for a two-day visit, during which he will engage in talks with Chinese officials. This is the second high-profile visit from India to China in…
The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday confirmed that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will travel to Beijing for a two-day official trip starting Sunday.
“Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Australia and Japan in Washington DC on Sunday, on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of…
The United States on Wednesday removed three Indian nuclear institutions from its ‘restrictive entity list.’ The three institutions are Indian Rare Earths (IRE), the Indira Gandhi Atomic Research…
US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan on Monday (January 6) met Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar.
Sullivan is on a two-day visit to India to hold talks with Jaishankar and his…
Asma al-Assad, wife of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is reportedly battling leukaemia.
According to The Telegraph report, she only has a 50 per cent of survival.
The former first lady, who…
Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh said it will wait for the response for a “certain time” from the Indian government on its formal request to extradite former prime minister Sheikh…
The Indian government has set up a high-level committee to address the historic shortage of aircraft in the Indian Air Force (IAF), according to a report.
Earlier this year,
it came to light that the…
Sanjay Malhotra took charge as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday, December 11. He succeeds Shaktikanta Das whose tenure ended on Tuesday.
A seasoned bureaucrat,…
Sanjay Malhotra will be the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from December 11, 2024. He succeeds Shaktikanta Das whose tenure ends on Tuesday.
A seasoned bureaucrat, Malhotra will be the 26th Governor of…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday strongly responded to provocative remarks made by certain Bangladeshi politicians, who claimed that Bangladesh could occupy Bengal within…
The Union government has appointed Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to CNBC-TV18.
Malhotra succeeds Shaktikanta Das as the Governor…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning to discuss bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh, officials said. This is the first high-level official visit after the…
In a progressive step towards embracing artificial intelligence (AI), the Government of Andhra Pradesh has partnered with Google to accelerate AI adoption and innovation. Through a Memorandum of…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a meeting on Tuesday to chart next year’s Union Budget. A review of the Income Tax Act and reclassification of the Customs Act were among the topics on the…
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile on Saturday. The trial was conducted at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island…
Suicide among US military service members continues to increase highlighting a distressing trend despite extensive prevention efforts. According to the US Department of Defence’s latest annual report,…
The disengagement between India and China from the two remaining face-off sites – Depsang and Demchok – in eastern Ladakh is nearly complete, with the Chinese troops inching backward to their…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday (Octobe 22) on the sidelines of the Brics summit in Kazan, marking their first meeting since Pezeshkian assumed office…
India and China have reached a deal on patrolling their disputed Himalayan frontier, aiming to resolve a four-year military stand-off, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday.
The two…
India and China have completed military disengagement in eastern Ladakh, said Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar.
The comment comes within hours of an announcement by Foreign Secretary Vikram…
India and China have reached an agreement regarding the yearslong military stand-off in eastern Ladakh, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of Prime Minister…
News18 SheShakti2024 with its theme ‘Breaking Barriers’ was an endeavour to celebrate fiery women leaders, who have not only made us proud but elevated India’s stature in the global competitive arena….
India and the US have inked an agreement to cooperate on strengthening supply chains in the two countries for lithium, cobalt and other critical minerals. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met US President Joe Biden, who described the India-US partnership as “stronger, closer, and more dynamic than any time in history”.
The two leaders met on the…
Ending the logjam persisting for the last 41 days, agitating junior doctors announced the withdrawal of their sit-in before Swasthya Bhawan on Friday and partial resumption of duties entailing the…
The mantra is to move on and concentrate on work, said India’s former United Nations (UN) Envoy Ruchira Kamboj at Network 18’s SheShakti 2024.
Kamboj was the first woman to be the Permanent…
The West Bengal government on Monday has extended “final” invite to the junior doctors protesting in Kolkata for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at 5 pm at her residence in Kalighat.
The…
The peaceful city of Shimla on Wednesday witnessed chaos after protests erupted over the alleged illegal construction inside a mosque in the Sanjauli area. Protestors clashed with police as they…
Junior doctors, who have been protesting for over a month seeking justice for the 31-year-old woman who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, have agreed to hold talks with the…
“It’s a people’s movement… the Supreme Court should not forget that,” said that doctors in Kolkata who declared that they would continue with their protest against the rape and murder of 31-year-old…
A day after India reported its first suspected case of mpox virus in a young male patient, the Union government on Monday issued a fresh advisory to all the states and union territories (UTs) calling…
Over 6,900 corruption cases probed by the CBI were pending trials in different courts, 361 for more than 20 years, according to the latest annual report of the Central Vigilance Commission…
Five years ago, the government of West Bengal state in India pledged to clamp down on violence against doctors. It promised public hospitals better security equipment, female guards to support female…
Indian government has launched the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as a response to growing concerns among young government employees about the adequacy of their pension benefits.
The new scheme,…
Narendra Modi on Friday became the first Indian prime minister to visit Ukraine since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1993. Modi arrived in Kyiv from Poland by train. His Ukraine…