After clinching her maiden Commonwealth Games medal, five-time world champion M.C. Mary Kom says she took the Go..
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India has expressed concern over the rising improvised explosive device (IED) attacks on UN peacekeepers and cal..
Those caught up in the hustle bustle of a city life - and craving for someplace pristine, calm and relaxed - wil..
An indication as to how difficult it is going to be for the opposition at the national level to get its act toge..
Water taps in India''s Silicon Valley may soon turn dry if authorities don''t revive Bengaluru''s water bodies a..
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India has a coastline of approximately 7,500 km and as we look to build infrastructure to boost economic growth ..
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A Swachh marathon conducted by the Dettol company, Reckitt Benckiser, in collaboration with NDTV, as part of the..
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With a powerful combination of brainpower, entrepreneurial energy and favourable demographics, India is the worl..
Scholars and economists will argue whether these two actions were necessary or beneficial. I will leave that deb..
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who is of late involved in mediation on the Ayodhya issue, says the ..
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Having apparently succeeded in making some inroads into the Muslim community, specially among women, by aggressi..
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the world''s fastest-growing economy, and Emmanuel Macron, President of the wor..
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The International Solar Alliance (ISA), jointly launched by India and France at the UN Climate Change Conference..
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As a globally renowned professional historian, she has in recent years been the target of vicious right wing tro..
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Where does one seek authentic information about India''s contemporary military history? The Ministry od Defence ..
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Patriotic songs by Lata Mangeshkar and other artistes clash with India''s national song "Vande Mataram" as they ..
The Assembly polls in Tripura on Sunday will see 23 women contesting, including two pitted against Chief Ministe..
For the last half of the 20th century, the United States was the world's beacon for democracy and economic devel..
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The eleven-month-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh is pulling out all stops to make t..
Conspiracy theorists, who prove mostly right in the topsy turvy post-9/11 world, are these days busy switching c..
Nazi Germany seemed an epitome of an (extreme) ideology-driven regime stressing the objective of fostering pure ..
One hopes that Indian diplomats and national-security managers are doing some serious soul-searching about how a..
While the global 3D printing industry is pegged at somewhere between $4 billion and $5 billion, market intellige..
About 82 per cent of the growth in global wealth accrued to the world''s top one per cent over the last year whi..
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The government''s move to increase expenditure on food processing, infrastructure, healthcare and rural economy ..
I received a call from an editor reminding me of my stay with the Beatles 50 years ago this February in Rishikes..
India has said that the various options and differing views of nations on Security Council reform should be pres..
Indian Railways'' all new 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive - being produced in collaboration with Alstom of..
Marxist leader Manik Sarkar, who has been guiding the destiny of Tripura for 20 long years, remains arguably Ind..
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In a speech bubbling with patriotism and economic policy of America First, President Donald Trump has reiterated..
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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the India-Pakistan border situation where there has been firing ..
This is written from my adopted homeland of the United States of America to celebrate Republic Day in my motherl..
India is putting together this year its largest entourage of ministers, policymakers and business leaders for th..
Ironically for a President who ran on a platform of scaling back the government, Donald Trump began the annivers..
Unlike most countries, the budget is usually an eventful affair in India and is a heated topic of national conve..
The visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to India (January 14-19) commemorates the 25th anniversar..
India has taken on a major leadership role in fighting climate change when others are failing, UN Secretary Gene..
In the same week as a Delhi court acquitted all the accused in the 2G fiasco, the Comptroller and Auditor Genera..
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Through much of 2017, the picturesque Darjeeling Hills - once a dreamy tourist gateway - simmered with violence ..
Ten years ago, when three women walked into Shabnam''s one-roomed home here one afternoon, her six- and seven-ye..
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Concerted action against militants and appointment of an interlocutor to carry forward the dialogue process were..
Ditching their neutral white laboratory coats, Indian scientists this year hit the streets in large numbers depl..
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Fiction was almost lost from Indian publishing at about this time last year. With about three non-fiction titles..
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The RM has done her graduation and Masters in economics. I expect her to be peripherally aware of Defence issues..
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The final scene has the late Bal Thackeray predictably announcing in very matter of fact tones, from his Mumbai ..
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Saudi Ambassador to India Saud Al-Sati has said that his country has "credible evidence" that Iran was behind th..
India is ranked 14th in this year''s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2018 out of 56 nations and the Euro..
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As a one-time Bollywood diva, acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer and Carnatic singer Vyjayanthimala has seen it all ..
Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic cooking p..
India''s independence movement was built on the principle of non-violence but a new book by noted historian Upin..
It is high time corruption in the private sector is criminalised if the war on corruption has to be effective, s..
Continuous monitoring of water levels in the foothills of the Himalayas can warn about an impending earthquake i..
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The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hamburg on the sidelines of..
A Rohingya petitioner on Friday told the Supreme Court that they were not illegal immigrants but refugees who fl..
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The BRICS Summit was largely an uneventful affair this year. Apart from the usual declarations for greater coope..
It''s high time India reviewed its first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system that is increasingly emerging as ..
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From the time of her birth, Antimbala was told she was unwanted and a burden to her family. She was convinced sh..
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The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Fund has set a new standard for cooperation among developing countries, a t..
The areas of convergence between India and China are diminishing while those of confrontation have become "more ..
Stephen McCaffrey is considered "the single-most respected authority on international water law", and is now the..
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The government is "open for dialogue with everybody" in Jammu and Kashmir but without preconditions, Union Home ..
Accustomed as we are to shrill hyperbole in India''s public discourse, the description of the tense Himalayan fa..
For over two months now, border guards of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been locked in a stand-off..
Contrary to what some sections of the Indian media would have us believe, two armies alone do not go to war, nor..
The prediction by a team of physicists led by IISER-Kolkata on how the corona of the sun would look during the A..
The Indian rupee has been on a rising spree this year. Beginning from historical lows back in December-January, ..
President Donald Trump has signaled an open-ended involvement without an identifiable end game by announcing a c..
This is a true story. I am revisiting it with a purpose: So that it collides head on with the nation''s 70th ann..
As India celebrates its 71st Independence Day, it must remember the sacrifices made by leaders of the freedom mo..
Though demonetisation had some positives, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Bimal Jalan says he would ..
On August 31, 1942, Lord Linlithgow wrote to Winston Churchill: "I am engaged here in meeting by far the most se..
As reports of the border stand-off between India and China continue to hog headlines, one of the concerns raised..
The Security Council has imposed the toughest ever sanctions on North Korea, squeezing the flow of the defiant n..
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remains the tough guy of the state''s politics unlike his predecessors, w..
China has blamed the US for the North Korea missile crisis and asserted the only solution was for Washington and..
The 2017 National Energy Policy (NEP), drafted by the NITI Aayog, takes the baton forward from the 2006 Integrat..
There is no single voice of the Kashmiri youth like today''s popular media narrative seems to convey: the voice ..
Eminent space scientist G. Madhavan Nair on Thursday said he was hopeful of a joint space programme between Indi..
The depressing drumbeat of bad news from Jammu and Kashmir and Bhutan''s Doklam plateau may or may not be a cons..
With more than half of this year''s tourist season over, alarm bells are already ringing for those associated wi..
After the Sukma massacre of 25 of its troopers in April, the paramilitary CRPF has weaved "much better coordinat..
There was a time when Urdu couplets written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz or Ghalib were read from books or heard at ''mush..
There has been much mud-slinging after news of a senior army officer''s wife humiliating a junior officer''s wif..
Ram Nath Kovind''s first speech as President was in keeping with his low-key personality.He said all the right t..
Of all romanticism associated with poetry, the ethereal and carefree life of a poet is perhaps the most adored. ..
Modern avionics and systems may make flying a fighter easier, but also lead to more complex tasks at hand, says ..
As the new generation Mig-35 fighter, touted as being superior to the US F-35, made its public debut at the MAKS..
Deliveries of Russian Ka-226T helicopters, which India is buying and which would subsequently be made in India, ..
On the eve of the May 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections, Arun Jaitley shared his campaign experiences with som..
Faced with an "unusual situation" arising out of the indefinite shutdown in the northern West Bengal hills, Darj..
For the people of this Himalayan kingdom, it''s more convenient to travel with India than to be at a crossroads ..
Any infantry is today called ‘blind’ if it does not have good all weather day and night shooting ability. A ri..
Even as India and Israel officially mark 25 years of diplomatic relations in 2017, it’s a little known fact that..
New fighter jets and transport planes will add to the work for Indian companies in sheer dollar-value. New Delhi..
China has remained an enigma for a long time. It is because of the feeling that China has that she is the centre..
India''s power grid needs to be upgraded if the plan to sharply step up power from renewable energy is to be suc..
Former Finance Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha says the Indian economy is actually growing at five per ce..
When people think of climate change, pictures of melting glaciers, sweltering heat in summers and flooding of co..
With a decision to allow commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard pending, a top executive of..
"Instead of paying that extra amount to the government, which is a loss, we have put up a sale to liquidate thes..
The NITI Aayog will begin to evaluate quarterly performances of Union Territories (UTs) in the country with a fo..
"Tear down this wall," Ronald Reagan, former Republican President of the US, challenged Mikhail Gorbachev in his..
He maintains he has reservations about "making quick" judgements about the note ban decision that had affected t..
China on Tuesday said it was in touch with Russia over India''s application for membership of the Nuclear Suppli..
If this is the bad news, what is even worse is that the situation appears to be slipping out of the hands of bot..
Let it be 8 p.m., "my whisky time", noted nonagenarian lawyer Ram Jethmalani vowing to help resolve disputes bet..
NSDC is a public-private partnership under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, its job being t..
India has to do no more than let the Dalai Lama be the Dalai Lama in order to rile China from time to time. As d..
A chain of islands that once existed in the Bay of Bengal now lies buried under water, according to a new study ..
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday introduced the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill, 2017, a..
Farooq Abdullah has been an instant crowd-puller in the past. But the "Tiger is back" image he has been trying t..
The tradition of organizing big feasts for the entire units on special occasions is as old as the Indian army it..
The year was 1971. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India. In neighbouring Pakistan, democracy was dead ..
Landmark deal between India and Israel for joint developmet of medium range air to surface missile (MRSAM) for t..
Tehran, Feb 21 (IANS) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday said all Muslim countries have..
"Although the Indian 3D printer market is at nascent stage, it holds tremendous potential for the manufacturers,..
A deliberate effort has also been made to blur the distinction between police and the military; they term themse..
Indian Navy and the Coast Guard have the task of patrolling 2.1 sq km of maritime territory besides a 7,519 km s..
Since 1953, Thales has been apartner to India’s development.The company has been actively contributingto the dev..
Efforts of the Indian navy to protect its own bases or ports are woefully short as it does not have enough ships..
Pakistan-born Canadian writer Tarek Fatah (he objects to being called a Pakistani) is offending and entertaining..
The helicopter transport fleet of the Indian Armed forces will undergo a transformation in two stages – first wi..
As we get to celebrate 67 years as a Republic on January 26 and 70 years as an independent nation in a few month..
Apart from Boeing, two Israeli companies: Aeronautics, maker of the Orbiter mini-UAV, and Elbit Systems, maker o..
This has a detection system, a foliage penetrating radar equipped with high-sensitivity sensors that can track h..
This also means Russia will continue to dominate the Indian military equipment market for some more decades to c..
China has remained an enigma for a long time.It is because of the feeling that China has that she is the centre ..
A deliberate effort has also been made to blur the distinction between police and the military; they term themse..