Jaishankar meets USAID chief Samantha Power
New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held talks with visiting USAID administrator Samantha Power, focusing on global developments...
India and Egypt decide to elevate their ties to strategic partnership
New Delhi, 25 Jan: India and Egypt on Wednesday decided to elevate their ties to the level of strategic partnership with Prime Minister Narendra...
Elephants part of India’s religious, cultural traditions and also protect forests: Union minister
Raipur, 12 Aug: Elephants have been an integral part of religious and cultural traditions in India and they also play a role in the...
In talks with Ukraine neighbours to admit Indian medical students: MEA
Ahmedabad, 30 May: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said his ministry is in talks with governments of different countries neighbouring Ukraine to...
Priyanka Gandhi meets family members of man who died in police custody in Agra
Agra/Lucknow, Oct 20 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday night met the family members of a man who died in police custody...
India-Bangladesh cultural ties must deepen: Ex-Indian envoy to Dhaka
Kolkata, Apr 19 (PTI) India, especially West Bengal could deepen its people-to-people ties with neighbour Bangladesh, said Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, former Secretary-East in...
Cyclone Remal: Over 1 lakh people in Bengal’s coastal areas shifted to shelters
Kolkata, May 26 (PTI) As a precautionary measure against the impending severe cyclone 'Remal', the West Bengal government has evacuated over 1.10 lakh people...
India to make it mandatory for auto makers to offer biofuel vehicles in 6...
Mumbai, Aug 31 (PTI) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said India will make it mandatory for auto manufacturers to offer vehicles running 100...
India, China moving in ‘positive direction’: EAM
NEW DELHI, 9 Apr: India and China are moving towards a "positive direction" in their ties and work needs to be done to normalise...
Western industrialized nations must shoulder financial burden to fight climate change: Env Minister
New Delhi, May 8 (PTI) Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said India's per capita carbon emission is among the lowest in the...
Mobile internet suspended in Kashmir after Yasin Malik verdict
Srinagar, 25 May: Mobile internet was suspended in Kashmir as a precautionary measure after a court awarded life imprisonment to separatist leader Yasin Malik...
800-year-old monastery develops cracks following earthquake
KARGIL/JAMMU, 20 Dec: An over 800-year-old monastery in Ladakh's Zanskar area developed cracks following a recent earthquake and was declared unsafe, an official said...
1,179 Bru militants surrender, deposit 350 firearms in Assam
Hailakandi (Assam), 12 Dec: A total of 1,179 Bru militants belonging to two outfits surrendered in Assam's Hailakandi district and laid down 350 firearms...
Global South seeks democratic, diversified re-globalisation: Jaishankar
New Delhi, 27 Aug: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday made a strong pitch for a “more diversified and more democratic” re-globalisation, saying...
Covid crisis: Manmohan Singh writes to PM suggesting five-point remedy; stresses vaccination key to...
NEW DELHI, 18 Apr: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting five measures to battle the Covid-19...
Over 50 Himalayan orgs declare climate disasters result of governance failures
NEW DELHI, 7 Mar: Over 50 social and environmental organisations have jointly declared that climate disasters are systemic and policy-induced, resulting from governance failures...
SC refuses to stay new law on appointment of CEC, ECs
NEW DELHI, 13 Feb: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the operation of the new law that provides for appointment of the...
Not weakening India’s collective position is a collective responsibility: EAM Jaishankar on Rahul’s...
Mysuru (Karnataka), 7 May: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said it was everyone's collective responsibility to ensure that India's collective position is...
Countdown begins for ISRO’s PSLV-C53 mission carrying three satellites
Sriharikota (AP), 29 Jun: The 25 hour countdown for the launch of PSLV-C53 mission from here on Thursday has commenced, ISRO said.
Indian Space Research...
Ramdev in SC line of fire over misleading ads, ‘degrading’ allopathy
NEW DELHI, 16 Apr: The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna against any attempt to "degrade allopathy" and...