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  NEW DELHI: India and the United Kingdom explored ways to deepen their cooperation on a slew of areas relating to the Commonwealth on Thursday. The discussions took place as part of the Director General level India-UK Commonwealth Dialogue that concluded in New Delhi on Thursday. Prakash Gupta, Joint Secretary, UN-Political Division led a delegation […]

  PUNE: The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Thursday announced that the world’s largest film restoration project is being undertaken in alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to preserve and protect India’s rich cinematic heritage. “Out of the total outlay of Rs 597 crore earmarked for this Mission, Rs 363 […]

NEW DELHI: India and Australia explored ways to deepen ties on combating terrorism in a counter-terror talk in Canberra, Australia on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs stated. An Indian delegation led by A Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism at the Ministry of External Affairs and Roger Noble, Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism in the Department […]

Umran Malik, who hails from Jammu, has emerged as the sensation of the Indian Premier League 2022. Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Malik has snapped up 15 wickets so far in just nine matches, including a five-wicket haul against Gujarat Titans. But statistics in his case are just a footnote. What has caught the fancy of […]

  NEW DELHI: The growing bonhomie between India and France was evident as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met French President Emmanuel Macron during his brief stopover in Paris. PM Modi hugged President Macron on his arrival, signifying the warmth in the relationships between the two countries, before the two leaders held extensive discussions on a […]

BENGALURU: With temperature soaring amid heatwaves, a survey found that 2 in 3 Indian households are facing power outages. The survey further revealed that 1 in 3 households is facing outages of over 2 hours or more each day. The survey by LocalCircles, India’s no.1 pollster on issues of governance, public and consumer interest, was […]

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that Pakistan has “no locus standi” to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir. The MEA’s response came after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had termed PM Modi’s recent visit to Jammu as “staged”. “I do not understand the word […]

NEW DELHI: UK Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan hoped that the Free Trade Agreement with India would be readied by Diwali. Trevelyan was replying to a query about the timeline announced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his visit to India last week at a House of Commons International Trade Committee […]

  NEW DELHI: In what could be a defining statement vis-à-vis India’s position in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rightly stated that while the country wants to be friends with the West, it needs Russia’s assistance to defend its borders. India has steadfastly resisted the West’s attempt to limit its bilateral relations with […]

  NEW DELHI: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a US federal government commission, has been colluding with Pakistan and well-known radical Islamist groups to stigmatise India. As per an investigation conducted by The New Indian, the USCIRF is working closely with Pakistani groups to label India as a ‘Country of Particular […]