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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 […]

NEW DELHI: One of the largest importers of wheat from Russia and Ukraine, Egypt has added India as a wheat supplier, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. The global markets have seen a huge downfall in the availability of wheat due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, two major producers and suppliers […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his newly-elected Pakistani counterpart Shahbaz Sharif on Monday, and said that India desired peace and stability in a region free of terrorism. “Congratulations to H.E. Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. India desires peace and stability in a region free of terror, […]

NEW DELHI: Harshvardhan Shringla, India’s Foreign secretary has been appointed as the Chief Coordinator for the G20. He will assume the responsibility after his retirement on April 30. Shringla served as the Ambassador to the United States of America, and High Commissioner to Bangladesh, prior to taking up the role of Foreign Secretary. India will […]

  NEW DELHI: India on Saturday designated Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed as a designated terrorist as a court in Pakistan sent the Mumbai attack mastermind to 33 years in prison. In a notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the Central government believed that junior Saeed was involved in […]

NEW DELHI:  India and Kenya held the second round of Foreign Office Consultation here on Friday and reviewed political, economic, cultural, defence, and people-to-people relations between the two countries. The Indian delegation was led by Joint Secretary (E&SA) Puneet R Kundal and Paul Ndung’u, Director, Asia, Australasia and Pacific Directorate of Kenya, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. […]