Category: India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance on Bilateral talks. File | Photo Credit: PTI India and the U.S. have finalised the terms of reference outlining the roadmap for negotiations of the proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), according to a statement issued by the U.S. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer said…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned actor Mahesh Babu for questioning on Monday (April 28, 2025) in connection with an ongoing money laundering probe involving Sai Surya Developers and the Surana Group, real estate firms based in Hyderabad. The ED is examining Mr. Mahesh Babu’s financial transactions with Sai Surya Developers as part of its…

Smoke rises after a fire broke out in an ONGC godown, in Howrah district, Monday, April 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A devastating fire broke out at a chemical factory of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Monday (April 21, 2025) afternoon (April 21, 2024) at Domjur in West Bengal’s Howrah district….

The State will observe a one-day mourning on the day of Pope Francis’ funeral, which the Vatican is yet to announce. | Photo Credit: AP The Kerala government has declared a three-day State mourning in honour of His Holiness Pope Francis. The government has cancelled official “entertainments” on April 22 and April 23. The State…

File picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR India and Saudi Arabia are set to sign at least six memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to…

Mangoes, which require chill weather with dew during the flowering phase, faced the opposite this year. | Photo Credit: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH In a disappointing development, the mango yield in Karnataka has gone down this year as well, owing to the vagaries of weather. While the technical expert committee had earlier predicted the yield to…

Poster of Emergency. | Picture courtesy Imdb Coomi Kapoor, a senior woman journalist and author of the book “The Emergency”, is suing Manikarnika Films Private Limited and Netflix for alleged “blatant breach of contract” and for allegedly “damaging her reputation and that of her book” by the Kangana Ranaut-starrer “Emergency” being shown on Netflix, said…

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and his predecessor and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel have joined the debate over whether members of tribal communities were practising Hindus.  While Mr. Sai, speaking at a religious event on Sunday (April 20, 2025), asserted that tribals were the biggest Hindus, Mr. Bagel, rebutting the claim, said the Chief…

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flags off cruise operations from the New Mumbai International Cruise Terminal (MICT), in Mumbai on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI Cruise operations formally commenced on Monday (April 21, 2025) from the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal (MICT), India’s largest cruise terminal, built to handle one million passengers…

Calcutta University scholars interacting with Sadri community | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A group of scholars from the University of Calcutta recently visited a village in the Sundarbans in a bid to save a language that is on the verge of extinction. They went to a settlement called Kamarpara in Gosaba subdivision of South 24…