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Modi calls for making natural farming a mass movement in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged states to make natural farming a mass movement, saying it will help save thousands of crores of rupees spent each year on importing chemicals and fertilizers

Modi government move to raise the marriage age of women in India from 18 to 21; task force recommends sex education in schools

In a socially progressive reformatory measure, the Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared a task force recommendation to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years — the same as men

India to boost economic and business presence at Iran's Chabahar Port

India will send a high-level delegation to Chabahar in Iran early next year to boost its presence in the strategically located port that it sees as an economic gateway to Afghanistan and Central Asia

Fundamental rights are guaranteed to every citizen, why no ID and ration cards for sex workers, asks India's Supreme Court

Observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to every citizen irrespective of vocation, the Supreme Court on India on Tuesday directed the government, all the states and union territories to commence the process of issuing voter, identity (Aadhar) and ration cards to an estimated 900,000 sex workers across India and keep providing dry ration to them

India, Israel, UAE and US to leverage synergies and complementarities in technology, skills in new quad partnership

Collaboration in Energy, Food, Water, Health, Transportation and Space will define the new partnership between India, Israel, the UAE and USA, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said

India focusing on retrieving and reviving past glory: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that today's India was focusing both on retrieving the glory of the nation but modernizing the country as well and "no matter how big the challenge is, we Indians know how to defeat it."

Pakistan wants to disrupt peace in India through terrorism; India will 'uproot' terrorism, says Defence Minister

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday blamed Pakistan for trying to disrupt the country's peace by promoting terrorism and other anti-India activities and said India was working to "uproot" terrorism from the country

Indian doctors do 'breathing lung transplant' in Hyderabad

India has become one of a handful of nations where a "breathing lung transplant" can be conducted

India sends consignment of medical supplies for Afghan children to Kabul

India on Saturday sent an urgent consignment of medical supplies to Kabul by a Kam Air flight

Indian farmers call of yearlong protests; will monitor Modi government promises

The over a year-long by protests by thousands of farmers, mainly from the agrarian belt of northern India, on the borders of the Delhi ended Thursday after the Modi government succumbed to political pressure and accepted most of the demands of the farmers

India’s top military general among 13 dead in chopper crash

A helicopter of the Indian Air Force carrying first Chief of Defence Staff,  General Bipin Rawat, his wife and several top Indian Army officers and personnel crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu in southern India Wednesday killing all but one of its 14 occupants

India salutes Bangladesh's economic successes, says Foreign Secretary; says increased connectivity will make ties stronger

India salutes the "considerable" economic successes of Bangladesh,  especially "its most recent success" in transitioning from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) status, India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said

Modi-Putin summit: India, Russia reiterate their partnership, ink 28 agreements; S-400 missile systems delivery on

India and Russia on Monday emphasized the steadiness and diversity of their strategic partnership, which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a "truly a unique and trusted model of inter-state friendship," as Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their annual bilateral summit talks in New Delhi Monday preceded by the inaugural 2+2 dialogue between their defence and foreign ministers

Nagaland killings over 'mistaken identity': Indian government, Army express regret over incident

The Indian government has been left red-faced, with Home Minister Amit Shah having to express regret in Parliament,  after a special unit of the Indian Army opened fire on a vehicle carrying coal miners in the Mon district of Nagaland, in remote northeastern India, killing six people

India, Bangladesh commemorate 50 years of 'friendship': Look forward to deepening India-Bangladesh ties with PM Hasina, says PM Modi

As India and Bangladesh commemorate 50 years of ties by observing the day as Friendship Day,  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he looks forward to continuing working with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to further expand and deepen bilateral ties