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Ceasefire on India-Pakistan L0C holding, says Indian Army chief

The 2003 ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan—reiterated by the two governments in February last year—is holding, said Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane

India to become net security provider in Indo-Pacific, expand naval footprint in Indian Ocean Region

India is consolidating naval relations with partner countries and working to become a net security prover in the Indo-Pacific while trying to expand footprints in the Indian Ocean Region

India reduces development assistance to neighbors in budget 2022

Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, see cuts in their allocations in the financial year 2022-23, while Bangladesh, Maldives, and Myanmar receive higher funds in comparison to the last year.  

India to boost infrastructure, connectivity in its border villages

India is going to boost its remote border villages - especially those facing China - with better infrastructure and connectivity in a move to ensure that do not fall prey to the Chinese propaganda lure

Role of women in India's growth cycle expanding; old thinking about women needs to change, says PM Modi

The role of women is continuously expanding in a changing India, and women’s commissions should also work to promote and recognise women entrepreneurs

Modi speaks about how a 90-year-old Argentinian woman spread Indian culture in Argentina and Latin America

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke in his monthly radio address of Indian culture was being spread in far-away Argentina and Latin America by a 90-year-old woman who had studied the Indian scriptures and was introduced to Indian culture when she came to India

India, Israel commemorate their 'deep friendship', 'special relationship' amid billowing Pegasus row

Israel and India have a "gehri dosti" (deep friendship), Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in Hindi on Saturday and thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his "deep commitment" to the "strong and robust friendship", as the two nations celebrated 30 years of establishment of diplomatic relations

IMF projects India's growth rate at 9% - highest among major economies

India's economy is projected to grow by 9 per cent in the next fiscal year, retaining its position as the fastest-growing major economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Tuesday citing its expectations of higher investments and consumption due to credit growth and better financial sector performance

India announces USD 200,000 relief assistance to tsunami-hit Tonga

India is extending immediate relief assistance of USD 200,000 to support relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction efforts in the Kingdom of Tonga in the wake of a tsunami that wrought havoc in the Pacific islands and caused untold destruction of lives and infrastructure

Jews living in India in total equality and peacefully, says Israeli envoy

Jews have lived “for over 2,000 years in India in total equality and peacefully”, Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon has stated, and said he found "no anti-Semitism in India"

Pakistan predictably figures in India's state election campaigns

One can't have an election in India without Pakistan becoming an issue, especially in a volatile state like Uttar Pradesh

Omicron in community transmission in India, says genomic sequencing consortium

The heavily mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus is now in community transmission in the country, according to India’s genome sequencing consortium

Nearly 70% of India's adult population fully vaccinated; government claims vaccination programme one of world's most successful

After a year of India's inoculation drive againsts Covid-19, the government said over 93 per cent of the adult population had received at least one dose while over 69.8 per cent had been fully vaccinated

Arrests finally in India for hate speeches against Muslims

After a public uproar over the hate speeches against India's Muslims in the Hindu pilgrim town of Haridwar, and sharp questions raised by the country's Supreme Court,  the state police of Uttarakhand on Saturday arrested Yati Narsinghanand, a Hindu religious leader, the second such arrest in the past week

Supreme Court seeks state's response to hate speeches targeting Muslims; Indian Republic is not exclusivist, say petitioners

In a significant pronouncement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the state government of Uttarakhand to respond to legal petitions before it wanting to know why people accused of delivering hate speeches, that they said pose a grave threat not just to the unity and integrity of India but also endanger the lives of millions of its Muslim citizens - at a religious event in Haridwar, the Hindu pilgrim town, have not been arrested yet