Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme, or better known as the automotive scrappage policy at the Investor Summit in his native Gujarat

Appreciating women's role during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the way the women Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the country have served the nation during the pandemic by producing masks and sanitisers and creating awareness about the infection was unprecedented

Trade deals are about politics as much as economics, and a swift deal between India and Australia would be an important sign of the democratic world's tilt away from China, says Australian Prime Minister's Special Trade Envoy Tony Abbott

Iterating that his government gave topmost priority to the poor whose lives were destabilised during the coronavirus crisis, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said an estimated 800 million Indians have got free food rations so far during the ongoing pandemic

India has launched a website to serve as a platform for connecting Indians all over the world for the country’s coming 75th Independence Day celebrations

Jammu And Kashmir, gradually returning to normal, has been high on the list for tourists this year, even during Covid times

An India-Russia joint training exercise commenced at Prudboy Ranges, Volgograd in Russia Wednesday with officials saying the exercise, codenamed INDRA 2021, will enhance interoperability between the Indian and Russian armies, especially in counterterror operations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday launched e-RUPI --  his government's novel digital payment solution for delivery of health and welfare services -  which, for now, will be used to push the nationwide vaccination drive

India's Supreme Court, in a politically significant decision, has agreed to hear next week a petition filed by two veteran journalists for an independent probe into the "mass surveillance" by the government of more than 142 potential “targets” using the military-grade Israeli spyware Pegasus, an issue that has rocked many governments around the world

India is committed to ensuring safe habitats for its tigers and nurturing a tiger-friendly ecosystem, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, pointing out that India is home to over 70 per cent of the world's tiger population

India and the United States are bound together by “shared democratic values” and “free citizenry” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on his first official visit to India which came in the backdrop of increasing concern about shrinking space for civil society and regional security challenges like Afghanistan and China

In a novel initiative, a million people in Tamil Nadu state in southern India would get free COVID-19 vaccines at private hospitals before the end of this year

Apparently sending out a message to India that has faced criticism over growing use of anti-terrorism legislation and sedition laws to arrest campaigners, journalists and students, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the world’s two biggest democracies need to do more to strengthen democratic institutions

The COVID-19 second wave has shaved off 3 per cent from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) previous projection for India's economic growth for this fiscal year, pegging it now at 9.5 per cent, but the country still remains the world's fastest-growing large economy

Covid vaccines for children are likely in a matter of days and the government may announce the start of vaccination for children next month, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said