India, US sign key defence agreement

The two countries also signed a 'Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Assignment of Liaison Officers', which will facilitate the posting of one military officer from each country with the military......

Navy rescues Iranian vessel with 19 Pak nationals, Lankan trawler

The Indian Navy rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel with 19 Pakistani crew members and a Sri Lankan trawler in two swift operations after armed pirates hijacked the boats in the Arabian Sea......

Centre suggests night patrol, access control for medics' safety

Night patrolling on hospital premises and regulating access for people to key areas are among the measures the Centre has asked states to implement to ensure the safety of medics at workplaces,......

UK's carrier strike group to conduct wargame with Indian Navy

The United Kingdom's largest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth and its strike task group has sailed into the Indian Ocean and will carry out a mega wargame with the Indian Navy as the aircraft carrier......

'High-risk remittance' data under Income Tax lens

The Income Tax Act empowers the CBDT to capture information in respect of payments to non-residents, whether taxable or not Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The reporting and certification......

Event management: Hyderabad lags

Hyderabad as a city may have managed to play catch up with Bangalore and Chennai in the south in sectors like information technology and biotechnology, but it is way behind them in terms of how it......

Scholars to pay $100 for US visas

International students, exchange visitors and scholars attending US schools or conducting research in the United States, in most cases will be required to pay a $100 fee when applying for visas.......

Economic reforms: Cut down irrelevant ministries

The fewer the number of central ministries that matter, the better the efficacy of India's reforms, writes A K Bhattacharya In the early 1990s, Madhavrao Scindia was asked about his primary mission......

Wear a mask and no singing: Tokyo Olympics organisers

IMAGE: The organizers unveiled a 'playbook' detailing COVID-19 measures. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics said on Wednesday athletes and officials should not......

Mountaineer Yadav's Everest summit climb fake

...Won't get Tenzing Norgay award: Ministry sources IMAGE: Narender Singh Yadav’s name had been withdrawn from the 2020 Tenzing Norgay Award list. Photograph: Mountaineer Narender......

Khanna kept out of all DDCA Committees for World T20

Senior Board of Control for Cricket in India vice-president and top DDCA official CK Khanna has been kept out of the two primary committees that will look into the organisation of the International......

Jordan seek explanation after coach detained

The Jordanian FA will seek clarification from Australian soccer's governing body after their coach, Adnan Hamad, was detained at MelbourneAirport for more than four hours by immigration officials.......

ACSU: Why DDCA official was in dressing room

Why was the DDCA official in the Indian dressing room during the game against the Dutchmen? India's World Cup match against The Netherlands at the Ferozeshah Kotla may have gone without any major......