Modi Has Enormous Curiosity About The World

'From the very start, PM Modi was insistent that visiting foreign leaders should be exposed to an India beyond its capital.''Through these experiences, he felt that the full Indian narrative would......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

PM grants $12m to Pacific island states, $150m line of credit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with leaders of the Pacific Island countries on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York on Wednesday and demonstrated......

Modi addresses Indian diaspora in Netherlands

India will soon take a decision on granting five-year business and tourist visa to Dutch passport holders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. He made the announcement while......

Buzzing Manesar hub goes silent in powerless summer

The intensity of power crisis this season has hit a new high with average coal stock dipping to less than eight days. Photograph: Babu/Reuters The first of a pan-Indian series, based on a ground......

Indian firms, banks cautious as Sri Lanka battles financial crisis

India is Sri Lanka’s third-largest export destination and it has invested heavily in the infrastructure and social sector projects in that country. IMAGE: The national flag of Sri......

Govt plans to contest SC order on this endangered bird

SC order would cost the project developers an additional Rs 1.5 trillion for underground transmission. IMAGE: There were 1,000 great Indian bustards in 1966. Their population shrank to 200 in 2014......

Is a blanket ban on use of plastic really necessary?

The problem, say experts, is not so much the use of plastic as the lack of effort to recycle and reuse it. Nine thousand tonnes. That’s how much plastic waste India generates every year.......