A high-ranking Swedish military official will be the new head of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. Major General......
United States Ambassador to India Nancy Powell will leave New Delhi on May 22, four days before Narendra Modi takes oath as the prime minister. Powell, 67, who announced ending of her tenure in......
Most rich and upper-middle class Indians are greatly under-taxed. Worse, the government annually writes off over Rs 5 lakh crores through exemptions. This practice must be ended if the......
An Indian doctor who researches public health issues and a lawyer who worked for Justice Markandey Katju in New Delhi are among the 50 scholars selected from 23 countries for the prestigious Gates......
If confirmed, Nancy Powell will be the first woman ambassador to India, but some have questioned if she would have the ear of the President unlike a political appointee. Aziz Haniffa reports from......
Image: A worker sits on a truck loaded with baskets of tomatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in New Delhi. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters India has many challenges that it has yet to......
India's aviation safety ranking was on Wednesday upgraded to Category-I by US aviation watchdog Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), paving the way for the domestic airlines to expand in the US skies.......
The change in political leadership brought much hope for the aviation sector, which was for long seeking attention of decision-makers to address issues like infrastructure, high taxes and costs.......
Image: Children eat their community lunch inside a relief camp near Bilasipara town in Assam. Photograph: Utpal Baruah/Reuters Though hunger levels are not alarming in India, it still fares......
Its internet penetration still matches up poorly to other countriesIn what could be a dampener for those betting on its so-called digital expansion and expecting it to produce another online giant......
Last month, Mallika Sherawat became the first Bollywood personality to join the ranks of likes of Miley Cyrus, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, Perez Hilton and others after she got a......
The Qatar World Cup has delivered a rich feast of soccer for the past month, with shocks, great goals, incredible celebrations and record-breaking feats served up by the assembled cast. Here are 10......
IMAGE: It was captain Son Heung-min who epitomised South Korea's relentless energy with a selfless display against Portugal on Friday. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images South Korea......
IMAGE: Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz, Jakub Kaminski and Michal Skoras during a press conference. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Contrasting moods will accompany Poland and Saudi......
Saudi Arabia's 2-1 victory over Argentina on Tuesday is rated the biggest shock in World Cup history by data company Nielsen Gracenote, moving ahead of the previous biggest upset, the United......
IMAGE: A Saudi Arabia fan celebrates their team's 2-1 victory in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia at Lusail Stadium. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/Getty......