India: News

28 Aug 2021

Ganesh Chaturthi

Banks closed up to 12 days in September. Check list

Banks in India will be closed for up to 12 days in September, including second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays.

26 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban seeks foreign aid, reveals expectations from other countries

It's been a week since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, returning to power after 20 years in the war-torn country.

24 Aug 2021

World Bank

COVID-induced economic slowdown caused 1 lakh infant deaths in India

India recorded a third of global excess infant deaths in 2020 due to COVID-induced economic slowdown, a World Bank study has found.

20 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Taliban searched closed Indian Consulates in Afghanistan, took parked cars

The Taliban visited Indian Consulates in two cities of Afghanistan on Wednesday, looked for documents and took away parked cars, NDTV reported citing government sources.

17 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Taliban 'assures safety' of stranded Hindus, Sikhs in Afghanistan

After seizing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has apparently assured the safety of the Hindus and Sikhs stranded in the country.

17 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan crisis: India evacuates staff from embassy in Kabul

India will immediately evacuate its ambassador to Afghanistan, Rudrendra Tandon, and other embassy staff members, an official spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs said this morning.

16 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Willing to develop friendly relations with Taliban, says China

As the Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan, China on Monday said that it is willing to develop "friendly relations" with the country.

16 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Over 200 Indians are stuck in Kabul amid Afghanistan crisis

More than 200 Indian nationals are still stuck in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, NDTV reported citing sources.

16 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Congress: No plan in place to evacuate Indians from Afghanistan

With the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, Congress on Monday asked the Modi government to wake up from its slumber and protect Indians in the strife-torn country.

16 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

'Hope India will change stance,' says Taliban as Afghanistan falls

The Taliban expects India to change its stance and support the group, its spokesman said.

13 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban captures Kandahar as clashes continue

The Taliban has captured Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, marking the latest jolt to the country's government in a matter of days, officials confirmed on Friday.

12 Aug 2021

Boxing

World Boxing Council announces formation of India committee

The World Boxing Council (WBC) has announced the formation of its India committee in collaboration with the Indian Boxing Council (IBC).

11 Aug 2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 3 more provincial capitals fall to the Taliban

The Taliban has captured three more provincial capitals and a local Army headquarters in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, in the latest setback to the country's government.

11 Aug 2021

Mumbai

Independence Day 2021: 5 amazing facts to know about India

Endowed with history and culture dating back centuries, more than a billion people, and innumerable religious, ethnic, and regional identities, India is not just the second-most populous country in the world.

11 Aug 2021

Canada

Canada extends ban on direct flights from India

Canada has again extended its ban on arriving passenger flights directly from India till September 21 due to the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal transport ministry has said.

11 Aug 2021

Delhi

Dasna temple priest Swami Nareshanand Saraswati stabbed

A priest was stabbed multiple times in Dasna Devi Temple (Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh) in the early hours of Tuesday.

10 Aug 2021

Coronavirus

India's COVID-19 situation is getting worse, says top scientist

There is a disturbing trend in India's coronavirus situation, warned Dr. Vipin Srivastava, eminent physicist and a former pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Hyderabad.

09 Aug 2021

Coronavirus

Economic activity rises to near pre-pandemic level, report says

Economic activity saw a massive jump over the past week, according to the Nomura India Business Resumption Index (NIBRI).

09 Aug 2021

Narendra Modi

'We must save our maritime environment,' says Modi at UNSC

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a United Nations Security Council open debate, becoming the first Indian PM to achieve the feat.

07 Aug 2021

Coronavirus

COVID-19: The R-naught of coronavirus in India surges to 1.01

The highly infectious Delta variant of the COVID-19-causing virus, SARS-CoV-2, in India has triggered a rise in the R-value or R-naught—which denotes the effective transmission factor—to more than one.

06 Aug 2021

Government of India

Government set to nullify controversial retrospective tax law

The Indian government has moved toward redacting the controversial retrospective tax law, introduced in 2012 and said to have hindered the country's prospects of foreign investment.

06 Aug 2021

Indonesia

Novavax seeks 'OK' for COVID-19 vaccine in needy countries first

Vaccine maker Novavax announced Thursday that it has asked regulators in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine—offering its shot to some low-income countries before rich ones with ample supplies.

05 Aug 2021

Books

'The Earthspinner': Anuradha Roy's next to hit stands next month

Award-winning novelist Anuradha Roy's next book, a story about the changing ways of loving and living in the modern world, will release on September 3, publishing house Hachette India announced on Thursday.

05 Aug 2021

Travel And Tourism

COVID-19 travel-curbs: India moved to UK's 'amber' list from 'red'

The United Kingdom has moved India, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE from "red" to the "amber" list following a review of its traffic light system for international COVID-19 travel restrictions.

05 Aug 2021

Olympics

Hockey: India clinch their first Olympic medal after 41 years

India's wait for an Olympic medal in hockey has finally come to an end.

04 Aug 2021

Coronavirus

Britannia to hike product prices over rising cost amid COVID-19

Food company Britannia Industries has announced it will gradually undertake a price hike of its products in view of a sharp rise in cost amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

04 Aug 2021

Coronavirus

Amid third wave fears, Covishield proven highly effective against Delta

The Delta variant is highly-transmissible and possibly leads to a more severe disease of COVID-19.

02 Aug 2021

Olympics

Hockey: Indian women's team reaches first semi-final at Olympics

The Indian women's hockey team defeated Australia in the quarter-final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

01 Aug 2021

England

Hockey: India beat Great Britain 3-1, advance to semi-finals

The Indian men's hockey team claimed a comprehensive victory over Great Britain in the quarter-finals of Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

28 Jul 2021

Saudi Arabia

Saudi: Three-year travel ban for citizens visiting 'red list' countries

Saudi Arabia has announced a three-year travel ban and hefty penalties on citizens who visit countries on the Kingdom's COVID-19 red list, including India.

28 Jul 2021

Jitendra Singh

India to have manned submersibles under Deep Ocean Mission soon

In the next five years, India will have an ambitious program of manned submersibles that can carry three scientists to a depth of 6,000 meters into the ocean under the Deep Ocean Mission, Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.

28 Jul 2021

Arjuna Award

Legendary Indian badminton player Nandu Natekar no more

Legendary badminton player Nandu Natekar, the first Indian to win an international title in 1956, died in Pune on Wednesday.

27 Jul 2021

Aadhaar Card

Aadhaar: No fingerprint, eye scan for children under 5 years

Fingerprints and eye scan are not required to apply for an Aadhaar card for children aged below five years, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said.

26 Jul 2021

Tokyo

Indian fencer Bhavani Devi goes down fighting on Games debut

Bhavani Devi's Olympic debut ended with a second-round defeat in the women's individual sabre event but the Indian fencer bowed out of the Tokyo Games with much promise on Monday.

24 Jul 2021

Delhi

CBI raids 40 locations in the J&K gun license scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided 40 locations across Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi in connection with a gun license scam, reports say.

22 Jul 2021

COVID-19

Delta variant still a dominant lineage across India: INSACOG

The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 continues to be the dominant lineage for new cases across India, while the other Variants of Concern (VoC) are at a lower rate and declining, INSACOG, a consortium of government panels involved in the genome-sequencing of the coronavirus said.

Lightning strikes jump by 34%; experts point to climate change

India saw 18.5 million lightning strikes between April 2020 and March 2021, marking a significant jump of 34% from the 13.8 million strikes that occurred over the corresponding period in the previous year.