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US defense secretary discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, and set a roadmap for cooperation for the next five years as both countries grapple with China’s economic rise and increased…
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls on US audience to stand up for ‘modern India’
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pressed his criticism of the country’s leadership in a speech Sunday, calling for Indians in the US and back home to stand up for democracy and the Indian constitution.
Gandhi, a sharp critic of…
India’s railway ministry recommended that country’s top detective agency should…
India's railway ministry has recommended that the country's top detective agency should investigate the deadly crash that killed 275 people.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the decision but did not give more details.…
India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in country’s deadliest rail accident in decades
Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed Friday night in India, killing more than 280 people and leaving hundreds of others trapped inside more than a dozen…
Kerala to launch passenger ship service to Gulf as air fares soar
India’s coastal state of Kerala is planning to launch a passenger ship service to provide affordable travel to Gulf states, local authorities said on Thursday, amid soaring costs of air travel.
Spread along the Malabar Coast of India,…
BRICS ministers meet in push to establish group as counterweight to West
Foreign ministers from the BRICS countries are meeting in South Africa from Thursday as the five-nation bloc seeks to forge itself into a counterweight to Western geopolitical dominance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The…
Indian labs to give ‘top priority’ to tests on cough syrup exports – regulator
India’s government laboratories should give “top priority” to testing cough syrup for export, the drug regulator said on Wednesday, after the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan were linked to the medicines.
The Central…
India will do ‘whatever we can’ on Ukraine crisis: Modi
India will do “whatever we can” to resolve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Saturday as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since Russia’s invasion.
“I understand your pain and the pain of…
India Supreme Court to rule on mass evictions
India's Supreme Court is set to decide on Thursday whether thousands of people in the northern state of Uttarakhand will be evicted from their homes.
Government officials have alleged that the residents have encroached on…
Google Alleges CCI Copied From EU Order On Android Abuse Case: Report
Google told a tribunal that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) copied parts from a European Union (EU) ruling against the tech giant in a case relating to the Android operating system’s anti-competitive practices.
The tech giant…