India

Manmohan Singh’s story is one of remarkable transformation, both of himself and the nation he served. Born in 1932 in the remote village of Gah (now in Pakistan), Singh rose from humble beginnings, studying under street lights to escape his noisy household in Amritsar after his family’s migration during Partition. His academic excellence earned him […]

A surge in hoax bomb threats against Indian airlines has triggered widespread chaos in international travel, with planes being grounded, diverted, or even escorted by fighter jets. Over the past week, there have been 90 such threats, severely disrupting India’s aviation industry and unsettling air passengers. On Saturday (October 19) alone, 30 hoax threats were […]

Sanjay Kumar Verma went to Canada as the Indian High Commissioner with a mission to demand Ottawa get tough on Sikh-Canadian activists who wanted to see a separate state of Khalistan carved out of Punjab, says The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper. His picture and brief resume still appear on the High Commission website, […]

Delhi has accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of “hostility to India” in a strongly worded statement after a tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats. The expulsions follow a secret meeting between the Indian and Canadian national security advisers in Singapore, according to the Washington Post. Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the High Commissioner, and India […]

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu snubbed India and courted China like his predecessor, Abdulla Yameen. A few months ago, he forced India to withdraw its small military contingent, which was mostly involved in medical evacuations and maritime surveillance. But now he has agreed to let Indian “defence platforms and assets” be deployed on the islands again, […]

Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, is getting even higher thanks to an unexpected source: a river. New research from University College London (UCL) reveals that erosion from the Arun River, located 75km (47 miles) away, is causing Everest to rise by up to two millimetres a year, reports the BBC. “It’s like taking cargo […]

India’s government has approved a plan to hold simultaneous national and state elections, a move that has ignited fierce debate and raised concerns among opposition parties about the future of the country’s parliamentary democracy. The federal cabinet recently endorsed a comprehensive report from a panel led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, recommending synchronized polls […]

The tragic death of a 26-year-old employee at a leading accounting firm has ignited widespread debate about the demanding work culture in corporate India and its impact on employee health and well-being. Anna Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young (EY), died in July, just four months after starting her job at the […]

In a move that underscores their growing strategic ties, India and the United States have announced a groundbreaking semiconductor partnership. This “watershed arrangement” will establish India’s first national security semiconductor fabrication plant, set to produce advanced chips vital for military hardware, next-generation telecommunications, and green energy technologies. This landmark collaboration, announced during talks between Indian […]

A labour strike in India has disrupted production at a Samsung plant, drawing attention to a politically backed workers’ group that quietly organized employees of the South Korean company. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), backed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), now aims to expand its influence within the country’s growing electronics […]

Vithal Kulali, 20 years old killed his 54 years old father and chopped his body into 32 pieces, and threw the body parts into an abandoned borewell near Mudhol in the Bagalkot district. Vithal murdered his father, Parashuram Kulali, by repetitively striking him with an iron rod. He decided to chop the body and throw the […]

Do rats think like humans? Or are humans made to resemble rats? In India, rats love liquor, they love marijuana too. Are rats in India alcoholics and addicts? Infamous but useful rats They were known to carry the disease-ridden fleas that triggered the frightening Black Plague annihilating Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia in the […]

India on Friday described as “shocking” the murder of four members of an Indian-origin family, including an eight-month-old girl, in California and said authorities are following up on the matter with US officials. The four – 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her parents Jasleen Kaur and Jasdeep Singh and her uncle Amandeep Singh – were kidnapped from […]

The teams of wildlife officials and hunters have failed to track down the “man-eater” leopard that villagers believe is responsible for the killing of two young children in north Kashmir’s Uri area. The local hunters and wildlife teams had been deployed in the area after the wildlife department got permission to trap or neutralise the […]