New Delhi Both India and China have rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate on the border standoff. In an embarrassment to the US President, sources here denied his claims of having spoken to Prime Minister Narenda Modi on India’s ongoing military standoff with China in eastern Ladakh. InRead More

New Delhi Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday reviewed the locust control operations with Ministers of State Parshottam Rupala and Kailash Choudhary and senior officials of the ministry, according to an official statement. As on date, there are some active swarms of immature locusts in Barmer, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Bikaner,Read More

New Delhi The government is planning for phase three of the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ as over three lakh stranded Indians have registered themselves with Indian missions abroad for evacuation on compelling grounds. The first phase was a modest 64 flights and a couple of sorties by naval ships that broughtRead More

New Delhi As countries scramble to stem the spread of COVID-19, the debate over “immunity passports” is gathering steam with some governments pushing for documents that certify a person immune and several experts saying the claim would not just be specious but also lead to discrimination and “intentional” cases. WithRead More

New Delhi/Jhansi/Nagpur After damaging crops in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, swarms of locusts entered Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi district Wednesday and could head towards Maharashtra’s Ramtek city amid what is being described as the worst attack in 26 years. Punjab, usually unaffected by the menace, is also gearing up for theRead More

New Delhi The COVID-19 fatality rate in India is among the lowest in the world at 2.87 per cent, the government said on Tuesday, attributing the timely lockdown, early detection and management of coronavirus infection cases as the main reasons for the low death toll. From 3.38 per cent inRead More

New Delhi The reason for the stand-off between troops of India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh remains a subject of conjecture among foreign policy experts in the absence of any authoritative commentary from both governments. At the regular press conference on Tuesday, ChineseRead More

United Nations An Indian Army officer and woman peacekeeper, who has served with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), and a Brazilian woman commander have been selected for the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019), with UN Chief António Guterres describing them as “powerfulRead More

New Delhi China has asked its citizens staying in India and willing to return to register their names with its mission here. Embassy sources said this part of the routine evacuations going on around the world and denied any link with the tensions on the Sino-India border. Many of thoseRead More

New Delhi The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has intervened with the Union Government to a complaint to it by the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) to ensure proper implementation of the labour laws, but they have approached it yet again jointly seeking it intercede with greater force. The move to internationaliseRead More