United Nations India has said that the UN Security Council needs to take more frequent recourse to the International Court of Justice to promote judicial settlement of international disputes before resorting to any other means. Yedla Umasankar, First Secretary/Legal adviser in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, said on FridayRead More

New Delhi The DNA Technology Regulation Bill, which seeks to control the use of DNA technology for establishing the identity of a person, has been referred to a parliamentary standing committee for examination, the Lok Sabha secretariat has said. The bill that seeks to control the use and application ofRead More

New Delhi Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at Union Minister Piyush Goyal for his remarks on Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, saying the government’s job is to improve the “collapsing” economy and not to run a “comedy circus”. Goyal on Friday said Banerjee supported ‘NYAY’, a minimumRead More

Mumbai The Indian economy was slowing down instead of accelerating under PM Narendra Modi and there was no way it could touch $5 trillion, former PM Manmohan Singh said here today. Addressing the media while campaigning for the Maharashtra elections, Singh said the last five years had seen massive jobRead More

Manila India and the Philippines on Friday agreed to bolster defence and maritime security partnership and to make it a key pillar of bilateral cooperation, amidst China flexing its military muscles in the region. The two countries also committed to work closely together to defeat and eliminate terrorism in allRead More

Washington There had been narrowing of trade differences between India and the US, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, hoping that the two countries would be able to enter into a trade deal soon. “I hope to have an agreement sooner. Obviously narrowing (of differences) is happening,” she told aRead More

Mumbai Attacking the Opposition for accusing him of diverting people’s attention from Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they should drown themselves in shame. “The shameless opposition (leaders) are asking what is the connection between Article 370 and Maharashtra… We are proud of Maharashtra’s children who sacrificed everything for JammuRead More

New Delhi The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said it had asked its mission in Jeddah to ascertain details of Indians involved in the bus crash in Saudi Arabia in which 35 people, including Asians and Arabs, were killed. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed his deepest condolences toRead More

Washington India’s ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday briefed lawmakers on the situation in Kashmir and the steps taken to maintain peace after Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was abrogated. The briefing, first such by the top Indian diplomat for members of the House foreign affairs committee,Read More

New Delhi/Patna Ending speculations about his party’s widening rift with the JD(U), BJP chief Amit Shah said on Thursday the alliance was “firm” and will contest the next Bihar Assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, remarks hailed by the coalition partner. Shah was also dismissive ofRead More