India in concert with China and Russia will call for “joint resistance” against unilateral protectionism at the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s meeting of heads of state that will be attended by PM Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, said sources here. While agreeing to toughen the language at theRead More

New Delhi The Centre has set a target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday. He said the government is formulating a plan to provide clean drinking water to nearly 14 crore households. “The prime minister has set aRead More

Ahmedabad The Gujarat administration is on high alert to deal with cyclone ‘Vayu’, which is likely to hit the state coast near Veraval on Thursday, officials said. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said people living in the coastal belt would be shifted to safer places. As per the latestRead More

New Delhi The US’ decision to allow sales of armed drones to India will change the battle-scape and New Delhi’s prowess. At present, India does not have armed drones or unmanned aerial vehicles that can fire missiles at desired targets and return to the base. The Indian armed forces areRead More

New Delhi For the past few weeks, the Congress is facing a crisis. Ever since its president Rahul Gandhi dropped a bombshell of stepping down and insisting on acceptance of his resignation, the grand old party is a state of flux. Never has the internal struggle in the party arrivedRead More

Colombo Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Sri Lanka’s top leadership, including President Maithripala Sirisena, on Sunday and both sides agreed that terrorism is a “joint threat” that needs collective and focussed action, weeks after the island nation witnessed the worst jihadi attack. Modi is the first foreign leader to visitRead More

New delhi Turkey has chosen to bite the bullet by going ahead with the purchase of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia despite dire warnings from the Pentagon and the freezing of the supply of advanced F-35 fighters. India, facing the same predicament, has to soon decide which way itRead More

Puducherry Former Puducherry Chief Minister and senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader RV Janakiraman died at a private hospital here on Monday after a brief illness, his family said. Janakiraman, 79, was undergoing treatment for age-related illness for some time and his end came this morning. He was the chief ministerRead More

New Delhi India and the US are working on a framework to facilitate transfer of critical military technology and classified information by American defence firms to Indian private sector for joint ventures, authoritative sources said. The framework will also prescribe specific measures for ensuring safety and security of sensitive technologyRead More

New Delhi After de-criminalising homosexuality in India, people feel it is time for gay marriage to be made legal in India, a study has pointed out. According to data gathered from users of dating app OkCupid, 55 per cent of men and 82 per cent of women on the OkCupidRead More