India-US defence sales at an all-time high: Pentagon
Defence sales between India and the US are at an all-time high and bilateral strategic partnership continues to advance at a historic pace, a top Pentagon commander has said. Admiral Philips Davidson, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) told members...
read moreBJP-led NDA’s Rafale deal ‘costlier, slower on delivery’: report
The controversy over the Rafale deal has been hinged on two main claims: the new deal signed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was better than the congress-era one and that it would get fighter jets faster. According to latest report in The Hindu...
read moreSedition case against 12 AMU students accused of raising pro-Pak slogans
Security was beefed up at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) after some students and a TV channel crew got into an altercation over reports of a visit by AIMIM lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi, police said on Wednesday. As many as 12 students, including the university's...
read moreModi’s Rafale deal 2.8 per cent cheaper than what UPA negotiated: CAG report
Amid the sparring contest between Congress and the BJP-led NDA government over the Rafale deal, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) into the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. The report mentioned that compared...
read moreIndia’s self-confidence at all time high, says PM Modi in his farwell speech
Addressing the Lok Sabha on Wednesday for the last time before the general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country’s self-confidence is at an all time high and it is a very good sign because such confidence gives boost to development. He also said...
read moreRuchira Kamboj appointed India’s Ambassador to Bhutan
Ruchira Kamboj was appointed as the Ambassador of India to Bhutan on Monday. She is serving as the High Commissioner of India to South Africa since 2017, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). A 1987-cadre Indian Foreign Service (officer), she is...
read moreI am generally working, not relaxing: Trump defends ‘Executive time’
Donald Trump pushed back on Sunday at the suggestion he spends much of his work day taking it easy, as the White House kept up the hunt for the person behind an embarrassing leak of the president's schedule. According to details published last week by Axios, 60 per...
read moreUS negotiators land in Beijing for preliminary trade talks
US negotiators were in Beijing on Monday for another round of talks on a trade deal with the clock ticking towards a March 1 deadline set by President Donald Trump. Preliminary discussions by lower-level officials were to be held, before US Trade Representative Robert...
read moreAfter mobile, now family pack for getting bail: PM’s jibe at Gandhi family
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that there is a trend to get ‘family pack of bail’ now, in an apparent reference to the family of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The bail has been granted by the court to Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Gandhi for their...
read moreBJP must run with workers’ contributions, not ‘industrialists’: Amit Shah
Pitching for "purity" in poll funding, BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said the party must run with contributions from its workers and not on donations of "money bags, builders, contractors and those with black money". Addressing a party event to mark the 51st death...
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