National

New Delhi [India], August 15: It’s not every week that Vanijya Bhawan in Delhi hums with the voices of ten nations, but that’s what happened between August 10 and 14, when India played host to the 10th ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee. It’s the table where India […]

Is it conceivable that the slavery hurts, could impress so sharply on an eight-year-old child, that the boy would make a vow to give his very life- that India would breathe air of freedom? It was a simple vow that Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar made when he was a boy, […]

New Delhi [India], August 15: On India’s 79th Independence Day, PM Modi spoke boldly from the Red Fort. He blended big goals with small, everyday benefits. The message was this: rules will get simpler, jobs will be pushed, India will make more things at home, and people should feel the […]

New Delhi [India], August 12: Bhubaneswar’s Info Valley isn’t exactly Silicon Valley. At least, not yet. The loudest noise on a humid Tuesday afternoon comes from a tea stall where the owner argues with a customer about India cricket scores while fanning his coals. But somewhere a thousand kilometres away […]

New Delhi [India], August 12: Only in India could a vacuum cleaner become the hero of the day. On August 12, 2025, classrooms from the wind-whipped mountains of Leh to the coconut-scented breezes of Kanyakumari were buzzing, quite literally. In one school, a bottle-and-motor contraption wheezed to life, earning a […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 9: International author and criminal lawyer Advocate Eesha Agrawal has been formally appointed as the Vice President of the Transport Cell, Maharashtra State, of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The appointment was marked by a welcome ceremony led by BJP leader and Transport Cell Chairman Haji […]

Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 9: An extraordinary moment that embodies love, emotion, and humanity has touched hearts across the nation today. In September 2024, 9-year-old Riya Boby Mistry was declared brain-dead at Surat’s Kiran Hospital. Through the noble efforts of Donate Life, her hands were donated — marking a historic […]

New Delhi [India], August 8: Some came in buses, others in travellers. A few arrived in pressed uniforms, while many were dressed in their everyday attire. But by the end of the day, all 13,150 students who walked into ICMR labs across India left with something new: a spark. A […]

New Delhi [India], August 6: If you were anywhere near Parliament on 6 August, you could feel it. Not the usual bustle alone, but that slightly charged air that comes when something off-script is about to happen. And it did. By evening, both Houses had signed off on two big […]

Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 5: In a quiet corner of Gujarat’s Surat district, something extraordinary unfolded. Not a festival, not a rally, but a campaign with the power to change lives. For three months, the Agasi branch of Union Bank of India became a beacon of financial empowerment. On July […]