New Delhi, September 17 (IANS) With Delhi's first woman Chief Minister lasting just over 50 days in her only stint while her successor and the second woman in the post spent over 15 years in office in three con

New Delhi, September 17 (IANS) Born on September 17, 1950, a few years after India gained independence and just as it became a Republic, Narendra Modi was the third of six children of Damodardas and Hiraba Modi

New Delhi, September 16 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Monday opened up on why he quit the party and laid out five reasons for his resignation.Speaking to IANS, Sircar asserted

New Delhi, September 15 (IANS): The task of security is to protect the three assets of the target organisation -- physical resources, human power engaged in sensitive work and the exclusive information in posse

Hyderabad, September 12 (IANS) CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, who passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Thursday, was a stalwart of the Left politics in India, and

New Delhi, September 11 (IANS): To truly grasp the significance of the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, one must understand the role of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.Tibetan Buddhists believe that

New Delhi, September 10 (IANS) A perspicacious peregrination through the discombobulating gallimaufry that is the English language with its penchant for purloining from other languages, its hermetic spellings,

New Delhi, September 7 (IANS): Discussions regarding Indo-China relations following India's independence often disproportionately emphasise India's humiliating defeat in the 1962 War with China.However, the his

New York, September 6 (IANS) Doubling down on the 'America First' agenda of his first term, former US President Donald Trump threatened if he is elected again to enforce a policy of high tariffs and bringing ba

New Delhi, September 3 (IANS): Since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, Pakistan has deliberately fostered an anti-India narrative that permeates all facets of its society. While the historical c

New Delhi, September 1 (IANS): Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest and most resource-rich province, remains a region marred by conflict, underdevelopment, and deprivation. Despite its vast natural wealth, the peo

New Delhi, August 20 (IANS)  India, the world's largest democracy, faces an intricate challenge in conducting elections at an unparalleled scale. The traditional voting process, characterised by extensive

Bali, August 19 (IANS) Climate change is significantly impacting mental health and psychosocial well-being, the World Health Organization said, while calling on countries to strengthen mental health systems and

New Delhi, August 19 (IANS): Discussions on modern leadership revolve around a projection that ‘traditional’ concepts would not do, that it is all about the leader being able to get along with the people he

New Delhi, August 15 (IANS) With his 11th consecutive address on Independence Day from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort, Narendra Modi on Thursday became the third Prime Minister to do so.The record lies wit

New Delhi, August 12 (IANS) The Department of Fisheries, under the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, is set to organise ‘National Space Day’ to mark the success of the Chandrayaan

New Delhi, August 11 (IANS): The end of the Cold War in 1991 was known to have opened the floodgate of cross-border conflicts, insurgencies and separatist violence instigated from outside -- all representing a

New Delhi, August 10 (IANS): As we commemorate the historic day of August 11, 1961, when Dadra and Nagar Haveli were formally united with India, we are reminded of a monumental victory in the struggle against c

IANS | August 10The Indian sportspersons’ performance at the Paris Olympics has once again brought out the “Tale of being so close and yet so far”. Have the Indian sportspersons got the mental strength to

New Delhi, August 9 (IANS): The social fabric of Pakistan is complex and multifaceted, woven from diverse ethnicities, languages, and cultures. Among these, the Punjabi community holds a distinctive position, o