JAISHANKAR MEETS BLINKEN, DISCUSSES LANKA, ASEAN External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Thursday. The meeting comes at a time when US-China tension is high over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&r
GOVT GIVES NOD TO STRONGER CLIMATE TARGETS FOR 2030 Incorporating two of the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Glasgow conference last year, India on Wednesday enhanced its climate change targets for 2030. India has said it was now committing itself to at
FLAGGING TERROR THREAT, INDIA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO MALDIVES To counter the threat of transnational crime, terrorism and drug trafficking in the Indian Ocean region, India on Tuesday said it will give 24 vehicles and one naval boat to the Maldives Security Force and help train
PARLIAMENT DEADLOCK BROKEN: SPEAKER LIFTS SUSPENSION OF 4 CONG MPS, RS REMOVES REMARKS ON SONIA Dialling down the discord between the ruling party and Opposition in Parliament, after days of bitter exchanges and adjournments since the Monsoon session began on July 18, Lok Sa
DEBATE ON PRICE RISE IN LOK SABHA TODAY After a near washout of House proceedings for two weeks, the Lok Sabha will have a debate on price rise today. According to the list of business, Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut and Congress’ Manish Tewari will raise a discussion on pr
ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY APOLOGISES TO PRESIDENT In the eye of a political storm over his “Rashtrapatni” remark for President Droupadi Murmu, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress leader in Lok Sabha, wrote to her Friday, apologising for having “mistakenly”
BJP ON THE FRONT FOOT AFTER CONGRESS LEADER’S ‘RASHTRAPATNI’ REMARK Deepening the divide in Parliament, already rocked by noisy protests and repeated adjournments, Union Minister Smriti Irani and Congress president Sonia Gandhi faced off Thursday, prompting
AAP'S SANJAY SINGH 24TH MP TO BE SUSPENDED FROM PARL Moments after Rajya Sabha adopted a motion on Wednesday to suspend AAP's Sanjay Singh for the remaining week making him the 24th MP in both Houses to be suspended for "unruly conduct", Opposition veterans petitioned RS cha
INDIA RECALLS SACRIFICE OF KARGIL BRAVEHEARTS ON VIJAY DIWAS President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday led the nation in paying tributes to the armed forces personnel who fought valiantly in extremely harsh conditions to defend the country's territ
DROUPADI MURMU BECOMES INDIA'S PRESIDENT Her election is proof the poor can dream and fulfil them too, India's 15th president and its first tribal head of state Droupadi Murmu said after taking oath of office on Monday, a landmark day that melded tradition with the aspiratio
