Terrorists enjoy free pass: India slams Pak at UNSC after Islamabad’s envoy rakes up Kashmir issue 

Terrorists enjoy free pass in Pakistan, which has an established history and policy of actively supporting them and holds the ignoble record of hosting the largest number of militants proscribed by the UN Security Council, India has said, slamming Islamabad at the UN Security Council. “I’m constrained to take the floor once again to respond…Continue Reading

India set to seal $3 billion Predator drone deal with US by current fiscal

India is set to finalise a long-conceived proposal to procure 30 multi-mission armed Predator drones from the US for the three services at an estimated cost of over $3 billion (around Rs 22,000 crore), official sources said on Tuesday. The proposal to acquire the MQ-9B long-endurance drones, armed with air-to-ground missiles, is likely to be cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in the next few weeks following which it will be placed before the PM-led…Continue Reading

India allows quarantine-free entry of vaccinated foreign nationals from 99 countries

Fully vaccinated foreign travellers from 99 countries, who have a mutual recognition pact of vaccine certificates with India, have been permitted to enter without undergoing quarantine, according to revised guidelines issued by the Indian government. However, they would be required to follow certain mandatory procedures before arriving in India. Before their scheduled arrival, travellers from…Continue Reading

India and China will need to explain coal move, says COP26 president Alok Sharma

LONDON: China and India will need to explain to developing nations why they pushed to water down language on efforts to phase out coal at the COP26 conference, the event’s president Alok Sharma said on Sunday. U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, ended on Saturday with a deal that targeted fossil fuels for the first…Continue Reading

India, UAE, US and Israel ‘West Asian Quad’ meet in next few weeks: EAM Jaishankar

External affairs minister Dr. S Jaishankar has said that India, UAE, US, and Israel–also termed as West Asian Quad–will be meeting in the  coming week. In response to a question at the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo, EAM said,  “you know, we had the initial meeting a month ago…that was hybrid meeting…we had to have follow…Continue Reading

India is on track to achieve historic highs in exports: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said India’s economy was witnessing a bounce back in every sphere, and the country is well on track to achieve historical highs in goods and services exports. Goyal said India is on course to achieve USD 400 billion of merchandise exports in the current financial year ending March. “Also,…Continue Reading

India records 11,271 new Covid-19 infections, 285 deaths

New Delhi: With 11,271 people testing positive for new Covid-19 on Saturday, India’s total tally of its cases rose to 3,44,37,307, while the active cases came down to 1,35,918, the lowest in 522 days (17 months), according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll increased to 4,63,530 with 285 fatalities…Continue Reading