The Indian government will give time to the investors to exit from the unregulated cryptocurrency market if the law banning their trade is enacted, according to a newspaper report citing officials familiar with the development. The Narendra Modi-led government has tabled the “Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021” for the upcoming winter session…Continue Reading

Indian forces conduct multi-agency exercise in Rajasthan, Gujarat

Indian forces conducted multi-agency exercise named “Sagar Shakti”. The exercise was conducted in parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan involving the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Border Security Force(BSF) including Gujarat’s security forces and fisheries department. The drill was conducted between 19-22 November. Read in Pics:  Indian Army targets AI-powered battle tanks with eye on…Continue Reading

Indian paper industry urges govt to allow pulpwood plantation in degraded land

NEW DELHI: The Indian paper industry, which is facing inadequate raw material availability, has urged the government to offer degraded forest land and non-forest government land near mills for pulpwood plantation, a move that will also help increase the green cover in the country. Raw material security is necessary for the paper industry to become…Continue Reading

Indian Teen Girl Wins National Prize For Making Device To Save Infant Lives

A Class 9 student has developed a cost-effective automotive prototype that could save the lives of many infants who are left to suffocate in the car and for this, she bagged the first prize in the India@75 National Youth Ideathon 2021. National Youth IdeathonAlso Read: Nine Indian Kids Who Won PM’s Award In Field Of Science…Continue Reading

Indian PM Modi repeals three controversial farm laws, asks protesting farmers to return home

In an address to the nation, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws.    Several farmers had been protesting against these laws for a long time. The leader also appealed these farmers to return home.   Also Read: India’s SC sets aside lower court’s…Continue Reading

Indian defence minister takes a veiled dig at China as new destroyer gets commissioned

In a veiled dig at China, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that “some irresponsible nations” with narrow partisan interests and hegemonic tendencies have come up with wrong definitions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).   Singh also added that it is a matter of concern that UNCLOS…Continue Reading

Indian Navy to enhance surveillance capability, to focus on acquiring new-age tech

SynopsisThough the Navy will primarily focus on acquiring the unmanned platforms from within the country, it will also look at the best available drones and other related systems in the global market.APNavy personnel, wearing masks, stand on the deck of INS Visakhapatnam, the stealth guided-missile destroyer.The Indian Navy plans to acquire a sizeable number of…Continue Reading

Exclusive: Wife of Indian Army martyr joins army; daughter calls her ‘best mother in the world’

“Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja, Khushi ke geet gaye jaa, Ye zindagi hai qaum ki, Tu qaum pe lootaye ja” (March, march on forward… Singing songs of happiness as you go… this life belongs to our Motherland, lay it down for the Motherland), 11 year old Lavanya Nainwal sings along with hundreds of other Indian Army…Continue Reading

Indian authorities seize containers carrying radioactive material being transferred from Pak to China

Indian authorities have seized a vessel carrying several containers of radioactive material that were being transferred from Pakistan to China. The ”undeclared hazardous cargo” was seized by a joint Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) team. ”While the cargo was listed as Non-Hazardous, the seized containers had Hazard Class 7 markings (which indicate radioactive…Continue Reading

Why are British Indian voters abandoning Labour?

In the aftermath of Keir Starmer’s first proper conference speech as Labour leader, questions about the party’s resurrection continue to swirl. Nationwide polls on Westminster voting intentions show Labour closing a yawning gap with the Tories, but it’s unclear whether this is indicative of a structural shift in political preferences or simply the result of…Continue Reading