Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who is on a two-day state visit to India, hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, calling it “inspirational.” Subianto arrived in Delhi to grace the 76th Republic Day celebrations as the chief guest. President Droupadi Murmu received Subianto at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday and hosted a banquet in his honour, which...
Low-cost carrier Air India Express on Thursday announced that it will begin operations from the Hindon airport in Ghaziabad starting March 1. “With this expansion, Air India Express will operate from two airports in NCR; Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) and Hindon Airport (HDO). The airline will commence services from Hindon on March 1, 2025,...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that India’s development needs to be inclusive, equitable, ecologically sustainable and morally desirable and that the Centre remains committed to a climate resilient future. Singh said the country was fast developing and therefore, its consumption “should be need-based and not greed-based” and for this our behaviours need to...
Taking repeated jabs at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party President J.P. Nadda and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed campaign rallies in various parts of the city on Thursday (January 23, 2025). Mr. Adityanath accused the AAP of stalling development in the Capital city over the last decade while Mr. Nadda told people...
Delhi saw the highest day temperature in January in six years with the maximum temperature on Sunday recorded at 26.1 degrees Celsius, seven notches above normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The weather office has also said that the Capital is likely to witness rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Six years ago, in...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (January 20, 2025) issued a flurry of executive orders and directives as he sought to put his stamp on his new administration on matters ranging from energy to criminal pardons and immigration. Trump pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a sweeping gesture of support...
Flagging certain “discrepancies” in road projects, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Tuesday called for a “thorough inspection”, questioning whether certain encroachments had led to a reduction of the width of roads. Addressing a gathering in South Goa after laying the foundation stone for six national highway projects, Gadkari asked Goa Chief...
In its first foreign policy engagement, the Donald Trump administration hosted a meeting of Quad foreign ministers where the US, Japan, India, and Australia committed to strengthening “maritime, economy and technology security in the face of increasing threats”, expressed their goal of a “free and open Indo-Pacific”, and agreed to “think bigger, deepen agenda and...
Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kolkata on Monday, The Telegraph reported. Additional district and sessions judge Anirban Das refused to impose death penalty, stating that the crime could not be classified as “rarest of...
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was given a seat of honour at the swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. The EAM was seated in the front row at Trump’s inaugural ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda. Jaishankar attended the inauguration as a special envoy of PM Modi, carrying a letter...