Quad unveils new initiative to monitor maritime activity across Indo-Pacific

Four-nation grouping Quad on Tuesday launched a major new initiative for the Indo-Pacific that allows the partner countries to fully monitor the waters on their shores and help ensure peace and......

China's 1st Mars rover steps out to explore red planet

China's first Mars rover on Saturday drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface to start exploring the surface of the red planet. The six-wheeled solar-powered rover named......

India has one of world's lowest Covid infection, death rate: Vardhan

India has one of the world's lowest COVID-19 infection and death rates, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday, underlining that the recovery rate among coronavirus-infected patients in......

'A short and limited war would be a disaster'

'Open conflict would be a disaster for both China and India.' IMAGE: Indian Army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, June 17, 2020. Photograph: Danish Ismail/Reuters "The border dispute......

Prabhu unveils big initiatives to reform the Railways

Image: Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu with Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha Photograph, courtesy: PIB     The Railway Budget presented on Thursday in......

US does a U-turn, lauds India's IPR

Obama administration is happy with Modi govt's ‘baby steps’ towards improving the country’s weak IPR laws Ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit to India next month,......

USIBC welcomes Indo-US aviation security agreement

The US India Business Council has welcomed the signing of an aviation safety agreement between the two nations, noting that it will pave the way for greater bilateral trade in the sector."India-US......

USIBC welcomes Indo-US aviation security agreement

The US India Business Council has welcomed the signing of an aviation safety agreement between the two nations, noting that it will pave the way for greater bilateral trade in the sector."India-US......

'Most corrupt bookies in international cricket are Indians'

'In Sri Lanka it was both local and Indian corruptors. In most other parts of the world it is mostly corrupt Indian bookies.' A top International Cricket Council official says that most of the......

How Brazil is planning to guard the Olympics against terror attacks

- 'One person can cause a lot of damage and you need to operate at a micro level to get ahead of it' The attacks that killed 130 people in Paris last November and 32 in Brussels in March forced a......

Should athletes consider not attending Olympics if fear Zika?

‘No one should go to Brazil if they don't feel comfortable going’ IMAGE: A woman looks on next to a banner as soldiers and municipal health workers take part in cleaning of the......