A group of envoys including those from several Europe Union countries and a few Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) member states began a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to take a first-hand account of the situation in newly-carved union territory, especially after the recently-concluded local body elections.
India and Nigeria together accounted for a third of the deaths of pregnant women globally in 2010, latest UN figures said, even as maternal deaths declined by nearly half in the past two decades due to improvement in health systems and increased female education.
Brazil's Olympic soccer team trained in the headlights of a lorry on Monday after the floodlights failed at their training ground, local news media reported.
Regional military commander Major General Lucky Irabor said the strike was mistakenly ordered by him based on intelligence that Boko Haram fighters were in the region.
Government's refusal to allow Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to acquire oilfields in Nigeria and Ecuador has cost the country 23 million tonnes per annum of oil production, a top official said on Friday.
As a percentage of GDP, the top recipients of remittances, in 2012, were Tajikistan (48 per cent), Kyrgyz Republic (31 per cent), Lesotho and Nepal (25 per cent each) and Moldova (24 per cent).
India pulled off a huge upset, beating Nigeria 3-2 in the semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games.
'What we have is 'masala redeemed' as opposed to just 'masala resurrected',' argues Sreehari Nair.
To provide more active support to African countries fighting the Nigerian Islamist militant group.
Yaya Toure was named African Footballer of the Year for a record fourth straight time at the annual Confederation of African Football awards on Thursday.
A report published in British journal The Lancet reckons India's working population will surpass China's in the mid-2020s.
PM has been regularly seeking people's inputs through mygov.in and his app, to assess the mood of the nation.
Flying high on the government's initiative for Oil India Ltd's global foray into exploration and production activities, the company will invest around $150 million in the coming fiscal
'What was the message that was going to them?' 'The message was, we are a great country and we have beaten Covid!' 'No one talked about the precautions to be taken.'
Medals tally of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
India lost its competitive advantage as China gave fiscal benefits to its local manufacturers. Besides, recent policy flip-flops have, however, dented India's image as the 'pharmacy of the world'.
The events on Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4 of the Games were well captured and here we document all the action from Day 5, in pictures...
Whatever be India's course of action, it will have an impact on India-Iran ties, notes Aveek Sen.
Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure landed his third successive African Footballer of the Year award on Thursday to cap a memorable week.
Driven from its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State is down but not out. Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group's adherents have now staged hit-and-run raids and suicide attacks. In some cases, the group has claimed responsibility for atrocities, including the bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed at least 253 people. Its involvement is not always proven, but even if the link is ideological rather than operational, Islamic State still poses a security threat in many countries.
Check out India's schedule on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Thursday.
Rediff reader Dr Ravi P Bhatia tells us how his daughter fought the odds in her life.
India needs to examine some way in which, assuming that there is either no vaccine or a delay in administering it to everyone, voting can be made safer, notes Aakar Patel.
Miss World Muslimah was launched three years ago as a protest against Miss World. This year's winner is Obabiyah Aishah Aijbola of Nigeria.
Dabur India on Wednesday said it was in talks with three firms to acquire their brands, while also acquiring a brand from its sister concern Dabur Pharma and introducing more products this fiscal.
The points table of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The Sensex ended up 48 points at 28,386 and the Nifty gained 13 points to close at 8,476.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the international arm of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, will take 25 per cent stake in two deep sea oil and gas exploration blocks in Nigeria.\n
Indian Oil Corporation is keen on acquiring stake in three refineries in Nigeria and is eyeing refinery turnaround jobs in African and West Asian countries.
The domination of home paddlers could be gauged from the fact that all finals on Monday featured only the Indians.
It now appears that London wants to go ahead with 3000-bond surety.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
Hosts Russia will kick off next year's World Cup finals versus Saudi Arabia in Moscow and defending champions Germany will start against Mexico after Friday's draw threw up some mouthwatering clashes.
Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.
The experienced members of England's World Cup squad must step up
Having escaped the 'group of death', it is now do-or-die for the United States and Australia after advancing to the knockout round of the Women's World Cup on Tuesday.
Brazil Under-17 football team coach Carlos Amadeu wants to reclaim the FIFA U-17 World Cup title after a hiatus of 14 years at the majestic Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata, on October 28.
Danny Welbeck says he has emerged mentally stronger after a knee injury ruled him out of the 2016 European Championships and the 27-year-old is keen to make an impact in next month's World Cup in Russia.
