In a landmark judgment, after months of deliberations, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalised homosexuality. A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, Rohinton Fali Nariman, A M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra in its verdict said, "Criminalising gay sex is irrational and indefensible." Following this historic judgment, reactions poured in on Twitter, celebrating the verdict. Here are some of them.
The PM's vision of a lean, agile, mobile and technology driven force requires more than 1.7 percent of GDP that it now gets.
Wipro Technologies has been selected by the Wi-Fi Alliance to become an authorised pre-certification test lab, only the third such facility of the global industry trade association in the world.
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SBI Chairman in the last year's banking conclave had started a debate by seeking to abolish cash reserve ratio to enhance liquidity in the banking sector for more productive use.
They showed big hearts. They were unfazed by the stature of their rivals and that's what is very important. You respect your rival but don't get intimidated by his CV, says India's High-Performance Director Santiago Nieva.
'It is a package for a new self-reliant India.'
Rera's implementation is patchy across states, and the powers of the regulator to enforce its orders are also limited.
Swaraj said there is scope to do a lot more and this would be an important element of their deliberations.
Editor-in-Chief of daily 'Dagens Nyhetter' Peter Wolodarski also claimed that Indian envoy to Sweden Banashri Bose Harrison warned that the planned state visit by the President was at risk of being cancelled.
Mohammad Sajjad profiles Professor Riazur Rahman Sherwani, 94, versatile mind, intrepid intellectual.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
Richard Rahul Verma, the first Indian American to serve as US Ambassador to New delhi, quips that surviving the first month in India is his first goal.
The realme X50 Pro 5G is a future ready phone that comes loaded with fancy tech for gamers and social media buffs, says Ashish Narsale.
'Like every other job, if you do it enough, you get practice.' 'If you don't, things get rusty.'
'I regard her as Miss Universe, but not for the reason that most people do.' 'When she is talking to you, she makes you feel like you are the only one in this universe.'
'One thing I've learned about nuclear power is that these are not fast kind of time-lines.'
A Priority Foreign Country is a status reserved for those nations that are the most egregious violators of intellectual property rights and have the most negative impact on US competitiveness abroad.
Rajasthan has taken the lead on structural reforms which could help India attract business and employ a fast-growing workforce.
Sahara has ploughed at least Rs 1,500 crore from two of its credit cooperatives into the Aamby Valley resort project
'The elections are still a few months away. The fascists are, thus far, only campaigning. Yes, it's looking bad, but they are not in power. Not yet. And you've already succumbed?' Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy writes an anguished open letter to publishing house Penguin India, which agreed to withdraw and pulp all copies of Wendy Doniger's The Hindus: An Alternative History, following a legal suit.
Gandhi said there's a lot of space for cooperation between the United States and India in the creation of jobs and in the education sector.
1983 World Cup winner Krishnamachari Srikkanth believes Virat Kohli's captaincy, and Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal's excellent bowling, were the key to India's narrow victory over Afghanistan.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani on Tuesday said it is 'hypocrisy' on part of Board of Control for Cricket in India that it lets India play Pakistan at ICC tournaments but ignores bilateral series.
Cancelling Uighur leader Dolkun Isa's visa could have been a mutual face-saving exercise for New Delhi and Beijing.
This property has all the hallmarks of being owned and occupied by Vijay Mallya. A fleet of supercars making their way down the drive, hordes of people descending to party all night long and a constant delivery of goods and services.
'It is pure luck that we did not have any body bags, otherwise things could have been nasty.'
'There were any number of Congress leaders who disliked Sonia Gandhi, but they were very close to Ahmed Bhai and he would listen, and give a shoulder to cry upon.'
Modi also stressed on important issues like the need to preserve and embrace nature.
As global and domestic economies continue to flounder, vacancies at many existing and new commercial properties across India's commercial capital have risen to 30-50 per cent levels from 14-15 per cent in 2009.
Instead of trying to benefit from India's economic growth, Pakistan is expected to continue with its anti-India narrative by not only continuing to build up its nuclear arsenal, but also support terrorist outfits as proxies, American lawmakers have been told.
Defining challenge in India is augmenting state capacity, says Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
India was fooled into believing that Communist China wanted a 'negotiated' settlement with the Tibetans; it was never the case, says Claude Arpi.
Delegates of a bilateral peace delegation urge the prime ministers of Pakistan and India to resume dialogue for peace and full normalisation of relations.
Stephen P Cohen pays tribute to strategic expert B Raman, who passed away recently.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has written to House Speaker Paul Ryan, asking him to raise the issue of religious freedom in India during his meeting with PM Modi.
Former India stumper Nayan Mongia tells Haresh Pandya that many players from the Under-19 World Cup-winning team have the potential to make it to India's senior squad.
Targeting mostly the mid and mid-premium market, Wyndham will bring in globally established brands like Howard Johnson and Hawthorn Suits to India over the next five years, said Wyndham's managing director, Frank Trampert.
Nooyi recounted that she felt guilty for not being able to attend several activities at her daughters' school as she could not take time off from work.
Two years into power, there is very little to show for the Modi government by way of 'achievements' on the foreign policy front, and his China, Pakistan policies are gasping for breath, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
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