Once a quiet riverside ritual, Dev Deepawali has evolved into UP's largest soft-power spectacle -- merging faith, art, enterprise into a global cultural brand that reflects state's growing confidence.
The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan for the ambitious clean India campaign.
With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank report has said.
According to the 2011 census, 67 per cent of rural households and 13 per cent of urban households defecate in the open.
Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in every sector for the benefit of global stability and people's livelihoods over the next ten years.
The prime minister and president stated their intention to expand defence co-operation to bolster national, regional and global security.
Here are some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of October.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
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