US okays sale of 31 Predator drones to India in $4-bn deal

The Biden administration on Thursday notified the US Congress on its proposed supply of 31 MQ-9B Predator long endurance drones to India, in a significant forward movement to firm up the mega deal......

Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

168,491 Lives Lost In Road Mishaps

33 per cent of all road accidents and 35 per cent of fatal accidents took place on national highways and expressways. IMAGE: A state transport bus carrying at least 21 passengers met with an......

19 deaths every hour in India due to road accident in 2022

The number of road accidents in India went up by an alarming 12 per cent to over 4.6 lakh in 2022, resulting in death of 19 persons every hour, according to a report by Ministry of Road Transport......

El Nino biggest immediate risk for the markets; not priced in yet: Analysts

Less-than-expected rainfall and a poor spatial distribution, experts say, can rekindle fears of a rise in food and fuel inflation that can have an impact on the RBI's monetary policy. Photograph:......

India likely to contribute 15% to global growth in 2023: top IMF exec

India is expected to contribute 15 per cent to the global growth in 2023, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said on Tuesday. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters “Both India and......

Elon Musk's troubled tryst with India: Tesla, Starlink in limbo for over a year

Musk is planning a whistle-stop tour to India in November; he’s exploring opportunities elsewhere in Asia; he may be pulling out altogether. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. Photograph: Michele......

Economist Kalpana Kochhar to retire from IMF in July

Indian economist Kalpana Kochhar, who heads the Human Resources Department of the International Monetary Fund, is leaving the organisation to join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the IMF......

Belgian teen youngest to fly solo around the world

IMAGE: 17-year-old Mack Rutherford landed at an airfield near the Bulgarian capital Sofia after flying 54,124 km (33,631 miles) and visiting more than 30 countries since he departed from the same......

CWG: India win historic GOLD in women's four lawn bowl

IMAGE: India's Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia and Rupa Rani Tirkey celebrate winning the gold medal in the Lawn Bowls women's Fours event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.......

Soldier wounded in border clash with India at Beijing torch relay

While many Western countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, are diplomatically boycotting the Winter Olympics over China's human rights record, Putin will join a number of......