Category: National

New Delhi [India], August 23: India pulled off something rare this week, getting its neighbours to agree on action, not just talk. Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and India came together in Delhi to strengthen health research systems. The message was blunt: no country can fix pandemics, NCDs, or antibiotic resistance alone. We’ve all seen […]

New Delhi [India], August 22: It is not every day that India’s push for technological sovereignty makes tangible strides. But on a humid Friday afternoon in Delhi, the country’s semiconductor story turned a new page. The Government of India, under its ambitious Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme, announced the sanction of 23 chip-design projects led […]

New Delhi [India], August 21: At Patna Junction these days, you can already sense the season coming. Chai vendors are stocking up extra cups, porters are haggling louder than usual, and families keep asking the same anxious question at counters: “Bhaiya, ticket confirm ho jaayega na?” Every year around Diwali and Chhath, the story repeats. […]

New Delhi [India], August 19: The issue of stray dogs in India remains a stubborn challenge. Millions of street dogs live alongside people in towns and villages, sparking both compassion and concern. Dog bites, rabies fears, and street-side aggression are often reported, while at the same time, countless citizens feed and care for community animals. […]

New Delhi [India], August 16: If you’ve ever crawled past Mukarba Chowk at 6 pm or found yourself stuck near Dhaula Kuan with the radio spitting the same ad again and again, you know the helplessness. Delhi’s traffic doesn’t just waste fuel. It eats patience. And time. And sometimes even your mood for the whole […]

New Delhi [India], August 15: It’s not every week that Vanijya Bhawan in Delhi hums with the voices of ten nations, but that’s what happened between August 10 and 14, when India played host to the 10th ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee. It’s the table where India and Southeast Asia check in […]

Is it conceivable that the slavery hurts, could impress so sharply on an eight-year-old child, that the boy would make a vow to give his very life- that India would breathe air of freedom? It was a simple vow that Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar made when he was a boy, whose fire, discipline, hard work, […]

New Delhi [India], August 15: On India’s 79th Independence Day, PM Modi spoke boldly from the Red Fort. He blended big goals with small, everyday benefits. The message was this: rules will get simpler, jobs will be pushed, India will make more things at home, and people should feel the change in their daily lives. […]

New Delhi [India], August 12: Bhubaneswar’s Info Valley isn’t exactly Silicon Valley. At least, not yet. The loudest noise on a humid Tuesday afternoon comes from a tea stall where the owner argues with a customer about India cricket scores while fanning his coals. But somewhere a thousand kilometres away in New Delhi, the Union […]

New Delhi [India], August 12: Only in India could a vacuum cleaner become the hero of the day. On August 12, 2025, classrooms from the wind-whipped mountains of Leh to the coconut-scented breezes of Kanyakumari were buzzing, quite literally. In one school, a bottle-and-motor contraption wheezed to life, earning a round of applause. In another, […]