India, Pakistan hockey players shake hands at Malaysia meet
The gesture by the junior hockey players of the two teams came after the men's and women's cricket teams of India and Pakistan opted for “no-handshake” policy during their respective matches in the Asia Cup in the UAE and a World Cup game in Colombo.
15 October 2025, 05:38 AM
India to launch EFTA trade pact on Oct 1
In the midst of a tariff battle with the United States, India will formally operationalise its free trade agreement (FTA) with four countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) bloc on October 1.
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Anuparna Roy’s breakthrough at Venice Film Festival
For Anuparna Roy, in her thirties, the excitement of winning an award with her very first feature film at the world’s oldest film festival in Venice is yet to sink in. The Indian media took no notice of Roy, an English literature student from Burdwan University in West Bengal, when she released her first short film “Run To The River” a couple of years ago. But today, that moment seems light years away.
10 September 2025, 13:11 PM
Bhupen Hazarika centenary sets sail on Brahmaputra with musical river voyage
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tribute this morning, called Hazarika’s music timeless, noting how his compositions “transcended borders and linguistic barriers for decades.” That universality is embodied in “Bistirna Parore” (popularly known in Bangla as “Bistirno Dupaare”), the song after which the voyage is named.
8 September 2025, 10:20 AM
BGB-BSF conference: Push-ins, border killings to figure high
The continuous push-ins by Indian authorities from different border points despite repeated protests by Bangladesh will top the agenda of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the upcoming 56th director general-level conference.
23 August 2025, 18:44 PM
"Even simple tasks are hard": India's first ISS astronaut on space life
Indian Air Force officer Shubhanshu Shukla, the country’s first astronaut to enter the International Space Station (ISS), has shared his first-hand experience that even simple tasks like sleeping, walking, and drinking water become very challenging in microgravity conditions.
30 June 2025, 08:36 AM
India to conduct 7 experiments in space
Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla scripted history by becoming the country’s first astronaut to enter the International Space Station (ISS) on June 26 after the docking of Axiom 4 spacecraft, he carried with him India’s scientific dreams to the frontiers of microgravity.
27 June 2025, 11:07 AM
India develops solar-powered green hydrogen production
Indian scientists have developed a scalable device that produces green hydrogen, one of the cleanest fuels, by splitting water molecules using only solar energy.
23 June 2025, 07:05 AM
Indian state-owned telecom soft launches of Quantum 5G FWA
India’s state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the soft launch of Quantum 5G FWA, the country’s first indigenous, SIM-less fixed-wireless-access solution that is claimed to deliver fibre-like speeds over 5G radio.
21 June 2025, 08:33 AM
India launches AI-based multimodal LLM for Indian languages
India has recently launched an indigenously developed AI-based multimodal large language model (LLM) for Indian languages.
3 June 2025, 06:58 AM
Indian startup claims to invent stroke kit to slash paralysis risk
An Indian start-up claims to have come up with a high-end med-tech kit, a life-saving intervention, for patients suffering from for treatment of acute ischemic stroke (brain stroke) which reduces the risk of long-term paralysis and disability.
31 May 2025, 08:08 AM
India unveils locally developed weather forecast system
India has recently unveiled the country’s first indigenously developed high-resolution weather forecast system.
28 May 2025, 11:15 AM
Indian Navy reconstructs ancient ship inspired by Ajanta Cave paintings
A 1,600-year-old wooden ship, long extinct and no longer in naval service anywhere in the world, has been successfully reconstructed
22 May 2025, 07:59 AM
Indian scientists develop a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery
A team of Indian scientists in Bengaluru has developed a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery (SIB) based on a NASICON-type cathode and anode material, that can charge up to 80% in just six minutes and last over 3000 charge cycles.
20 May 2025, 03:00 AM
India withdraws export ban on 100% broken rice
The world’s largest rice exporter has revoked the ban to reduce its domestic stockpile
11 March 2025, 07:11 AM
Docking, growing vegetables, and manufacturing in space
On January 16, India’s national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), conducted a successful space docking (SpaDeX) operation by bridging two satellites in space, after overcoming hiccups twice.
20 January 2025, 09:56 AM
Could the Indian foreign secretary’s visit create positive optics?
Vikram Misri's visit to Dhaka signals efforts to stabilise Bangladesh-India ties.
15 December 2024, 07:00 AM
BJP's infiltration-from-Bangladesh plank falls flat in Jharkhand
The results of the assembly election in Jharkhand, where an alliance led by regional party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, stormed back to power, have rebuffed main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive campaign on the polarising plank based on alleged infiltration from Bangladesh
23 November 2024, 12:36 PM
Shadow of US prosecutor’s bribery charge on Adani?
It remains to be seen how the political impact of the US prosecutors’ charges against the Adani group plays out.
21 November 2024, 11:30 AM
Will BJP’s infiltration pitch in Bengal and Assam pay off?
Infiltration from India’s border with Bangladesh has become a key component of Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy for state assembly elections.
1 November 2024, 05:00 AM