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
Of human migration and citizenship in Assam
The petitioner’s claim was that granting citizenship to immigrants claiming entry before March 25, 1971, was harming Assam’s identity.
25 October 2024, 11:16 AM
Jaishankar’s Islamabad visit and the future of India-Pakistan ties
Ten years is a long time in India-Pakistan relations, which are often prone to fits and starts.
6 October 2024, 11:30 AM
India tightens rules for Boeing 737 Max
India's civil aviation regulator has further tightened the rules relating to operations of Boeing 737 Max aircraft on Monday a day after a fatal crash of one such plane of the Ethiopian Airlines killing all 157 people on board.
12 March 2019, 18:00 PM
India fines Volkswagen Rs 500cr for eco-damage
India's National Green Tribunal (NGT) yesterday ordered automobile major Volkswagen to pay Rs 500 crore as fine for “intentionally programming diesel engines with cheat devices” that caused environmental damage.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Trump scraps GSP for India
The US has announced its plans to scrap the generalised system of preferences (GSP) benefits for India within two months that allows the Asian country to export up to $5.6 billion worth of products to America duty-free.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Pulwama, Balakot dominate India's pre-poll political discourse
True to expectations, the Pulwama terror attack which left 40 Indian paramilitary personnel dead and the Indian Air Force's assault on
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Only possible through the dismantling of the terror apparatus
The homecom-ing of Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from two days of captivity in Pakistan on Friday is considered by some as the first sign of de-escalation of the hostilities and the visible resultant tensions between India and Pakistan in the last few days.
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM
India, Japan sign $75bn currency swap deal
The Bank of Japan and the Reserve Bank of India signed a Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) with effect from yesterday, which will enable both countries to swap their local currencies against US dollar for up to $75 billion.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
India's new response template against terror
Restraint is no longer an option. Action is. That is the message sent out by the Indian Air Force mounting the lightning attack on terror camps deep inside Pakistan on February 26.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM
India's rival coalitions hunt for allies for elections
With parliamentary elections just a couple of months away, the alliance-building exercise by the two major rival camps vying for power
23 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Modi sees India as $10tr economy with countless startups
With fresh general elections just a couple of months away, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday laid out his vision for making India a $10-trillion economy and the third-largest in the world.
23 February 2019, 18:00 PM
India's military options to tackle terror after Pulwama
It has been a week since the ghastly terror attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed, a group based in Pakistan, on a convoy of Indian paramilitary troops left 40 people dead in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.
21 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Anil Ambani guilty of contempt of court in RCom-Ericsson case
India's Supreme Court yesterday held billionaire industrialist and Reliance Communication's Chairman Anil Ambani guilty of contempt of court for wilfully violating its order by not paying Rs 550-crore dues to telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson India.
20 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Terror Attack: Indian trade body calls for shutdown today
A pan-India traders' body has called a nationwide shutdown of business establishments today expressing solidarity with families of security personnel killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir state last Thursday.
17 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Curtain down on 16th Lok Sabha but up on Indian poll script
The coming parliamentary polls hung all over the political circles in the Indian capital on the last day of the final session of the outgoing 16th Lok Sabha on February 13.
15 February 2019, 18:00 PM
India plans to cash in on US-China trade war
India is encouraging its exporters to take advantage of the trade friction between Beijing and Washington, commerce ministry officials
9 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Economic diplomacy top priority: Momen
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen will pursue economic diplomacy that would enable the country to become a middle-income nation
9 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Indian apex court works truce
In the end, it was left to the Indian Supreme Court to bring down the political temperature which shot up furiously following the confrontation between the Mamata Banerjee government in West
8 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Modi government's last attempt at wooing voters
The impending parliamentary elections was written large on the final budget of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its current five-year tenure.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Mamata's return to the street
In the run-up to India's parliamentary elections in April-May, a big political drama is being played out in front of Central Kolkata's
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Can hearts meet and hands hold in Indian opposition alliance?
The two biggest talking points about the mega rally of anti-Bharatiya Janata Parties organised by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on January 19 were
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Priyanka in the Congress poll gambit
The biggest political news in India on January 23 was the formal induction of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in politics and her appointment in the key post of general secretary of the main opposition
25 January 2019, 18:00 PM