Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju : In TIME magazine list of 100 most influential people of 2019
The TIME magazine in its list of 100 most influential people of 2019 has two Indian women lawyers — Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju — who spearheaded the legal challenge to strike down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.The list also includes Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani.Katju is the niece of former Supreme Court […]
UAE top honour for Modi: Recognition of India’s best-ever ties with Islamic world
In a glowing recognition of his crucial role in providing a new dimension and energy to India’s ties with the UAE and the Islamic world, the UAE has conferred the country’s highest civilian award “the Order of Zayed” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We have historical and comprehensive strategic ties with India, reinforced by the […]
ASAT missile will give the country new strength : Modi
I want to first and foremost congratulate and compliment all the scientists, researchers and others associated with this Mission Shakti, including from DRDO, for their success. The nation is proud of them.Outer space has today become a critical part of our day to day lives. It is no longer as far as it appears. A […]
Prevent degradation of ocean and its ecosystem: Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for fully tapping the enormous potential of the Blue Economy for the country to achieve higher economic growth.Observing that the objective of the Blue Economy is to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and employment opportunities through maritime economic activities, the Vice President wanted appropriate programs to be […]
India, US intensify pressure on Pakistan for Pulwama justice
A fortnight after the audacious air strike on one of the biggest Pakistan-based terror camps, the US joined hands with India to intensify diplomatic pressure on Pakistan by jointly asking the latter to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure on its soil. In the first diplomatic visit from India to the US after the Pulwama carnage perpetrated […]
Pulwama justice: Naya Pakistan? Stop hoodwinking, show some new action against terror, says India
New Pakistan, old mindset! Twelve days after the air strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest terror camp in Balakot, India has asked the keepers of “Naya Pakistan” to move beyond the post-Pulwama persiflage of denial and duplicity, and take “new action” against terrorist groups and terror infrastructure on its soil. In a damning indictment of Pakistan’s double-faced […]
At OIC meet, India reminds Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure
ABU DHABI: Amid deescalating tensions between India and Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj exhorted the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to work proactively with India to counter states that provide shelter to terrorists and fund them, an obvious reference to Pakistan’s role in fomenting anti-India terror. “If we want to save the humanity then […]
Pakistan to release IAF pilot, India asks for verifiable action against Pulwama terrorists
In an effort to deescalate tensions with India that spiked after the Pakistan Air Force jets tried to target Indian military installations, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that his government will release the Indian Air Force pilot on March 1 as a peace gesture. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been in Pakistan Army’s […]
Tensions mount, India warns Pakistan of firm action against unprovoked aggression
Amid calls from the international community for deescalating tensions between the subcontinental nuclear-armed rivals, India has accused Pakistan of “unprovoked aggression” and warned of “firm and decisive action”’ after the Pakistani Air Force hit an Indian jet fighter. The India-Pakistan tensions look set to worsen further as Pakistan’s Air Force targeted military installations on the […]
Nation is in safe hands: PM Modi
“It is such a moment that we should salute our bravehearts, bow to them. I assure you that the nation is in safe hands. There is nothing more important than this country.” — PM Modi at a a gathering of ex-servicemen in Churu, Rajasthan, hours after Indian Air Force launched air strikes at Pakistan-based terrorist […]