China-India border dispute A Chinese soldier has been handed back by Indian authorities after he strayed across a contested border in the Himalayan region, army officials said. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was apprehended in the Demchok area of Ladakh, India said on Monday. The soldier was disoriented and was provided medical assistance and […]
The committee’s estimate for the current spread of the virus is much higher than the Union government’s serological surveys, which showed that only around 14 per cent of the population had been infected, as of September. Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least half of India’s 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected […]
A 74-year-old Indian man, who was mistakenly declared dead and put in a mortuary freezer in Tamil Nadu state, has died days after being rescued. Mr Balasubramanyam was declared dead on Monday after being taken to hospital. It’s unclear what was wrong with him. He was placed in a freezer until the next day when […]
The Washington Post said it “marked the latest example of the bitter religious divide sweeping India under the hard-line Hindu nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” By Akshita Jain Tanishq withdrew its ad on interfaith love after it created a furore, but the company continues to face backlash. A Tanishq showroom in Gandhidham […]
Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been freed by Indian authorities, more than a year after her detention. She was detained on 5 August last year, when the Indian government stripped the region of its partial autonomy. She was put under house arrest under a controversial law that allows detention without charge […]
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is “treading very cautiously” in its plan to privatise state-run oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday, in a sign that the process could be delayed. New Delhi’s plan to sell its 53.29% stake in BPCL was first announced in November 2019, […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent On Thursday evening, detectives from India’s National Investigation Agency arrived in an SUV at a red and white building on the outskirts of Ranchi in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand. There they picked up Father Stan Swamy, an ailing 83-year-old activist and Jesuit priest. They seized his mobile phone and asked […]
By Aftab Ahmed, Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Monday announced steps to stimulate consumer demand, including advance payment of a part of the wages of federal government employees during the festival season and more capital spending as it tries to bolster the pandemic-hit economy. The government will allow its employees to spend tax-exempt travel […]
Union Health Minister also said that the Feluda paper strip test could be rolled out in the next few weeks. Press Trust of India NEW DELHI — Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said the government has not yet taken a view on granting emergency authorisation to COVID-19 vaccines in India, as and when they become […]
Late last month, a 19-year-old woman died in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after reporting she’d been gang raped and and brutally assaulted. The evidence backs up her story, so why do officials keep insisting she wasn’t raped? The BBC’s Geeta Pandey reports from Hathras. The injured teenager was brought to the Chandpa […]
