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Parliament passes Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha Bill to allow 100% FDI in insurance sector

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, December 17, passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 to raise the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the insurance s... Read More


Honda unveils UK-only Transalp special edition; What's new?

India, Dec. 17 -- Honda has introduced a limited-run special edition of the 750 for the UK market, offered with a range of additional equipment and cosmetic elements. Offered at £10,499, the Tran... Read More


Madhya Pradesh: Four minor thalassemia patients get HIV after blood transfusion at Satna hospital

Bhopal, Dec. 17 -- Four children suffering from thalassemia were infected with HIV allegedly after receiving blood transfusions at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna,... Read More


An unfortunate truth

Nepal, Dec. 17 -- Democracy is not perfect. However imperfect it may be, the hallowed halls where elected members meet should not be a place for confrontation. Sadly, when dissatisfactions are not res... Read More


BJP MP Shashank Mani criticises West Bengal government after stampede at Messi event

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- BJP MP Shashank Mani on Wednesday criticised West Bengal Mamata Banerjee over the chaos and vandalism at Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Speaking to AN... Read More


'Imagine the audacity': BJP drops video claiming TMC's Kirti Azad 'smoking e-cigarette' in Parliament

India, Dec. 17 -- Days after raking up 'smoking in Parliament' row, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday dropped a video purportedly showing Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad vaping in the Hou... Read More


Politics of irreconcilable expectations

Nepal, Dec. 17 -- The precipitous fall from the heights of power to the depths of disgrace of Khas-Arya ethnonational chieftain KP Sharma Oli has been dramatic. Just a year ago, he stood at the summit... Read More


Does the Quad's low priority in Trump's 'America First' security strategy mean all that much for India?

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- President Donald Trump's vision of how the US should engage the rest of the world, as outlined in America's National Security Strategy 2025, is unapologetically America First. It... Read More


Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children's lives crushed by foreign aid cuts

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise... Read More


Opposition MPs protest in Parliament premises over National Herald case

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Several Opposition MPs on Wednesday protested in Parliament premises over the National Herald case. The Congress MPs hold posters bearing the slogan "Satyamev Jayate; Truth preva... Read More