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NA Vice Chairman pays Christmas visit to Can Tho Diocese

Can Tho, Dec. 17 -- A National Assembly delegation led by Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong on December 17 paid a visit and extended Christmas greetings at the bishop's office of the Can Tho Diocese, wh... Read More


Govt says 574 national highway projects behind schedule

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- As many as 574 under construction National Highway projects worth Rs 3.60 lakh crore have exceeded their completion schedule, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written ... 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


PM Modi conferred with Ethiopia's highest honour

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- India and Ethiopia on Tuesday elevated their times to a strategic partnership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Abiy Ahmed Ali discussed ways to ramp up coopera... 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


Odisha to conduct Bird Census across key wetlands and forests from January 6

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 17 -- Odisha's Forest and Environment Department will begin a statewide bird census across key wetlands and forests from January 6, 2026, focusing on migratory species arriving at pr... Read More


Death toll climbs to 5 in South African temple building collapse

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The death toll in last week's building collapse at the site of a Hindu temple in South Africa has risen to five, and investigators have launched a probe into the cause of the dis... Read More


Energy projects delayed, crude import reliance increased: Panel

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, led by Congress Lok Sabha member Sunil Dattatrey Tatkare, cautioned, on Wednesday that despite delays in various major projec... Read More


Parliament passes bill allowing 100 pc FDI in insurance sector

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Parliament on Wednesday passed the 'Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025', with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assuring members that opening up t... Read More


Minister Sirsa: AAP polluting deliberately

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- A blame game erupted between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday over the worsening pollution in the national capital, with Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Si... Read More