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From jammer power to seawater batteries, Forces get 7 new DRDO tech boosts

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- From a long-life seawater battery system for sustained underwater sensing and surveillance applications to a waterjet propulsion system for fast interceptor craft, the DRDO has ha... Read More


IndiGo flights steadily returning to normal after over 1,000 cancellations: Delhi Airport

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in Delhi on Saturday issued a passenger advisory stating that flight operations are "steadily resuming and getting back to normalcy" foll... Read More


High Commission of India celebrates Maitri Diwas 2025 in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- The High Commission of India held a grand celebration to mark the 54th anniversary of Maitri Diwas-2025 on Saturday at the Indian Cultural Centre in Dhaka, reinforcing the historic ti... Read More


Who is Admiral Rachel Levine? The transgender Biden-era health chief at the center of an HHS portrait controversy

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Adm. Rachel Levine - whose official portrait at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was recently altered amid a politically c... Read More


Battle against communal forces spewing hatred will continue: CM Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, Dec. 6 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the battle against communal forces that spread hatred will continue and asserted that her government is committed to prot... Read More


Saturday Feeling: When cities make space for art

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- With the cohort of writers, thinkers and artists being more or less the same at the many art and literature events across India, location becomes all the more important, and proba... Read More


Why the promise of inclusion breaks at digital KYC

Bengaluru, Dec. 6 -- The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was observed on 3 December, drawing attention to the reality that nearly 2% of India's population lives with some form of disabi... Read More


Mint Explainer: Does India need special courts for complex drug patent wars?

Mumbai, Dec. 6 -- On 2 December, the Delhi high court allowed domestic drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd to manufacture the blockbuster weight-loss injection semaglutide, for which global pharma g... Read More


The week in charts: GDP puzzle, GST hit, FDI inflows, slowing industrial production

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- From India's strong GDP growth leaving everyone puzzled amid a 'C' rating over data quality, the revamp in goods and services tax (GST) leading to a moderation in collections, ris... Read More


Jaishankar calls India-Russia ties "steadiest big relationships," says Putin's visit reimagined relation in dimensions it lacked

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday described India-Russia ties as one of the "steadiest big relationships" in the world over the last 78 years, noting that R... Read More