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SC asks Centre to review Sonam Wangchuk's detention

India, Feb. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre if there was any possibility for the Government to relook at the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, considering his health c... Read More


CCI orders detailed probe against IndiGo for unfair business practices

India, Feb. 5 -- The Competition Commission on Wednesday ordered a detailed probe against IndiGo for unfair business practices, nearly two months after the country's largest airline cancelled thousand... Read More


Gagan Thapa's bloodless coup rocks Nepal

India, Feb. 5 -- Military coups, noted Edward Luttwak, can be stunningly successful: instant transfer of power or abysmal failures: eating out of a mess tin in jail and waiting for a firing squad. In ... Read More


Charity is not dumping, and NGOs are not dump yards

India, Feb. 5 -- Every donation box tells a story. Too often, that story is not one of compassion, but of convenience. From childhood, we are taught that charity is a virtue. But what we are rarely ta... Read More


Quiet revolution: How traditional communication won the India-EU trade deal

India, Feb. 5 -- At a time when diplomacy is increasingly performed in public, compressed into soundbites, hashtags and instant reactions, the India-EU Free Trade Agreement feels almost countercultura... Read More


Why Delhi's smog is getting worse every year

India, Feb. 5 -- Every winter, Delhi braces itself for thick, choking smog, and everyone points fingers at cars and factories. But there's another big reason for the haze that barely gets mentioned: t... Read More


Protests block PM, Lok Sabha adjourned again

India, Feb. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled reply to the Motion of Thanks for the President's address in Lok Sabha had to be cancelled on Wednesday after massive protests by the Oppositi... Read More


Food, farms safe: Piyush Goyal defends US deal

India, Feb. 5 -- The Centre on Wednesday assured the Parliament that the country's core sensitivities in food and agriculture have been fully safeguarded in the India-US trade deal, and the pact will ... Read More


New Manipur CM takes oath

India, Feb. 5 -- BJP leader Y Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur on Wednesday, after nearly a year-long President's Rule in the State. Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla administer... Read More


US-Iran talks scheduled amidst diplomatic headwinds

India, Feb. 5 -- Talks between Iran and the United States will be held Friday in Oman, Iranian media reported Wednesday as tensions remain high with Washington after Tehran's bloody crackdown on natio... Read More