Scene inside Lok Sabha during the “smoke bomb” incident. (Photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: After the security breach in the Lok Sabha that saw two youths jumping to the floor of the House from the visitors’ gallery and rele...
Veterans at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding for implementation of one rank, one pension. (File photo)The genuine demand of the veterans of the armed forces seeking one rank, one pension (OROP) has been hanging fire for a very long time. The...
New Delhi: Korea’s deputy minister for trade, industry and energy Jeong Dae-jin said that if Korea’s outstanding manufacturing foundations such as electronics, automobiles, steel, are combined with India’s world class ICT capabiliti...
Indian Army soldiers. The Indian Army, as the current service, took birth on January 26, 1950, when India became a republic. Since then, it grew in stature and is now considered one of the largest and finest armies in the world. It is a major co...
An Indian Army patrol in Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield. (Representational photo)Agnipath, the government’s new four-year-recruitment scheme for all personnel of the Indian the armed forces – Army, Navy, and Air Force &nda...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called for proactive synergy among the Armed Forces in future military strategies and responses to safeguard the interests of the nation.He was addressing the graduates of 59th National Defence Colle...
New Delhi: Stating that the ocean is our common heritage and the sea routes are the lifeline of international trade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the sea routes are being misused for piracy and terrorism.He also said that our shar...
Funeral pyres burning at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation of coronavirus victims in New Delhi.As the Covid monster has been devastating human lives and national economies unabated across the world, I may infer th...
Devotees taking holy dip in Ganga during Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.Unlike other pathogens, the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, seems to be a bit different. It is like Vali, the monkey king with special powers in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Legend has it that ...
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday invited Indian diaspora to be part of the country’s efforts to emerge stronger from the coronavirus crisis.In an address at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Jaishankar said India wi...