General Dhiraj Seth. (File photo)New Delhi: The chief of the army staff, General Dhiraj Seth, departed on a three-day official visit to Nepal on August 17, in a trip that will see the two countries continue a 76-year-old tradition of conferring honor...
ITBP prepares to bring its fallen climber home. (Photo: X)New Delhi: For nearly three decades, a body wrapped in weathered green mountaineering boots has served as a macabre waypoint for climbers pushing towards the summit of Mount Everest from its n...
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye ink Mecca pact. (Photo: X)New Delhi: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye have signed a trilateral mutual defence agreement in the holy city of Mecca, binding each of the three states to treat an armed ...
ideaForge's advance heavy-lift UAV platform ‘YETI’ (Photo: ideaForge)New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has floated a request for information (RFI) for 2,715 logistic drones for the Indian Army, in what would be the largest single ord...
Nirmal Sherpa with SBS flag after conquering a summit.New Delhi: The body of Nirmal Purja, the Nepali mountaineer known globally as “Nimsdai”, was recovered on Broad Peak on Sunday, days after an avalanche tore through his 10-member exped...
President Droupadi Murmu flags off PBG soldierathon (Photo: Rastrapati Bhawan) New Delhi: The president, Droupadi Murmu, on Sunday flagged off the first President’s Bodyguard (PBG) Soldierathon at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, launc...
— By Aayushi Pandey and Dr Aparaajita PandeyA democracy is not judged by how it behaves when all is calm. Its real character shows when citizens take to the streets to question those who govern them. Elections exist precisely to channel th...