— By Dr Baishali SarkarEvery year, on the full moon of Āṣāḍha, Buddhists across the world pause to remember one of their most sacred days. It marks the Buddha's first sermon, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, given...
Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker.On a December morning in 1971, four Hawker Hunters of the Indian Air Force’s 20 Squadron thundered 120 kilometres into Pakistani territory to strike an airbase most commanders would have judged beyond safe r...
Commander Oliver Vanek joins IFC-IOR as German ILO. (Photo: IFC-IOR)New Delhi: Germany has stationed its first international liaison officer at the Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in Gurugram, ...
Anjani Kumar Sahay. (Photo: https://www.facebook.com/Inddiplomats)New Delhi: India has named its next ambassador to Ukraine, Anjani Kumar Sahay, a 2003-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sai...
Lawrence Bishnoi (File photo)New Delhi: The United States of American authorities have indicated to seek the extradition of jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, after federal prosecutors in Los Angeles unsealed a batch of indictments accusin...
New Delhi/Jakarta: India and Indonesia on Tuesday agreed to jointly develop the strategically located Sabang port on Weh Island off the northern tip of Sumatra, giving New Delhi a presence on both sides of the Strait of Malacca, one of the world&rsqu...
Indian peacekeepers. (Phot: ADGPI)New Delhi: Over 650 Indian Army personnel serving under the United Nations flag in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been conferred the United Nations Medal, a recognition that arrives even as the mission the...
Prime Minister Modi with Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. (File photo)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, will undertake a six-day tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to 11, officials said on Friday. This is see...
Gen Dhiraj Seth. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: General Dhiraj Seth took over as the 31st chief of the Army staff on June 30, inheriting an institution in the middle of its most sweeping reorganization in decades. His in-tray blends structural upheav...