Source link In a village nestled between India’s two militarized ‘lines of control’, a man armed only with binoculars and cigarettes gives road trippers a quick history in war, shifting borders, and not knowing if your parents are still alive Ghulam Hussain, 71, poses non-stop for tourists from dusk to dawn. He’s asked to pose […]
Source link The BJP has swept polls in three central Indian states in regional elections held last month, ousting the opposition Congress party in two of them India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has won regional elections in three out of five states where legislative assembly elections were held in November, […]
Source link The South Asian nation has replaced the EU as the largest importer of crude from Russia India boosted imports of Russian and Iraqi oil last month as refiners have been seeking better deals amid growing demand, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing data by Kpler. Statistics reveal that imports from Russia jumped 9.7% in […]
Source link The militant group, which has waged a guerrilla war in Manipur since the 1960s, has signed a peace agreement with New Delhi The oldest militant group operating in the valley region of Manipur state in India’s northeast has signed a peace agreement with the federal government, ending a deadly ethnic conflict that has […]
Source link RT’s Runjhun Sharma reports from northern India where a dramatic relief operation ended on Tuesday with the rescue of all 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel. A section of the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in the country’s mountainous Uttarakhand state caved in on November 12. The authorities had used a small pipe, […]
Source link The Indian economy could perform better than expected next year, with the S&P Global Ratings revising its growth forecast upwards on Monday. The rating agency now projects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 6.4% in the financial year 2024 compared to the previous forecast of 6%, “as robust domestic momentum seems to […]
Source link For India, Russia’s significance both as a geopolitical heavyweight and bilateral partner remains unquestioned Indian military commanders are rarely seen speaking on geopolitics, let alone at public forums. That job is best left to career diplomats or the political leadership. So, when India’s top commander, Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan, suggested at […]
Source link A piece of the rocket that put the Chandrayaan-3 into orbit has crashed into the North Pacific Ocean A portion of India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made an “uncontrolled re-entry” into the Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday and fell into the Pacific Ocean – almost three months after it took off for the Moon, the […]