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India moves 50,000 troops to China border in new military ‘offensive’ posture: Report
Jun 28, 2021 10:45India has reportedly moved at least 50,000 additional troops to its border with China in what is viewed as a monumental shift towards an offensive military posture against the neighboring Asian power.
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Modi discusses Kashmir elections in first talks since autonomy revoked
Jun 25, 2021 01:53Indian premier Narendra Modi told leaders from Jammu & Kashmir that elections would be held there after the region's constituencies were reconfigured following the revocation of its semi-autonomous statehood, meeting participants said.
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COVID-19 pandemic sparks mental health crises in India
Jun 24, 2021 12:33India is the world’s second most populous nation and the figures of COVID-19 infection cases are rising on a daily basis. The cities are bustling as the country is picking up pace after a period of compulsory shutdowns. But in all this hustle and bustle and race for survival, an important aspect of life is on the stake and that is mental health.
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India records below 100,000 COVID-19 infections for four straight days
Jun 11, 2021 08:43Indian authorities have registered 91,702 new cases of the coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours with the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic reaching 29,274,823.
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Vietnam detects new COVID-19 variant comprising of Indian, British strains
May 31, 2021 02:36Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the UK, the Vietnamese health minister said.
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Cyclone Yaas batters eastern India, 1.2 million seek shelter
May 26, 2021 08:39Heavy rains and howling winds lashed eastern India on Wednesday as the COVID-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks battered the coast, forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter.
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India's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 300,000
May 24, 2021 11:36India's COVID-19 death toll has topped 300,000 amid New Delhi’s efforts to contain the huge outbreak of the coronavirus.
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Refiners in Europe, India preparing to buy Iranian oil: Report
May 20, 2021 00:59At least one refiner in Europe and four in India are making preparations to resume oil imports from Iran in case the country reaches an agreement with world powers to revive a 2015 international nuclear agreement, according to a Wednesday report by Reuters news agency.
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India reports record 4,529 daily COVID-19 deaths
May 19, 2021 05:06India on Wednesday reported a record 4,529 coronavirus deaths in a single day even as the number of new cases in its devastating new wave fell.
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Iran ditches Indian companies, awards gas field contract to Petropars
May 18, 2021 01:17Iran has finally decided the fate of Farzad B, an untapped gas reserve in the Persian Gulf which is shared with Saudi Arabia, as a domestic company takes on to develop the gas field after original contractors from India failed to kick off the job.