New Delhi, September 6 (IANS) Even as Pakistan tries to ratchet up the volume on Jammu and Kashmir at various international fora over the next few days, it is pertinent to note that the Janus faced rogue nation

New Delhi, September 5 (IANS) India has a game plan ready with a multi-pronged approach to deal with Jammu and Kashmir post the landmark decision to revoke Article 370 on August 5. Diplomatically, economical

A view of Deusdimar Tenharim, vice-chief of the Pakyri indigenous tribe that lives in Tenharim Territory, Amazonas, Brazil, Sept. 1, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Fabio Teixeira   With Brazil nut

A worker carries coal in a basket in a industrial area in Mumbai, May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/Files   BANGKOK, September 4 (Reuters) - Asia's heavy and expanding reliance on coal power ris

BY K YATISH RAJAWAT  IANS   Growth has momentum and slowdown has inertia. The Indian GDP growth has fallen to 5 per cent in the April-June quarter, from 8 per cent. This slowdown can only be re

New Delhi, September 2 (IANS) India has been a "poster child" for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as all of the three IMF programmes in India were seamlessly implemented, and the moneys were repaid on ti

BY D.C. PATHAK  IANS    The abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A by the two Houses of Parliament of India with a two-third majority, led to sharp criticism from the principal domestic opposi

BY AMIT KAPOOR  IANS   When a 16-year-old girl who has avowed air travel has to cross the Atlantic in a solar-powered race boat to speak at a conference on climate change while the Amazon rainf

People check their names in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list during a hearing at a Seva Kendra, in Guwahati in May 2019.  (PTI file Photo)   Guwahati, August 31 (IANS): Thirty four y

New Delhi, August 31 (IANS) Read about an organisation of 4,000 leaders - 275 staff members, 3,000 alumni and 1,000 current Fellows - that's transforming the lives of 38,000 students across India who otherwise

A grape picker harvests grapes of Pinot Noir to produce Cremant, a sparkling wine of the Alsace region, at the Lang vineyard in Wolxheim near Strasbourg, France, August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler &nbs

In this Aug. 26, 2019 photo, children of the Nambikwara Sarare tribe climb trees as they play in their indigenous reserve in the southwestern Amazon, near Conquista D'Oeste, in the Brazilian state of Mato Gross

Sudanese fishermen check their boats and nets before they row through the waters of Nile River near Jebel Aulia, Sudan, May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas   Population growth and climate shifts are li

By Sanjay Kaushik  IANS   As a debate rages on over the floating idea of linking Facebook accounts to Aadhaar, it is time we ponder if this is the only option or there are other better solution

Jal Sahelis, or water women friends, take a break to watch fellow villagers construct a new check dam in Agroutha village of Bundelkhand, India on July 16, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Annie Banerji &nbs

By Shahroz Afridi & Prabhatesh Tripathi   Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), August 27 (IANS/ 101Reporters) On a sweltering summer evening, Inder Chalthiya and the other members of his tribe were out

In this Oct 12, 2001 file photo, is seen then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee having a conversation with then Union law minister Arun Jaitley. Photograph: PTI Photo   While the Modi government ha

By Arundhuti Banerjee    Thimphu, Aug 24 (IANS) Pema Choden Tenzin, a young female entrepreneur and the founder of Bhutan's only women's magazine, says that slowly but surely the scenario is cha

FILE PHOTO: Arun Jaitley speaks at a news conference in New Delhi, India, January 24, 2018. (REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal/File Photo)     New Delhi, August 24 (IANS): After it returned to power

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A lawyer-turned-politician will be as staid an introduction for Arun Jaitley as a cricketer-turned-commentator for Sunil Gavaskar. A brilliant strategist and one of Prime Minist