India 
Niti Aayog logo. Photo: Twitter@NITIAayog Government think tank NITI Aayog has invited expression of interest for the preparation of the India Innovation Index 2025, intending to encourage states to improve their innovation environment. In a notice, Niti Aayog said innovation has always been a driver of change and progress in an economy, as it disrupts … Read more
Sunderlal & Vimla Bahuguna. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna’s wife and social activist Vimla Bahuguna passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025. She was 93. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief over her death. In a post on X, he said, “The news of the demise of Vimla … Read more
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday (February 14, 2025) seized 668 books for allegedly promoting the ideology of a banned organisation in the Valley. Without naming the banned organisation, a police spokesperson said: “Based on credible intelligence regarding the clandestine sale and distribution of literature promoting the ideology of a banned organisation, the Srinagar … Read more
Border Security Force personnel patrol past a fence on the India- Bangladesh border. The border forces of India and Bangladesh will hold their bi-annual talks in New Delhi next week. File | Photo Credit: AP The border forces of India and Bangladesh will hold their bi-annual talks in New Delhi next week with issues such … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday (February 14, 2025) said the state government is prepared to lodge 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana in jail once he is extradited from the United States. The Chief Minister’s comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump … Read more
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi speaks to the media at Parliament House during the Budget session, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI The BJP Friday sharpened its attack on Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, alleging that while his wife has links with ISI, the deputy leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha asked questions … Read more
File picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and LOP Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House in New Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI A selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet early next week to finalise the name of the next chief election commissioner, sources said on Friday (February 14, 2025). The … Read more
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday (February 14, 2025) expressed hope Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to U.S. President Donald Trump that deporting Indians in shackles in a military aircraft was not right and added the two leaders’ press conference suggested they had a good meeting. Mr. … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a news conference in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP India and the U.S. have agreed to strengthen collaborations between their higher education institutions, facilitate study abroad and explore opportunities for setting up campuses of premier American colleges in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump during their … Read more
File picture of Faisal Patel, right, with Congress leader Jairam Ramesh during the Bharat Jodo Yatra | Photo Credit: X/@mfaisalpatel Faisal Patel, son of late Congress stalwart Ahmed Patel, has announced he will stop working for the grand old party, claiming that he tried to follow in his father’s footsteps but was denied at every … Read more