India-EU Resilience Forum seeks to foster dialogue on non-traditional security challenges

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Amidst growing India-European Union cooperation in critical technologies, the India-Europe Resilience Forum (IERF) was launched on Friday (28.03.2025) as a Track 1.5 Diplomacy initiative, bringing together policy experts and institutions. This effort, led by four organizations, aims to foster dialogue and collaboration between key stakeholders in India and Europe on shared, ‘non-traditional’ security challenges. The … Read more

SC to hear Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson against Gujarat’s ‘development’ of Sabarmati Ashram

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A view of the Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson has moved the Supreme Court, raising concerns over the Gujarat government’s “renovation” of Sabarmati Ashram, saying the project had been envisaged in a manner contrary to the spirit and ethos of Gandhian simplicity. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh … Read more

NDA rule got Bihar out of ‘jungle raj’ of the past: Nadda

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BJP national president J.P. Nadda with Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Union MoS Harsh Malhotra and party MP Manoj Tiwari during the ‘Bihar Diwas 2025’ function, in New Delhi, on March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Saturday (March 29, 2025) said that … Read more

Two naval ships on way to Myanmar, field hospital to be airlifted: MEA on ‘Operation Brahma’

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A collapsed building is seen after a powerful earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Intensifying its efforts for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar under ‘Operation Brahma’, India has dispatched two naval ships to the neighbouring country while a field hospital is slated to be airlifted later … Read more

Unacceptable that children have to wear masks to play outside due to pollution: SC judge Justice Vikram Nath

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Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath and President Dropadi Murmu during the inaugural session of the two-day National Conference on ‘Environment – 2025’ organised by NGT, in New Delhi on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath on Saturday (March 29, 2025) laid stress on the need to regulate … Read more

India, U.S. officials conclude round of talks on proposed trade pact: Sources

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India and the visiting U.S. officials have concluded a round of talks on Saturday (March 29, 2025) for the proposed bilateral trade agreement, government sources said. They said the negotiations are progressing well. A team of U.S. officials, headed by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch, was here for negotiations … Read more

India sends 80 NDRF personnel to quake-hit Myanmar

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An 80-member team of NDRF prepares to depart for earthquake-hit Myanmar to assist in rescue operations on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar India is sending a contingent of 80 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel for relief and rescue works in earthquake-hit Myanmar, officials in New Delhi said Saturday (March 29, 2025). The … Read more

BJP’s ‘cronyism’ caused banking sector crisis, junior employees suffering: Rahul Gandhi

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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: PTI Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (March 29, 2025) said the BJP government’s “cronyism” and “regulatory mismanagement” has pushed India’s banking sector into a crisis, which in turn hurts junior … Read more