Soon after taking office in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined his vision for India – to transform the country into a “leading” force from a “balancing” one.
Cut to 2022, some trends are clearly discernible – which show that the Modi government is rebalancing India’s foreign policy and also aligning its domestic policies to place India on the road to cementing its position as a regional leader.
Read MoreIn recent years India’s conscious outreach to the Islamic world has been exceptional. In this context West Asia, especially the Gulf countries, have acquired a strategic importance in India’s foreign policy matrix as it has responded to evolving regional dynamic and developments.
Read MoreThe world had been witnessing a rapid flux in geo-politics and international relations over the past few years. These trends became much more pronounced in 2020 with the advent of the corona virus. At the beginning of 2021 the world was looking at the coming year with some hope and optimism. However, last year witnessed the eruption of the most devastating Delta variant in March, 2021. Today the world is staring at the havoc being perpetrated by the new Omicron variant.
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Read MoreAs a son, reminding your parents that it is time to turn inward is one of your most important duties. In their life they have done whatever they knew best. Now it is time they turn inward and invest some time and energy upon their own inner wellbeing, because if they do not do this, they will die miserably for sure. You do not want your parents to die in terror, you want them to die gracefully. So you must make sure they turn inward.
Read MoreIndia’s 75th Independence Day was celebrated lots of joy and fervour in New Zealand. A grand celebration took place under the joint efforts of Indian High Commission in Wellington and Auckland Indian Association, at Mahatma Gandhi Centre at Auckland on Sunday 15th August.
Read MoreBollywood's tragedy king Dilip Kumar breathed his last on Wednesday at Mumbai's PD Hinduja Hospital. The 98-year-old actor passed away due to various age-related ailments.
Read MoreThe second wave of Covid-19 in India has left the health care system crumbling with the oxygen supply in the country. In this hour of difficulty many countries have pitched in to help India and have already sent medical aid.
Read MoreIndia, like any other country of the world is facing all sort of challenges like pandemic, crumbling economy and industries as a fallout of pandemic, chaos at home front mostly a creation of the opposition combined and some enemies of India, confrontation at borders from many fronts and hostility and lack of patience among people due to prolong lockdowns and restrictions.
Read MoreAn infrastructure company from Hyderabad in India IJM, has created a record of laying new road of 25.54 lane kilometres in less than 18 hours (17.45 hours) as per the tweet of India’s Road & Transport and Infrastructure Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Read MoreThe US on Tuesday surpassed 15 million Covid-19 cases, according to an update by the Johns Hopkins University.
As the coronavirus situation worsens in the country, North Carolina is entering into a modified stay-at-home order, Governor Roy Cooper announced today during a news conference, reported CNN. The modified order will be from 10 pm to 5 am (local time), wherein all residents must stay at home.
Read MoreIndia continues to report a trend of steadily declining active cases as a percentage of the total positive cases.Presently the active cases comprise merely 13.75% of the total positive cases of the country standing at 9,19,023.
Read MoreThe Indian economy contracted by 23.9 per cent in the April-June quarter of this fiscal amid the COVID-19 crisis, official data showed on Monday. The gross domestic product (GDP) had expanded by 5.2 per cent in the corresponding April-June period of 2019-20, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Read MoreIndia’s former President (2012-17) Pranab Mukherjee's funeral took place in New Delhi on Tuesday with full military honours. He was 84. His body was taken to his official home in Delhi, 10 Rajaji Marg, for people to pay their last respects.
Read MoreIndia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator Simon Birmingham, and Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kajiyama Hiroshi held a ministerial videoconference on Tuesday.
Read MoreHealthcare practices advocated by Ayush systems (namely Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy) are known to promote general wellness. COVID-19 has brought in new challenges before the health care system. With no definite cure for the disease, the health care systems all over world are stretched to their limits. The surest and safest way to survice the pandemic is to avoid falling sick.
Read MoreIndia celebrates the first Parkash Purab of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. According to officialholidays.com, “Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a regional Indian holiday observed in Punjab State. It takes place on the 15th day (new moon) of Bhadon, the sixth month in the Punjabi calendar, which occurs in August or September in the western calendar. This day commemorates the first parkash (opening ceremony) of the Guru Granth Sahib at the newly built Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, in 1604.”
Read MoreKeeping the focus on “Test, Track and Treat” strategy, India has tested nearly 37 million cumulative COVID-19 samples so far. With India’s strong resolve to rapidly increase the number of daily tests, the cumulative testing as on date has reached 3,68,27,520. With 9,25,383 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the Tests Per Million have seen a sharp rise to 26,685. As the first step towards timely identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment, higher testing also results in limiting the spread of infection.
Read MoreThe "AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge" was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4 which saw participation from 6,940 tech entrepreneurs and start-ups across the country. Winners were announced early this month.
Read MoreIn the Indian Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD) assessment report out this week, Jamia Millia Islami (JMI) University ranked top with 90 percent points in the assessment of 40 central universities.
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