India

Aug 30 2025

Reliance Launches Medical City and Coastal Garden in Mumbai

Mumbai is about to see a transformation. At Reliance Industries’ 48th Annual General Meeting, Nita Ambani unveiled two ambitious projects through the Reliance Foundation: a 2,000-bed medical city and a sprawling 130-acre coastal garden. The medical city isn’t just pinning up beds it’s being envisione...

Aug 29 2025

Delhi PWD to Get Separate Engineering Cadre

The Delhi government is planning a dedicated engineering cadre in PWD, aiming to boost efficiency, reduce bureaucratic delays, and ensure accountability through locally controlled staffing. In a significant reform, the Delhi government is preparing to establish a separate engineering cadre for its Public Works Departm...

Aug 29 2025

Urjit Patel Tapped as India’s IMF Executive Director

Recognizing experience and expertise, the Government of India has appointed former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Urjit Patel as the new Executive Director of India in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose term will be three years. Approved in the end of August 2025, this appointment is an indication tha...

Aug 29 2025

India-Canada Diplomatic Thaw Brings Envoys Back Onboard

As a clear indication of diplomatic general condition, India and Canada have reinstated the major positions by appointing new High Commissioners to each other's capitals. After a long-standing stressful relationship, the two countries have taken a thoughtful step towards reconciliation and renewed bilateral cooperation...

Aug 28 2025

Kejriwal Urges 100% Tariff on U.S.; Slams Trump

Stepping onto the political stage with fiery resolve, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal took aim at both Washington and New Delhi. At a press briefing on August 28, he urged India to retaliate against U.S. tariffs by imposing a 100% import duty on American goods an aggressive countermove to safeguard Indian intere...

Aug 28 2025

Delhi HC Protects PM Modi’s Degree from Public Disclosure

In a decision that may surprise many, the Delhi High Court has overturned a Central Information Commission (CIC) order demanding the disclosure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bachelor’s degree from Delhi University. The court’s ruling point on a simple yet powerful recognition: academic records, in...

Aug 28 2025

Tragedy at Virar: Illegal Building Collapse Claims Lives

It was meant to be a celebratory evening but turned into a nightmare. Late Tuesday night, a portion of the illegal four-storey Ramabai Apartment in Virar East crumbled onto an adjacent empty chawl, leaving at least 15 people dead and several others trapped or seriously injured. The collapse occurred during a time when ...

Aug 27 2025

Rahul Gandhi Alleges Modi Halted Anti-Terror Action on Trump’s Orders

During an election rally in Bihar recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stopped India's action on Pakistan -based terrorist bases on the instructions of the then US President Donald Trump. The allegation is part of Gandhi's widespread argument in which he questions the nat...

Aug 27 2025

Delhi Metro Fares Increased After Eight-Year Gap

Starting August 25, Delhi’s lifeline the Metro became a bit pricier. For the first time since 2017, fares have increased modestly: between ₹1 and ₹4 across various routes, and up to ₹5 on the Airport Express line.  Short trips under 2 km now cost ₹11 instead of ₹10; the longest distances now top a...

Aug 27 2025

Opposition Alleges 5,000+ UP Voters Fraudulently Added

In a politically charged turn ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, the INDIA bloc has raised serious concerns claiming that over 5,000 residents from Uttar Pradesh were wrongly added to the electoral rolls of a neighbouring Bihar constituency, allegedly tilting the scales in favor of the ruling NDA alliance.  T...