Category: India

PM Modi Commissions First India-Made Aircraft Carrier Amid China Concerns

India has commissioned its first domestically built aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, as the country seeks to bolster its navy capabilities amid growing concerns over the Chinese regime’s assertiveness in the region. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted the 262-meter-long and 62-meter-tall aircraft carrier at the Cochin Shipyard Ltd. in Kochi on Sept. 2. The…


Baby Annika Enjoys Grandma’s Traditional Indian Massage

Grandma’s massage is full of warmth, tenderness and safety. (Video courtesy of Johanna North) …


Blaming Pakistan’s Flood Disaster on Human Driven Climate Change May Be Premature

Commentary The World Climate Declaration (WCD), signed by over 1100 reputable scientists, including Nobel Prize winners (pdf), states that there “is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts, and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent.” It is useful to reflect upon this statement in the context of a discussion on…


India-Arab-Israel-Mediterranean Corridor to Europe: A Historical Idea That’s Ripe for Implementation Again

Commentary As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its seventh month, and the war in Donbas and Kherson turns into a prolonged meatgrinder, the world is waking up to a costly reality. For the first time in many decades, a multipolar world order is emerging with a Moscow–Beijing alliance. This is leaving the rest of…


Touching Video Shows Horse Galloping for Miles Behind an Ambulance Carrying Her Sick Sister, Goes Viral

A horse was seen galloping behind an ambulance that was carrying her sick sister for 5 miles in Udaipur, India. Footage shows the horse running behind the vehicle, which was transporting her sister to a medical center. Girish Bharti, who filmed the scene, said that he followed the horse for around a mile. The footage…


India’s Reliance to Develop New Smartphone With Google in $25 Billion 5G Push

NEW DELHI—India’s telecom leader Reliance said on Monday it is working with Alphabet Inc’s Google to launch a budget 5G smartphone as it laid out a $25 billion plan for introducing the next-generation wireless services within two months. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani said Jio’s 5G network will be…


India Slams China for ‘Debt-Driven Agendas’ in Spat Over Vessel Visit to Sri Lanka

The Indian High Commissioner slammed a Chinese envoy for accusing India of interfering in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs, saying that Sri Lanka did not need “unwanted pressure” while it dealt with its economic crisis. India and China were at odds over the docking of a Chinese research ship in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port for replenishment…


Plumes of Dust as India Demolishes Illegal Skyscrapers

NOIDA, India—Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris on Sunday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds. Crowds watching the collapse from rooftops on nearby high-rise buildings cheered and clapped as the 103-metre (338-feet) tall…


Indian Students in UK Overtake Chinese Nationals After Massive Rise in Visas Granted

Indians have overtaken Chinese nationals as the largest group to be granted sponsored study visas in Britain, following a 215 percent rise since pre-pandemic levels. The Home Office revealed on Thursday that 486,868 sponsored study visas—the highest number on record—were granted in the year to June 2022, a rise of 71 percent on June 2019,…


Floods, Landslides Kill Dozens as Monsoon Rains Lash Northern, Eastern India

LUCKNOW/BHUBANESHWAR, India—Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded as rescue crews have been racing to evacuate survivors. Earlier this month the federal…