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X sues India over alleged censorship – report

The platform alleges the government is bypassing Supreme Court rules and creating a parallel system to block content. Elon Musk’s social media platform X is...

India calls for ten-year audit of USAID projects

New Delhi has asked Washington to provide details of a decade’s worth of funding provided by the US overseas agency. The Indian Foreign Ministry has...

NZ and India deepen ties with trade, defence, and cooperation agreements

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have strengthened diplomatic and economic ties during Luxon’s visit to India, announcing new trade...

NZ & India launch Comprehensive FTA negotiations

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay today announced New Zealand and India have formally launched negotiations on a Comprehensive...

US-bound flight returns to India due to bomb threat

Air India flight was diverted back to Mumbai after a note was found in the aircraft’s toilet. An Air India flight has been ordered to...

India clinches Champions Trophy with four-wicket win over Black Caps

India took the spoils in the Champions Trophy final, defeating New Zealand by four wickets in Dubai. Batting first, the Black Caps posted 251/7, with...

Family of Indian worker executed in UAE for murder of baby say jab caused the death

Shahzadi Khan, an Indian domestic worker in the UAE, was executed on 15 February after being convicted of killing her employers' infant son, according...

India slams UN ‘cherry-picking’ over Kashmir

New Delhi has strongly rejected comments by rights chief Volker Turk. New Delhi has strongly rejected remarks made by United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

Transgender clinic in India shuts down after USAID funding freeze – media

The health centre’s closure comes after US President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on all US foreign aid. India’s first transgender clinic has been shut down,...

India fines BBC – media

The British state broadcaster has violated foreign exchange regulations, the authorities have reportedly found. British state broadcaster the BBC has been fined for foreign exchange...

USAID’s role uncovered in ‘regime change’ in South Asian nation

$21 million allotted for Indian elections recently cited by Donald Trump was actually meant for Bangladesh, new report claims. The $21 million in American taxpayer...

Daman Kumar granted NZ residency

Daman Kumar, an 18-year-old who faced deportation to India despite having lived in New Zealand his entire life, has been granted residency following a...

Teen’s deportation to India paused amid legal appeal

The deportation of 18-year-old Daman Kumar, a New Zealand-born overstayer who has never set foot in India, has been temporarily halted as his legal...

Stampede in India’s capital leaves 18 dead

Overcrowding at New Delhi’s main railway station led to tragedy when Maha Kumbh festival-goers attempted to board a train. A stampede at New Delhi’s main...

Indian Court sparks outrage after acquitting man of marital rape

An Indian high court's controversial decision to acquit a man accused of forcing "unnatural sex" on his wife, leading to her death, has ignited...

Modi meets Trump amid tariff tensions

The US president announced plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partners just hours before his meeting with the Indian leader. Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Macron snubs Modi in public handshake gesture (Video)

he Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris an unexpected diplomatic moment unfolded as French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to snub Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Indian cops unplug performance by Ed Sheeran

An impromptu street concert given by the musician in Bengaluru was halted by the authorities who claimed that permission had not been given. A live...

India crush England in record T20 defeat

England suffered their heaviest T20 defeat as Abhishek Sharma's stunning 135 off 54 balls powered India to a 150-run victory in Mumbai, sealing a...

India festival stampede death toll rises to 30

Local government ramps up crowd management efforts after Maha Kumbh stampede turned deadly, as pilgrims continue to gather. A deadly stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh...

Bollywood star recovering after being stabbed in Mumbai home

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is recovering after undergoing surgery following a stabbing incident at his Mumbai home. The attack occurred early Thursday when an...

Meta apologises for Zuckerberg’s ‘inadvertent error’

The Facebook founder has irked New Delhi by claiming that most incumbent governments, including India’s, lost elections in 2024. Meta has apologised to India for...

Wings of death: India may have figured out a surprising way to defeat drones

A southern Indian state is using trained birds of prey to take down rogue UAVs as part of local policing. With its terrifying talons, enormous...

Indian minister fact-checks Zuckerberg over 2024 Modi win

Facebook founder claimed that most incumbent governments, including India’s, lost 2024 elections due to their handling of Covid-19. India’s minister of railways, electronics and IT...

Largest gathering of humanity begins in India (Video)

Thousands of devotees have bathed at the confluence of three rivers, marking the start of the Maha Kumbh festival. The 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela festival...

Australia reclaims Border-Gavaskar trophy with series-clinching win over India

Australia secured a 3-1 series victory against India and reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade with a six-wicket win...

Boland dominates India as umpire controversies grip SCG Test opening day

Scott Boland extended his dominance from the MCG to the SCG, delivering a sensational performance on day one of the fifth Test as he...

India launches space docking experiment (Video)

The mission aims to demonstrate a key technology the country will need to build its own orbital station. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully...

Australia secures action-packed 184-run win over India in Boxing Day Test

Australia defeated India by 184 runs in a dramatic conclusion to the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, taking a 2-1 lead in...

Elephant warfare: These tusked warriors stopped Alexander the Great, but at great cost

Elephants in India suffered population bottlenecks 100,000 years ago and then 2,000 years ago. Scientists believe the most recent event was because they became...

Musk accused of muzzling critics of his migration agenda

The purported move follows fierce debate on X over H-1B visas for Indian tech workers. Elon Musk has announced a new algorithm on his social...

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh dies, aged 92

India’s 13th prime minister and a key architect of the country’s economic liberalisation, Manmohan Singh, died on Thursday at the age of 92. He was...

Kohli faces backlash over on-field clash with teen debutant Sam Konstas

Indian cricket veteran Virat Kohli has come under fire for an unsportsmanlike incident during the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, where he made...

India probes Canadian colleges over human trafficking claims

The country’s law enforcement has uncovered a network luring Indians into illegally crossing the Canada-US border. New Delhi has launched an investigation into the alleged...

Massive gas tanker explosion in India kills 14 (Video)

Dozens more injured in road accident involving an LPG tanker that has raised common concerns over road safety across the country. A catastrophic gas-tanker explosion...

Chess King Gukesh: How an 18-year-old dreamer checkmated the world

Gukesh Dommaraju is one of six Indians in the world’s top 26 chess players, all of whom are from Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand’s ecosystem that...

India protests over neighbouring state’s territorial threat

New Delhi has reacted to a since-deleted social media post by a Bangladeshi interim government aide. India has lodged a “strong protest” with the Bangladeshi...

13 killed in Indian Navy boat collision with ferry

The military speedboat struck the passenger vessel at full speed due to engine malfunction, according to the Navy. Over a dozen people, including three naval...

India’s economic growth slowdown is ‘temporary blip’ – New Delhi

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that healthy expansion is expected despite a decline in GDP to a seven-quarter low. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest chess world champion

Teenage prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju of India became the youngest chess world champion at age 18, defeating defending champion Ding Liren of China in a...

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