Bhutan remains a cornerstone of India’s Neighbourhood First policy, and continues to be largest recipient of Indian foreign assistance, receiving ₹2,150 crore in 2025.
Professor Jitendra Pandey has been invited to deliver the prestigious Sir Stephen Schneider Lecture. He is the first biological scientist and Asian scholar to receive the distinction.
Varanasi social worker Rajni Kant is a leading light in the Modi government’s mission to secure 10,000 GI tags by 2030. It’s his way of making India a ‘sone ki chidiya’ again.
The mother alleges her daughter was raped by 23 men over a week in multiple incidents, with the accused in one not linked to others, police say. 12 accused named by family arrested so far.
Freelance Hindu groups are on a mission to ‘find’ temples in Varanasi. Mosques, Muslim homes, or often tense Hindu-Muslim neighbourhoods are their hunting grounds.
After Hindutva outfits' call to reopen temple inside a Muslim family's premises, KVP urges revival of all such temples in Varanasi. District admin says it will 1st review property records.
Leader of ‘Sanatan Raksha Dal’ who ‘discovered’ temple in Godowlia Market in Varanasi’s Madanpura has petitioned local administration to allow prayers at structure without delay.
Waqf board sent, later retracted notice claiming college was on ‘Waqf land’. Days after Yogi visited campus, Muslims offered namaz at masjid there in unusually large numbers.
The Indian fashion design industry had a market value of approximately ₹15.1 lakh crore in 2023 and is expected to reach around Rs 45.3 lakh crore by 2032.
After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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