Colombo: India has sent a Bailey bridge and hundreds of water-purification units to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka as part of its ongoing humanitarian support to reconnect isolated communities and restore essential services in the island nation. Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and severe infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several districts…
Guruva Reddy Dharam India’s civil aviation sector today stands at a critical crossroads. As a country of 140 crore people, our domestic air travel is shockingly dependent on just two airline groups—IndiGo and the Air India Group. This excessive concentration of market power has created an ecosystem that is dangerously susceptible to operational shocks, regulatory…
Telangana is preparing for one of its most ambitious exercises in future planning: the Rising Telangana Global Conclave, where Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his team will unveil the Telangana Rising Vision Document 2047 on December 9. It is a moment that deserves recognition. For a state still shaping its identity in the national…
New Delhi: A sliding rupee is not a weak rupee even as it breaches the psychological barrier of 90 per US dollar, but it is expected to recover with a trade deal likely to be completed before March 2026, a report said. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India this week for a summit with…
Kathmandu: Nepal is holding discussions with India on supplying aviation fuel through the cross-border petroleum pipeline to Nepal, officials said. Officials from the two countries are set to hold a meeting next week in New Delhi, said an official at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The Nepal government approved the participation of a Nepali…
Jammu: Security forces and police conducted a joint search operation in the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district as part of heightened vigilance along the International Border (IB), officials said on Wednesday. “BSF troops and the Border Police Post carried out a joint search operation in village Bhattal Chak, the depth area of…
New Delhi: European Union Ambassador to India Herve Delphin on Wednesday said that there is “strong political commitment” from both sides to conclude the revamped India-EU Free Trade Agreement by the end of 2025. “Of the 23 chapters under discussion, 11 have already been closed. Important chapters still under negotiation include market access for cars,…
In a world where military preparedness is increasingly defined not just by firepower but by technological sophistication, India has once again proven that its defence research ecosystem is maturing rapidly. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a high-speed rocket-sled test of a next-generation aircraft escape system in Chandigarh—an achievement that…
China-Japan tensions, regional power balance and India’s strategic challenges The Taiwan issue has now become central to Japan’s security strategy and foreign policy, straining China-Japan relations and directly impacting India’s Indo-Pacific interests. The Taiwan issue is at the center of growing tensions between Japan and China, which has reshaped the balance of power in the…
KS Nagarajan Atmanirbharta—self-reliance—is not a slogan, nor a decorative policy phrase. It is a civilisational aspiration. And it is only under a leadership rooted in national pride and purpose that this vision has begun to translate into real, measurable outcomes. Over the past decade, India has entered a league once thought out of reach: we…
