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The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump in Osaka, Japan on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit last month was good and productive. (Photo: AFP)

US frustrated with lack of balance in trade ties with India: USTR

It is too early in terms of the engagement with the new government to set a timeframe, but US wants to move very...

12 July 2019 1:40 PM IST

Niti Aayog has envisaged a New India by 2022 which will be free from poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

UN lauds India for reducing multidimensional poverty

The organisation said that India has strongly improved nutrition, sanitation cooking fuel and assets.

12 July 2019 1:32 PM IST

A senior railways official confirmed the toll and said, rescuers have pulled out all the dead and injured from the wreckage. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan train collision death toll rises to 23

PM Imran Khan has asked the railways minister to take emergency steps to counter decades of neglect in railway...

12 July 2019 12:29 PM IST

The news channel also posted a statement on its Twitter handle shortly after the blackout. (photo: ANI)

Maryam Nawaz's interview 'forcefully' taken off air within minutes

This comes after 3 Pakistani channels -- Channel-24, Abb Takk and Capital TV -- were taken off air for showing press...

12 July 2019 10:15 AM IST

Shocked passengers described being tossed around an Air Canada passenger jet as it hit a pocket of turbulence on its way to Australia on Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landing. (Representational Image/ ANI)

35 injured as Air Canada Flight to Sydney makes emergency landing in...

Air Canada was arranging hotels and food for passengers in Honolulu and looking at resuming the flight, the statement...

12 July 2019 9:28 AM IST

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House, and some other Democratic Party leaders have been wary of impeaching Trump. (Photo:AP)

'Mahatma Gandhi was spiritual leader of non-violence,' says US House...

A strong proponent of India-US relationship, Pelosi said she believes in Gandhian philosophy and thinking.

12 July 2019 9:21 AM IST

Once the Su-30MKI and the Rafale start operating together, it will be a potent combination against our adversaries, be it Pakistan or anybody else, said Indian Air Force Vice Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria. (Photo: ANI)

Rafale-Su-30MKI deadly combo will make Pak, other enemies worried: IAF

IAF Vice Chief also said that he was looking forward to fly the Rafale aircraft of the French Air Force.

11 July 2019 9:11 PM IST

Former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav

Cannot 'prejudge' ICJ's decision in Kulbhushan Jadhav's case: Pakistan...

The ICJ has announced, in a statement on July 4, that it will deliver on July 17 its judgment in the Jadhav case.

11 July 2019 5:58 PM IST

UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Swiss Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter agreeing to build on an already strong relationship, according to an official statement from the British government.

UK, Switzerland seal post-Brexit deal on security, terror

The National Crime Agency and Swiss Federal Police fedpol will work closely to tackle joint threats.

11 July 2019 3:24 PM IST

It all started on September 13, 1959 when Soviet probe Luna 2 smashed into Mare Imbrium, its 390 kilograms (859 pounds) of mass vaporizing, no doubt, on impact. (Photo: AP)

The Moon now has hundreds of artifacts. Should they be protected?

Some experts are calling to grant them heritage status to protect them from future tourists and human activity.

11 July 2019 3:02 PM IST

Misaligned economic policies, including large fiscal deficits, loose monetary policy, and defence of an overvalued exchange rate, fuelled consumption and short-term growth in recent years, but steadily eroded macroeconomic buffers, increased external and public debt, and depleted international reserves, IMF said. (Photo: ANI)

IMF blames Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, PLM-N for Pakistan's economic...

IMF made these remarks in its staff report on USD 6 billion bailouts to Pakistan approved by its executive board earlier...

11 July 2019 2:27 PM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

At least 14 killed, 79 injured in Pakistan train collision

Authorities said the Pakistan Army was also taking part in the rescue efforts.

11 July 2019 2:19 PM IST