Not just harming their heart and brain, alcohol dependency may also be behind several forms of cancers among heavy drinkers in low-income countries like India, researchers have warned. ...
Ahead of the much-awaited monetary policy update by the US Federal Reserve on Thursday, India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the country's economic fundamentals will be kept strong through appropriate policy interventions to meet eventualities and keep attracting investments....
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he backs the expansion of the Security Council to adapt to the dramatic changes in the world and the General Assembly was moving in the right direction towards that goal....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the country was proud of the valour of "our armed forces during the 1965 war" with Pakistan. ...
Expressing concern over the "burgeoning ban and fatwa culture" growing across India, the Congress on Wednesday held the Narendra Modi government responsible for making the world forget the country's rich pluralistic, inclusive and liberal traditions and "make it look like its imploding neighbours". ...
Two more Indians, one from Andhra Pradesh and one from Odisha, were abducted in Sirte in Libya, that has been overrun by the Islamic State terror group. Two other Indians, abducted last month, continue to remain in captivity. ...
The Saudi Arabian diplomat accused of rape by two Nepalese women has left India, an official said on Wednesday. ...
Kerala Tourism has marked its presence OTDYKH Leisure, a leading international trade fair for travel and tourism, currently underway in Moscow, a state minister said on Wednesday. ...
The Congress in Goa has filed a police complaint against union Minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma for allegedly delivering a hate speech against minority religions, a party leader said on Wednesday....
A police complaint was filed on Wednesday against a man from Kozhikode in Kerala for promoting the Islamic State and using social media to recruit youths for the terror group, police said....