External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow this week, and his meeting with President Vladimir Putin, was a reminder of a relationship India has consistently declined to sacrifice despite years of Western pressure. Putin’s warm reception, and Jaishankar’s own emphasis on growing cooperation in trade, energy, fertilisers and nuclear power, underline a partnership that […]
Melaghar: A Multi-Purpose Worker (MPW) at Urmai Primary Health Centre, Prasenjit Das, died suddenly while on duty on Tuesday, plunging his family and the local community into grief. Das, a resident of Melaghar Battali, had been unwell since the previous day but reported for work regardless. He collapsed abruptly during his shift and was rushed
A viral story about a 64-year-old Uttar Pradesh government official who completed an MTech degree, finishing in the top 10 of a class half his age while working full-time and travelling nearly 1,000 km a week, has done more than generate admiration online. It has surfaced a question India can no longer afford to treat
For decades, India’s economic story has been told through the lens of scale: a billion-plus population, a fast-growing middle class, a market too large for global companies to ignore even when returns were modest. A recent report projecting that India will overtake China by 2036 in the number of consumers spending more than $90 a
Agartala: Unidentified miscreants launched an attack on the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] party office in Yogendranagar, causing extensive damage to furniture inside the premises. Chairs, tables, and other office fittings were smashed during the incident, leaving the party office in disarray. The attack has drawn sharp criticism from party workers and supporters in
A viral X post from Shashank Srivastava about his father has turned into an unlikely case study on what an older brain is actually capable of. Srivastava shared that his father, a 64-year-old government official in Uttar Pradesh, completed an MTech degree last month, finishing in the top 10 of his class, most of whom
India is on course to overtake China in the number of affluent consumers by 2036, a shift that could redraw the map of global consumer spending and give companies a powerful new reason to look beyond China for their next big growth market. The number of Indians spending more than $90 a day is projected
Russian President Vladimir Putin met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Kremlin on Monday, with the two leaders discussing the strengthening of India-Russia ties and cooperation across key sectors. Welcoming Jaishankar to Moscow, Putin said his visit reflected the strength of India-Russia relations, which had developed over several decades. “I am very glad to
The Kremlin accused Britain on Monday of obstructing peace efforts in Ukraine, after London agreed to share classified information on British-made components used in SCALP long-range cruise missiles, allowing Kyiv to expand domestic production of the weapons. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Britain was preventing peace in Ukraine by handing Kyiv information needed to produce
Few constitutional promises have remained as persistently unfulfilled, or as politically charged, as Article 44’s directive towards a Uniform Civil Code. Conceived by the framers as an aspiration rather than an obligation, it has resurfaced in recent years as an active legislative project, with Uttarakhand implementing its own version and other states signalling intent to
