Marriage Declines in India, Women Respond Positively
In India, a growing number of women are choosing to leave their marriages, challenging traditional norms and seeking a life…
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India Rises to 77th in Passport Strength Index
India has improved its standing in the Henley Passport Index, advancing to the 77th position as the Indian passport now…
India Seeks Court Limits on Overseas Citizens’ Children’s Citizenship
The Indian government has urged the Delhi High Court to limit the precedent set by a May 2024 ruling that…
India Tests Hypersonic Missile with 1,500 km Range
India has conducted a test of a hypersonic missile capable of reaching eight times the speed of sound and targeting…
Indian Archbishop Urges Prayer and Vigilance Amidst Concerns Over Democracy and Religious Freedom
Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has expressed deep concerns about the state of affairs in India, highlighting issues of poverty,…
Supreme Court Directs Full Disclosure on Electoral Bonds: SBI Ordered to Reveal All Details Including Alphanumeric Codes
The Supreme Court instructed the State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday to reveal all information regarding electoral bonds purchased…
India Announces General Elections: Modi’s Victory Anticipated Amidst Nationalist Surge
India announced on Saturday that its general elections, spanning six weeks, will commence on April 19, with expectations leaning towards…
PM Modi Inaugurates Sela Tunnel: A Landmark Achievement in Arunachal Pradesh’s Infrastructure Development
Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked a significant milestone today during his visit to Arunachal Pradesh by inaugurating the Sela Tunnel,…
India’s Feet of Clay: How Modi’s Supremacy Will Hinder His Country’s Rise
This spring, India is scheduled to hold its 18th general election. Surveys suggest that the incumbent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…
India Emerges as a Stock Market Superpower with Market Values Crossing $4 Trillion
In a spectacular turn of events, India’s stock market has achieved a historic milestone, surging past the $4 trillion mark…
PM Modi Addresses Allegations of India’s Involvement in US Assassination Plot, Stresses Confidence in India-US Relations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that India would thoroughly investigate any evidence presented regarding its alleged involvement in an assassination…
Cyclone Michaung Leaves Chennai in Deluge Crisis: Rescuers Battle Flooding as City Grapples with Devastation
In the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung’s assault on India’s southern coast, the city of Chennai faced widespread flooding on Wednesday,…
The Genesis of India’s Caste System: Unraveling Theories and Historical Dynamics
The origin of the caste system in India is subject to various theories. According to the religious perspective, the Varnas…
India’s Energy Policy and the Global Climate Debate: A Closer Look
As the global focus on India’s role in climate change intensifies, it’s apparent that many critics are quick to point…
PM Modi and UAE President Express Deep Concerns Over West Asia’s Security and Terrorism
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shared concerns over terrorism, security issues, and civilian casualties in West Asia during a recent…
Government Denies Phone Hacking Allegations After Apple Alerts
Opposition Leaders Accuse Government of Hacking Attempts Several Indian opposition leaders and journalists have accused the government of trying to…
Jaishankar Emphasizes India’s Consistent Stance on Terrorism and Sound International Judgments
India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, emphasized the importance of India maintaining a consistent stance on terrorism, regardless of where…
Droupadi Murmu Is The President Of India
“India’s poor can see their reflection in me:” Murmu reflects on her own life as a lesson for the 1.4 Billion Indians, immediately after she took the oath of office to be the 15th president of India
Voice Of Dissent Is Necessary For A Healthy Democracy
A Delhi court In India granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in the case involving his 2018-tweet. The…
India Elects New President
India held Presidential Elections on July 18th, 2022 with 99.18 percent voter turnout from the eligible voters to elect a…
2 Billion Covid Vaccinations Given In India
India celebrated its dedication commitment to prevent Covid virus as it has now provided over two billion Billion Vaccines to…
India’s Urban Population Will Be 675 Million In 2035
The United Nations-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022, released last week claimed that India’s urban population is estimated to stand at…
US Officials, NRIs Ask Govt. Of India To Stop Discrimination
The demolition of the homes of Muslims in India was part of a continuing pattern of discrimination against Muslims and…
AAPI’s Historic 40th Convention Begins In San Antonio, TX , Celebrating The Achievements of Indian American Physicians & Celebrating Unique Culture of India
(San Antonio, Tx. June 24, 2022) The historic 40th annual convention organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian…
India To Have A New President Next Month
The successor of President Ram Nath Kovind will be decided next month as India’s 16th presidential election is scheduled to…
India’s Dark Turn From Model Of Religious Pluralism To Cautionary Tale
Born in India, I’ve spent most of my life in the United States, including 20 years in academia writing about…
Boycott In Arab World Forces India To Sack BJP Leaders For Blasphemous Comments
In response to facing major diplomatic outrage and calls for boycott from Muslim-majority countries after top officials in the governing…
‘Vote Bank Politics In International Relations’: India Hits Out At US Report On Attacks On Minorities
India’s Ministry of External Affairs has reacted sharply to the US State Department’s report alleging attacks on minorities in India,…
Choosing The West Over Russia Could Make New Delhi A Great Power
India’s neutrality over the war in Ukraine has exposed its vulnerability. New Delhi depends on Russia for military supplies, and…
Dispute Over Mosque Becomes Religious Flashpoint In India
For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque…
Volcanic Islands Of Hate Have Brought India To A Boil, Warns Catholic Union
The All India Catholic Union is deeply disturbed at the targeted hate against religious minorities which has in recent months…
Indian Americans Condemn Connecticut Statement On ‘Sikh Independence’
Several groups of Indian Americans have come together to condemn a statement by the Connecticut State General Assembly purporting to…
India’s Covid-19 Death Tally Estimated To Over 4.74 Million; WHO
A World Health Organisation (WHO) report on excess COVID-19 mortality has estimated 4.74 million deaths for India in 2020 and…
Jaishankar’s Tough Talk On India’s Foreign Policy Priorities
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has had geopolitical, military, and economic consequences for every nation on earth. The economic consequences…
A New Dawn In Indo-UK Relationship
In Persian there is an old proverb: “Amad’an, nashist’am, ghuft’am, barkhas’tam’”, meaning “they came, they sat, they talked and then…
India Deemed A ‘Country Of Particular Concern’ Over Religious Freedom Violations
A US watchdog has for the second year running recommended that the State Department should designate India as a “country…
Treatment Of Muslims In India Has Echoes From The Holocaust, Says Genocide Expert
Washington, DC– The Indian government is gearing up for genocide of Muslims similar to the Holocaust through discriminatory policies and…
HinduPACT Demands USCIRF Stop Outsourcing its Research on India to the “Islamist Lobby”
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has again recommended placing India on the “blacklist” as a “Country…
“India And Indian Americans Need To Think About The Possibility Of A Reduction In Defense Supplies From Russia:” Dr. Sampat Shivangi
The world order has changed since the Ukraine war, said Dr. Sampat Shivangi, National President of Indian American Forum and…
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Advocates For Regulating Cryptocurrencies At A Global Level
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on an official visit to the USA to attend spring meetings of the International…
Jaishankar’s Parting Message To US: “We Know What We Are Doing”
Indian’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar delivered a clear message to both US officials and non-officials during his visit this…
Time For A Higher Poverty Line In India
The time has come for India to raise its poverty line from the existing extreme poverty line of $1.90 per…
Deepening The Educational Ties Between India And The United States
This week I visited Howard University to talk about how to deepen the educational ties between India and the United…
U.S. Monitoring Rise In Rights Abuses In India
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human…
‘Why Indians Are Falling For BJP’s ‘Politics Of Negation’ That Shifts Focus From Governance Failures’
Away from the electoral gains earned through the freebie-based welfarism, there should be no mistaking that the making of a…
Persecution Of Christians In India As World Observes Good Friday
Today, over two thousand years ago Jesus Christ was persecuted or believed to be crucified on this day. Followers of…
Ukraine Main Theme During Modi-Biden Talks
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden met virtually on Monday, April 11, 2022, as India’s External…
Opposition Grows To Imposing Hindi On Indian States
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent statement that time has come to make official language Hindi, an important part of…
India Critical Of Russian Invasion, But Will Not Name It
India appeared to be giving up its diplomatic equivocation by offering its strongest criticism on the crisis in Ukraine yet…
With Religious Tensions Worsening in India, Understanding Caste Is More Urgent Than Ever
A new Bollywood movie is galvanizing Hindu audiences and stirring up a fresh wave of anti-Muslim bigotry. In the name…
US Rights Groups Ask USCIRF Not To Heed To Pressure To Dilute Report On Religious Freedom In India
Hundreds of U.S.-based civil rights and faith groups and individuals from across the country have condemned the pressure being placed…
Biden’s Nominee To Be US Envoy, Garcetti May Not Make It To India
Concerns are mounting on Capitol Hill around the viability of Mayor Eric Garcett’s India ambassadorship nomination. AXIOS reported on March…
The US Warns India Of Consequences For Circumventing Sanctions Against Russia
India has come under pressure from the U.S. and Western countries to take a tougher position with Russia, a country…
India’s FM Jaishankar Hold Talks With Russian FM Lavrov In Delhi
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on…
Did India Ask WHO To ‘Hide’ Its Covid-19 Death Estimates For 10 Years?
The official global total of Covid deaths around the world is far below the real tioll the pandemic has claimed….
India is in a sweet spot, courted by the Quad, China and Russia
The Quad is willing to look past India’s refusal – including in four recent UN resolutions – to condemn Russia’s…
India Abstains On Resolution By Russia At UN Security Council
Signaling that India is not aligned with the Russian position, India on March 24th abstained on a resolution pushed by…
After Biden Remarked Of “Somewhat Shaky” Relationship With India, US State Dept. Says “India Is An Essential Partner Of US”
Making clear his unhappiness with New Delhi’s stand, United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday termed India’s response to the…
The India – UAE Agreement: A Developmental Milestone
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which was signed between India and the UAE on February 18, 2022, is the biggest…
Credible Opposition In India: A Far Cry
The fact that the BJP managed to get into power in four Assembly elections out of five gave a jolt…
India Actively Undercutting US’ Efforts To Isolate Russia: Report
India’s refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and efforts to protect trade mean one of Washington’s most valued strategic…
‘Which Side Of History Do You Want To Be On?’ White House Asks India On Russia
India has expressed deep concern at the worsening situation in Ukraine and called for immediate cessation of violence and end…
What About Anti-Hindu, Anti-Sikh Phobias, Asks India At UN Meet On Islamophobia
On declaring March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, India told the UN General Assembly that New Delhi wasn’t…
A Call To Stand Up Against Impending Muslim Genocide In India
“Many of us need to understand the replacement theory, which has been developed in France, but the Hindu nationalists are…
Modi-Led BJP Wins 4/5 State Elections In India: Kejriwal’s AAP Expands To Punjab
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, won key state elections On March 10th that…
‘Repressed’ India Added To Human Rights Watch List
India has been added to a watchlist of countries that have seen a rapid decline in civic freedoms.Prime Minister Narendra…
Why India Repeatedly Abstains Against Russian Invasion Of Ukraine?
In the midst of the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, India abstained from a United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC’s) resolution…
US Thinks India Is In “Russia’s Camp” Will Standing With Russia Cost India UNSC Membership?
As India abstained on a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that “deplores in the strongest terms” Russia’s “aggression” against Ukraine,…
India Abstains From Condemning Russian Invasion Of Ukraine At UN Security Council Ending 77 Years Of Peace In Europe, Putin’s Military Forces Invade Ukraine
For the first time since the end of World War II, 77 years ago, one European state has attacked another…
Fearing Imminent Russian Invasion, India Asks Citizens To Leave Ukraine
Concerns over Russia’s intentions in Ukraine mounted after talks in Geneva between Russia and the U.S.-led NATO security alliance ended…
How A Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Could Affect The World?
The number of Russian troops along Ukraine’s borders have continued to build in recent days, with U.S. officials estimating that…
US To Back India’s ‘Rise, Regional Leadership’ Against ‘Coercion And Aggression’ By China: Strategy Document
In a document invested with tremendous geopolitical significance, US President Joe Biden’s administration has outlined its Indo-Pacific strategy that would…
Thousands Join The Campaign Against Anti-Conversion Laws In India
Many prominent citizens in India demanded for a Repeal of All Anti-Conversion Laws in India, in the context of the…
Pegasus: The New Cyber Weapon For Dismantling Democracy
The New York Times recently reported that India had purchased the Pegasus software from an Israeli company, NSO, as part…
Developmental Roadmap For Jammu And Kashmir
With the overall objective of ensuring good governance, socio-economic development, to address regional disparity and improve administrative efficiency, since Independence…
Is India On The Path To Genocide?
Genocide is the willful extermination of a whole ethnic group and calls to mind Hitler’s death camps to kill the…
India: A Nation In Disharmony With Its Philosophical And Constitutional Values
The values that are glorified today ironically are those that were always held anathema by classical Hindu society – majoritarianism,…
India Remains A Work In Progress At 75
It would not be an exaggeration to say that independent India has witnessed a policy meandering during its 75 years…
India Seeks to Escape an Asian Future Led by China
Last week’s launch of formal trade talks between India and the United Kingdom, with the declared ambition to ink a…
Netaji Bose: Attempted Appropriation by Hindu Nationalism
Netaji Sbhashchandra Bose’s birth anniversary was marked by various events this year (January 23). His portrait was unveiled by the…
Human Rights Violations And Culture Of Impunity In South Asia
As countries across South Asia continue to battle the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, causing serious public health and economic crisis, this…
Kashmiri Pandits In Search Of A New Path To Return Home
After 32 long years of exile, the Kashmiri Pandit community longs to return to its homeland in the valley. Notwithstanding…
Eric Garcetti Confirmed BY Senate Committee To Be U.S. Ambassador To India
Ending many months of waiting, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, January 12th confirmed the nomination of Los…
Modi’s Christmas Shocker Hurts The Poor And Disadvantaged In India During The Covid
“These calls have an eerie familiarity with what has happened to the Jews in Germany during World War II. Even…
India’s Vice President Naidu Lauds Indian American Physicians For Being ‘Ambassadors Of Indian Value Systems’
“With numerous initiatives, AAPI has proved to be beneficial not only to Indian-origin American Physicians, but to Indian healthcare as…
India To Raise Marriage Age For Women To 21
The Cabinet Union Cabinet has cleared a bill that proposes to raise the legal age of marriage for women from…
India’s Muslims See Politics Behind Marriage Law Move
The Indian government’s decision to raise the marriageable age for women to 21 from the current 18 irrespective of caste,…
Tamil Nadu Engages Tamil Diaspora In Efforts To Raise Trillion Dollar
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is in the process of roping in Tamil diaspora abroad to achieve the state’s…
“I Am A Hindu But Not Hindutvawadi,” Says Rahul Gandhi
Addressing a mammoth gathering in Jaipur during the national rally organised to protest against the price rise and inflation, veteran…
Why India, Russia Blocked Move To Take Climate Change To UNSC
India and Russia have blocked a proposal that would have allowed the UN Security Council to deliberate on climate-related issues….
Vladimir Putin’s Visit To India Will Usher In A New Dynamic Relationship
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s India visit has brought back the issue of ‘strategic balance’ in the Indian foreign policy narrative. Not…
What Biden’s Democracy Summit Is Missing
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to host a virtual summit this week for leaders from government, civil society, and…
Indian Army’s ‘STRIKE’ For Ladakh-Like High-Altitude Areas
The Indian Army is on the lookout for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) to assist infantry troops in high-altitude areas with…
Attacks On Christians Rises In Karnataka: UCF/APCR/UAH Report
Karnataka state in India has seen rise in attacks against Christians after govt’s anti-conversion law proposal, reveals report In its…
Modi’s Growing Crackdown On Bollywood India’s Film Industry Is Under Growing Pressure To Bend Its Knee To Hindu Nationalists.
Last month, the son of superstar Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan was arrested for consuming drugs at a party. In…
U.S. NGO Names Modi Among World’s Seven Worst Persecutors, Clubs RSS With Taliban
A reputed global Christian organization has named Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the world’s seven biggest persecutors of religious…
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Appoints MR Rangaswami As State’s ‘Investment Ambassador’
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has appointed a prominent Indian American venture capitalist, M.R. Rangaswami as Tamil Nadu’s ‘Investment…
Bowing To Farmers’ Demand, Modi Scraps Controversial Farm Laws
In a surprise announcement, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on November 19th that his government will withdraw the controversial…
200 Nations Agree On Pact To Save Earth From Climate Change Glasgow Climate Pact Diluted After India, China Force Amendment On Emission From Coal
The two-week global conference ended with a historic agreement between the 200 national delegations who agreed to, for the first…
Politics of Petrol Prices In India
On the eve of Diwali, the Central government had cut excise duty on petrol and diesel prices by Rs 5…