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The Emergency of 1975: 5 Books on Trying Times in Indian History

Jawaharlal Nehru’s niece who was a fierce critic of the Emergency and of her cousin Mrs. Gandhi, is the author of the novel tells the story of two interlinked families in Delhi in the Emergency years.




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Gau Mata ko Bhata: This Satirical Novel Tells Story of a British Chewing Gum Company That Uses Cows To Woo Indians

Cow and Company uses satire to take stock of India and its complex relationship with religions.




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Can Robots Take Away Our Jobs? Here's How Indian Employment Market Will Change with AI-driven Revolution

The evolution of AI has brought us to the precipice of a fourth industrial revolution, and the worrying question being asked is: How will this affect our livelihoods? Will this revolution result in mass job losses?




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'Replicated His Tattoo...': How Anita Nair's Iconic 'Inspector Gowda' Became Face of Indian Crime Fiction

In the last decade, detective Borei Gowda has appeared in two of Nair's books -- Cut Like Wound (2012) and Chain of Custody (2016) and have already won a strong fan base among crime fiction lovers in the country.




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Shashi Tharoor's New Book Explains India's Potential To Become A 'Major Global Power'

The authors argue that India has a major role to play in shaping the regimes the world in future, given its size, growing clout, and stake in practically every major multilateral organization.




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Why Jawaharlal Nehru Wanted India to Embrace 'Tolerant and Creative Nationalism'

Nehru said, whatever confusion the present may contain, in the future, India will be a land, as in the past, of many faiths equally honoured and respected, within a tolerant, creative nationalism, not a narrow nationalism living in its own shell.




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From Konyaks of Nagaland to Kurumbas of  Nilgiris: A Look Into The Private lives of Isolated Indian Tribes

What makes things worse is that the government data and statistics fail to capture the essence of their everyday lives, and stories and narratives from the tribals themselves are conspicuously absent from mainstream literature.




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Reviving the Indian Economy: Montek Singh Ahluwalia's Method of Combating 'Very Serious Slowdown'

During the launch of the book, Ahluwalia said that there is no doubt that we have entered a period of a very serious slowdown.




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Manchester United Wont Travel to India for Pre-season: Report

Manchester United were reportedly planning to play a match against East Bengal in Kolkata.




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From Gate-crashers to Joint-winners: Captain Shabbir Ali Reminisces India's Asian Youth Championship 1974 Journey

On the 46th anniversary of India finishing joint winners with Iran in the Asian Youth Championship Bangkok in 1974, captain Shabbir Ali walks down the memory lane.




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Indian Football Legend Chuni Goswami Dies Aged 82 Due to Cardiac Arrest

Former India football captain Chuni Goswami, passed away in Kolkata due to cardiac arrest.




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India's Greatest! Football Will Always Remember Him: AIFF Leads Tributes for Chuni Goswami

Indian football mourned one of it's greatest heroes Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami, who passed away in Kolkata after suffering a cardiac arrest.




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Chuni Goswami Will Forever Remain Golden Boy of Indian Football: Franco Fortunato

Chuni Goswami passed away at the age of 82 after suffering a heart attck.




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Croatia's 2018 FIFA World Cup Coach Calls for More Local Presence in Indian Leagues

Zlatko Dalic, in an online session by SAI and AIFF, stressed on why a solid grassroots coaching system must exist for top players to emerge.




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Former India Cricketer Dilip Doshi Says Chuni Goswami Brought 'Sense of Fitness' from Football to Cricket

Dilip Doshi also shared that Chuni Goswami was an 'inspiring captain' and had a great sense of humour.




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India U-16 Coach Bibiano Fernandes Conducts Webinars as Part of Monitoring Wards

Bibiano Fernandes has been conducting three weekly webinars to understand where his wards stand physically and mentally.




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Indians Should Raise Bar and Compete With Foreigners: Gokulam Kerala FC Owner

Gokulam Kerala FC owner V.C. Praveen wants Indian players to compete with the best foreign players who ply their trade in the country




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Coronavirus Impact on Indian Football: Uncertainty and Fear Grips Players as Future Remains Hazy

With Covid-19 cases in India still rising, Indian footballers remain unsure about safety and say there can be no social distancing in a contact sport.




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India Women's U-17 Coach Thomas Dennerby Impressed by Players' Fitness Regime at Home

India's Under-17 women's football team head coach Thomas Dennerby said the players need to be encouraged to maintain calm and not worry about missing training.




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AIFF President Praful Patel Encourages Indian Coaches to 'Keep Up the Good Work'

Igor Stimac, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Thomas Dennerby, Maymol Rocky, Bibiano Fernandes, Shuvendu Panda were in attendance from their respective homes.




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India's First F1 Track Buddh International Circuit to be Used as Shelter Home for Migrant Workers

Buddh International Circuit, which is India's first Formula One racing track, is being readied to be used as a shelter home and quarantine facility for migrant labourers leaving Delhi-NCR after Central Government announced a 21-day lockdown




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Coronavirus: Nepal records 16 new cases; most in contact with man who attended Tablighi event in India

Sixteen people, including 15 who came in contact with a religious leader who returned after attending the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi in March, have been tested positive, Nepal's health ministry said. All the 16 people were found Covid-19 positive on Sunday, it said, adding that the total number of coronavirus cases in Nepal now stands at 75.




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Why China's maneuvers in Nepal politics worry India




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Vande Bharat Mission: First Batch of 168 Indian Students stranded in Bangladesh Leaves for Home

More such flights are also being readied by the authorities to facilitate other Indians as part of the Operation Vande Bharat - A homecoming', India's massive repatriation operation to bring home its citizens stranded abroad.




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Vizag Gas Leak: NGT Slaps Interim Penalty of Rs 50 Cr on LG Polymers India, Issues Notices to Centre

NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, set up a 5-member Committee to probe Thursday's gas leak incident in the chemical factory, in which 11 people were killed and 1,000 were exposed.




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Air India Flight Carrying 234 Passengers from Singapore Lands at Delhi Under Vande Bharat Mission

The flight was part of the Vande Bharat mission which started on Thursday to bring back stranded Indian nationals home amid the novel coronavirus-induced lockdown.




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Air India Flight Carrying 200 Indians From Sharjah to Arrive in Lucknow on Saturday

The government also said that Air India will operate 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.




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India's Covid-19 Recovery Rate Stands at 29.36% with Nil Cases from 216 Districts, Says Health Ministry

The ministry asserted that if dos and don'ts are followed, the peak in number of COVID-19 cases can be avoided.




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Japan Asks India to Restart Economic Activities, Allow its Companies to Resume Work

According to sources, India responded to the request saying that it values the contribution of Japanese companies in the country and assured that their issues will be addressed.




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Indian National to Face Trial in Germany for Spying on Sikhs and Kashmiris for RAW

Federal prosecutors allege the suspect, identified as 54-year-old Balvir, has been working with the Indian foreign intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing since 2015.




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Indian Museum in Kolkata Sealed after CISF Personnel Dies of Covid-19

Thirty-three CISF personnel deployed at the gallery's security unit have been asked to self-quarantine, Indian Museum director A D Choudhury told PTI.




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India to Embark on Second Leg of 'Vande Bharat Mission' from May 15, Say Sources

A total of 64 flights carrying approximately 15,000 returnees from 12 countries are expected to land at 14 airports across India from May 7 to 15 as part of phase one of the mission, they said.




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Emotional Return For Indians Stranded Abroad Due to COVID-19

Mass evacuations have begin to repatriate 14,800 Indians stranded abroad.




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Coronavirus: India Sending Medicines to 25 African Countries

The government said medicines included hydroxychloroquine, paracetamol and other drugs which are immediately required to fight the pandemic.




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698 Indians Stranded in Maldives Sail Back Home under Operation Samudra Setu

An Indian Navy spokesman said there were a number of pregnant women and children among the evacuees who will travel to Kochi in Kerala.




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Flight from Riyadh Carrying Stranded Indians Reaches Kerala

The flight, the third to Kerala, touched down at around 8 pm and was part of the Vande Bharat Mission which started on Thursday to bring home Indian nationals stranded due to COVID-19 lockdown in various countries.




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Pakistan Rejects India's Move to Broadcast Weather Reports on PoK, Terms it 'Legally Void'

State-owned broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio from Friday began broadcasting weather reports on Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit in PoK in their prime-time news bulletins.




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INS Jalashwa Sets Sail from Male to Kochi with 698 Indians as Part of Vande Bharat Mission

Priority was accorded to pregnant women and children to embark the ship first and bunk allocation was also undertaken by the ship's crew catering to age and medical requirements, officials said.




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Only ‘Severe’ Covid-19 Patients to be Tested Before Hospital Discharge as India Braces for More Infections

The Centre in its revised guidelines said there will be no need for testing prior to discharge of mild and moderate Covid-19 cases, while severe patients will be tested once.




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Lockdown May Not Have Flattened Covid Curve, But it Bought India Time as it Approaches Infection Peak

The worry for India remains that despite the stringent lockdown, the curve for ‘new cases’ has not flattened as it has in some other countries that also enforced lockdowns.




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359 Indians Stranded in Dubai Brought Back in Special Flights to Tamil Nadu

The stranded people hail from Tamil Nadu and they were working in the United Arab Emirates.




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India Positive | Paraplegic Soldiers Make Face Mask to Meet growing Demand

Inmates of Mohali’s Paraplegic Rehabilitation Center (PRC) and their family members residing there are making cloth face masks




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Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Indian-origin Woman in Singapore Faces Charges for Refusing to Wear Face Mask

Retnamswamy is the second person of Indian origin to be remanded at the IMH for psychiatric evaluation after the incident involving face masks.




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Naval Ship From Maldives With Over 600 Stranded Indians to Arrive on Sunday

INS Jalashwa, participating in Indian Navy's "Operation Samudra Setu" to bring home Indians stuck in foreign countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, has departed from Male port for Kochi with 698 Indian nationals on board on Friday night.




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2 Indians Flown Back to Kerala from UAE Test Positive for Covid-19; State's Infection Toll Climbs to 505

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 23,596 people were currently under observation at their homes, and 334 at different hospitals.




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In Letter to Modi, Kerala CM Seeks Help to Bring Back Bodies of Indian Expats Who Didn't Die of Covid-19

Indian embassies may be directed to issue necessary clearance without seeking individual approval from MHA to avoid delay, the letter read.




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TMC Dubs IMCT 'India's Most Callous Team' and Says They're Visiting Bengal to Spread Political Virus

The central teams have been visiting hospitals and quarantine centres and meeting officials in Kolkata and Siliguri.




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In Mann ki Baat, PM Modi Lauds India's 'People-driven' Coronavirus Fight; Warns Against Negligence

Be it businesses, offices, education institutes or medical sector, everyone is adapting to changes in the post-coronavirus world, PM Modi said.




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Twitter India Blocking Me With Very Prejudiced Intentions, Claims Anantkumar Hegde

The MP from Uttara Kannada has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the 'Digital colonisation' by a a corporate entity.




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‘Anti-India’ Twitter Blocked My Account With Prejudiced Intentions: BJP’s Anantkumar Hegde

The MP from Uttara Kannada has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the 'Digital colonisation' by a a corporate entity.