India's government is set to introduce a game-changing Services Sector Output Index—a monthly gauge of the services economy powered by GST data. Announced by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), this move fills a critical gap ahead of next month's Index of Industrial...
President Donald Trump has issued a stark directive to the U.S. Navy: shoot and kill any boats—especially small ones—caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. This order, announced via social media on...
In a major push towards military self-reliance, India's Defence Ministry on April 21, 2026, signed contracts worth ₹975 crore for advanced TRAWL systems. This deal equips the Indian Army's T-72 and T-90 tanks...
New Delhi: India’s Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced this week that Formula 1 is poised to return to the country by 2027, though league officials were quick to dismiss the timeline as overly optimistic.
Mandaviya told...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its departure from OPEC and the broader OPEC+ alliance, effective May 1, 2026. This historic move ends nearly six decades of membership for the Gulf powerhouse,...
India and New Zealand have inked a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on April 27, 2026, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and visiting New Zealand Trade...
As the government gears up to make hallmarking of silver mandatory, a new report by a Delhi-based public policy consultancy has highlighted several economic and operational bottlenecks, recommending a transition period of three to five years for the industry to adapt.
In January this year, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) director general told reporters on the organisation’s 79th foundation day that BIS was preparing to make silver hallmarking mandatory, though it had not firmed up the timeframe yet.
Hallmarking of precious metals serves as a guarantee of their purity or fineness, which protects consumers against fraud. While BIS has made hallmarking of gold mandatory since 2021, silver hallmarking has been...
West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have recorded extraordinarily high voter participation in the 2026 Assembly elections, underscoring strong public engagement in the democratic process....
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its departure from OPEC and the broader OPEC+ alliance, effective May 1, 2026. This historic move ends nearly six decades of membership for the Gulf powerhouse,...
A shooting incident disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., causing panic and briefly interrupting the event. Reports said security quickly moved to protect attendees, and Donald Trump was safely evacuated...
On the outer wall of the Airavatesvara Temple in Tamil Nadu, a 12th-century stone carving shows a woman giving birth while standing upright, supported...
On April 7, Anthropic, the AI company behind the coding and productivity-focused Large Language Model (LLM) family Claude, announced Mythos. This is its most...
Sudan's devastating civil war has reached its fourth year, prompting a dire warning from the United Nations' top aid official. Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian...
In 2024 alone, the UN verified around 4,500 cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), though the real number is likely much higher. An overwhelming...
Gaza: On 4th January 2025, Israel has ordered the evacuation of two major hospitals in northern Gaza, the Indonesian Hospital and Al-Awda Hospital, as...