Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) chief DK Sunil on Friday reiterated that India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) boasts the best safety record globally, dismissing concerns raised by the recent crash of an LCA Mk-1 at the Dubai Airshow. Speaking at the ANI National Security Summit, Sunil emphasized that the incident, which occurred on November 21 and resulted in the death of

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the historical significance of Udupi in Karnataka as the “karmabhoomi of the Jana Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party” while participating in the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana at Sri Krishna Matha. The event saw over one lakh devotees, including students, monks, scholars, and citizens, reciting shlokas from the Bhagwat Gita in unison, creating a spiritually charged atmosphere. Udupi’s

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The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued notices to the Centre and other concerned authorities regarding a plea alleging that female sanitation workers at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Haryana were asked to provide photographic proof of menstruation to justify their absence from work. The bench, comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan, directed responses from the relevant authorities and posted the matter

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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who led India’s delegation to the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, said the summit marked a significant milestone for global climate governance, particularly for developing nations. Speaking to HT, Yadav highlighted that COP30 not only reaffirmed India’s leadership but also restored faith in multilateral processes, giving

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit New Delhi on December 4–5, 2025 for the annual India–Russia summit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. This visit, his first to India since the start of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, comes at a time of changing geopolitical dynamics, heightened Western pressure on India, and intensified global scrutiny of

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India has officially crossed a key strategic threshold, achieving “major power” status in the Asia Power Index 2025, according to the Australia-based Lowy Institute. The milestone reflects India’s expanding economic strength, rising military capability, and enhanced geopolitical relevance—factors that together lifted its comprehensive power score from 38.1 in 2024 to 40 points in 2025, enabling the shift from the

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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, has urged the Union government to refer the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill to his committee for detailed scrutiny before it is introduced in Parliament during the upcoming winter session beginning December 1. Singh made this request in

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India’s growing influence on the global stage—particularly across the Indo-Pacific and the Global South—is rooted in its economic resilience, technological progress, and principled foreign policy. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh underscored these themes during his address at the concluding session of the Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025, where he asserted that India is increasingly seen as

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India is undergoing a major transformation in the way it monitors, tracks, and responds to infectious diseases. For decades, the country relied largely on conventional surveillance methods—manual data collection, field reporting, and reactive outbreak investigation. While these systems played an important role in public health, they often lagged behind the speed at which diseases could

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Thailand is reeling from one of its deadliest natural disasters in recent years, as massive floods and landslides sweeping across the country’s southern provinces have pushed the death toll to at least 145. The scale of destruction has intensified public anger toward the government, which critics accuse of failing to anticipate the severity of the

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