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Govt augments Know India Programme on growing demand, popularity among Indian origin youth

Buoyed by the growing popularity of Know India Programme among the youth of Indian origin and the NRIs, the Government has augmented it by...

World condemns deadly Pulwama terror attack; over 40 killed

In one of the most heinous terror attacks in Kashmir in the past two decades, more than 40 jawans were killed and dozens injured when a...

India-US CEO Forum, Commercial Dialogue to be held tomorrow

The India-US Commercial Dialogue and US-India CEO Forum will take place in Delhi tomorrow. US Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, will...

Anuraag Saxena, India Pride Project in the limelight in ‘Blood Buddhas’ documentary

Highlighting the sterling efforts of the volunteers and members of the India Pride Project, an initiative founded by Singaporean NRI Anuraag...

Facebook acquires shopping startup GrokStyle launched by Indian origin woman

In an attempt to enable users shop better using Artificial Intelligence, Facebook has acquired a startup founded by an Indian-origin woman,...

OYO expands international presence, enters US market

Growing from a single hotel in May 2013 to over 8,500+ hotels at present, Gurugram-headquartered hospitality unicorn OYO is all set to enter...

Police arrest Hindu Mahasabha’s Pooja Shakun Pandey over Gandhi assassination reenactment

Aligarh police arrested Hindu Mahasabha's National Secretary Pooja Shakun Pandey and her husband Ashok Pandey yesterday for recreating...

Fake University Sting: India gets consular access to 117 detained students

The Government of India has continued to closely monitor the detention of Indian students who were allegedly enrolled in a fraudulent...

Liquor baron Mallya to appeal UK's green light on extradition to India

Following the UK government's agreement to the extradition of the embattled Kingfisher boss, a defiant Vijay Mallya has confirmed his plans...

Govt hikes fellowship, woos NRI faculty for Make in India push

In a bid to lend momentum to Make In India programme, the Government has enhanced the grant for research fellows in India and laid out a...

Will continue to work with US authorities to help detained Indians: MEA

The Government of India is continuously making efforts to address the detention of 129 Indian students, mostly from the states of Telangana...

Uttar Pradesh to showcase investment opportunities during PBD 2019

The Yogi Adityanath government will showcase investment opportunities in Uttar Pradesh to NRIs from the state on the first day of Pravasi...

PM Modi to award medals to 'Bharat ko Janiye' quiz winners at PBD: Sushma Swaraj

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will award medals to the winners of the ‘Bharat Ko Janiye’ quiz on January 22 during the Pravasi...

Spotify makes deal with T-Series for Indian music

Swedish online music streaming service Spotify Inc, which has subscribers across the globe, has announced a tie-up with T-Series, one of the...

Singapore top investor in India during PM Modi's tenure

Singapore has retained the top position as an investor during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure and in 2017-18 its investments at USD...

New UK visa rules keeping Indian students out to have no impact: MEA

The Indian Government has maintained that new rules keeping Indians out of "low risk" visa list "will not have any impact" on the existing...

Ahead of Kumbh, Modi opens new airport, integrated command & control centre at Prayagraj

Ahead of the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a state-of-art integrated command and control...

In Pics: 71 mission heads inspect Kumbh preparations, satisfied

Mission heads from 71 different countries visited Prayagraj and made a first-hand assessment of the preparations for upcoming Kumbh Mela on...

Direct container service to from Tuticorin to Singapore to cut down costs, transit time

India's far-south port of Tuticorin has started a direct container service to Singapore and countries on the eastern sea lanes,...

India to pursue Shangri La vision in South-East Asian security architecture: MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs today said it will follow a rule-based and dialogue driven vision of Indo-Pacific security as defined by...

'Manikarnika' Shot Across 70 Locations to Showcase Historic Era

Zee Studios’ Manikarnika – The Queen Of Jhansi is based on the life of Rani Laxmi Bai, known as India’s first warrior queen, who...

India-UN Development Partnership Fund holds first annual board meeting in New York

India-UN Development Partnership Fund has held the first Annual Board Meeting in New York to take stock of progress in the projects...

Finally, IndiGo set to fly Vijayawada-Singapore route from December 4

Andhra Pradesh government has sanctioned SGD600,000 (INR30.6 million) as Viability Gap Fund to IndiGo Airlines one month in advance to...

Singapore and Indian armies conduct joint drill in Devlali, Maharashtra

Even as India and Singapore conducted a successful silver jubilee of naval exercise SIMBEX last week, the armies of both countries are...