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UK-India week 2019 in London: The event line-up

The second edition of the UK-India week will be held at Westminster House in London from June 24-28.

Historical treasures of India in Bihar: Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Pawapuri

The Mahabodhi Temple Complex or Bodh Gaya, in India’s Bihar state - which is also known as the place where Gautam Buddha attained...

Visa fraud hurting Punjab, India’s global influence

The increasing global influence of India and its workforce has meant a sharp rise in overseas travel over the past decade. This also has an...

India tops tech visa applications to the UK

India, along with the US, has the highest number of visa applications for the UK's technology sector, according to the latest data from a UK...

Commercial Indian real estate a good bet: Anarock Consultants

Anarock Property Consultants are pitching India’s commercial office property as an investment alternative for Non-Resident Indians in a...

Indian Foreign Ministry scholarship applications open for diaspora students

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has opened applications for its Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC) for the academic...

RBI cuts rates to support sagging Indian economy; announces measures

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday cut interest rates by 25 basis points in its latest credit policy for the third time this year. It...

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar: India’s stature in the world has risen

India’s new External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar believes that India’s global stature has grown significantly in the last five years.

Singapore is India's top foreign investment source

A chunky USD16.23 billion (SGD22.1 billion) of foreign direct investment into India came from Singapore in the financial year that ended on...

First decisive step taken to tackle Indian education woes

The rise in nationalism globally has meant more foreign governments are tightening the immigrant visa process adding to the ongoing...

Surveillance plane P8I joins SIMBEX 2019 at South China Sea

Indian Navy's long range maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft Poseidon P8I joined its two warships in the ongoing India-Singapore...

IKEA partner Ingka Group invests in Indian home furnishing startup Livspace

India-based home design and renovation platform Livspace has received funding from Ingka investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group.

India showcases BrahMos at Singapore Expo, eyes South East Asia market

BrahMos Aerospace is showcasing "world's fastest" and the most accurate ever cruise missile at International Maritime Defence Exhibition...

Sridevi's MOM takes China box office by storm on opening weekend

Sridevi’s MOM was hugely successful among viewers in India and is now taking the China Box Office by storm.

India seeks partnership with Hollywood to boost domestic film industry

With a view to strengthen the global reach of the Indian film industry, the Indian mission in the US has been exploring the possibility of a...

Indian MHA discards 'blacklists' of Indians seeking asylum abroad

In yet another reconciliatory measure aimed at overseas citizens and the diaspora, the Indian Home Ministry has decided to discard its...

Shahid Kapoor to get Madame Tussauds wax statue in Singapore

Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor is set to hop on the bandwagon of Indian celebrities who have their wax statues at the Madame Tussauds Museum...

Singapore Airlines plane suffers nose-wheel glitch, makes forced landing at New Delhi airport

A Singapore Airlines plane carrying 228 people last night was forced to make an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport...

India, UK experts discuss clean cooling solutions as The Only Planet heats up

Experts from UK and India put their heads together in London to work out sustainable cooling solutions for mankind even as planet getting...

Madras HC directs Indian govt to grant Singapore immigrant's 30-year quest for permanent resident status

The Madras High Court provided relief to an Indian born in Singapore over three decades ago who has remained a stateless individual for over...

NBT launches 10 Indian children books in Arabic in UAE book fair

In a first, India's official book publishing agency National Book Trust launched 10 children's books of India translated into the Arabic...

Indians rejoice as foundation stone of first Hindu temple laid in UAE

Indians rejoice, hail UAE's pluralism as foundation stone of first Hindu temple laid in Abu Dhabi

100 years on, British Indian author Saurav Dutt immortalises victims of Jallianwala Bagh massacre in new book

On the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, British Indian author Saurav Dutt honours the victims of the infamous bloodbath...

Fake University Sting: Embassy of India issues an advisory for Indian students

Following the US authorities’ sting operation last month which led to the arrest of 129 Indians enrolled at a fake university run by...