23-Oct-2025

Diwali celebrations light up India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with the Armed Forces on board INS Vikrant. He said it's a privilege to celebrate this festival… Read more

16-Oct-2025

India elected to UN Human Rights…

United Nations: India has been elected for the seventh time to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council for the term 2026-28. The Geneva-based 47-member… Read more

16-Oct-2025

PM Narendra Modi received the US ambassador‐designate to India, Sergio Gor, at his residence in New Delhi. PM Modi expressed confidence that Gor's… Read more

16-Oct-2025

India pitches indigenous Akash…

New Delhi: India has expressed interest in supplying its Akash missile system to Brazil, as part of a broader push to strengthen defense cooperation… Read more

16-Oct-2025

Supreme Court allows use of green…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed the bursting of green crackers on the occasion of Diwali (October 20), but within a restricted time limit.… Read more

16-Oct-2025

Ayodhya Deepotsav: 28 lakh diyas…

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has said that nearly 28 lakh lamps will illuminate 56 ghats along the Saryu river in Ayodhya as part of the ninth… Read more

15-Oct-2025

Dhanteras: 10 essential items…

As the first day of the 5-day Diwali festival, Dhanteras holds great religious and cultural significance for Hindus, symbolising wealth, prosperity,… Read more

14-Oct-2025

This Diwali, a 'swadeshi' push

Renewing his call for promoting 'Swadeshi',  Prime Minister Narendra Modi encouraged citizens to give preference to 'Made in India'… Read more

13-Oct-2025

The festival of lights: A celebration…

In Hindu scriptures, "seeing the light" is equivalent to a spiritual awakening or seeing God.

By Basab Dasgupta

Most of my physicist… Read more