https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0e/1080766532_0:54:3072:1782_1200x675_80_0_0_eba1edf034b6b7dff20ee01b772f87e8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202010181080805756–watch-heavy-rainfall-in-indias-hyderabad-floods-streets-leaves-cars-floating-houses-underwater/ Over 50 people have died in the last three days and property worth millions of rupees has been damaged due to heavy rains and flash floods in India’s Telangana State, where there has been no respite from the continuous downpours. The Indian city of Hyderabad witnessed torrential rain overnight on Saturday, which led to flooding in several parts of […]
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The death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput has been judged suspicious, prompting one of the biggest investigations in the Hindi film industry. The 34-year-old Bollywood star was found dead in his Mumbai flat on 14 June. The actor’s death led to a massive uproar, with the case being probed by three major agencies. A money laundering probe in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case has led […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080748284_0:139:2047:1291_1200x675_80_0_0_fd6a46eab28828614fcff2ae2a1460ad.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010121080746313-test-launch-of-indias-subsonic-nirbhay-cruise-missile-aborted-in-eight-minutes-heres-why/ India has been fast-tracking development and deployment of modern weapons amid the ongoing border tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. A total of 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a brutal face-off with Chinese soldiers in mid-June. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test fired the “Nirbhay” missile at 10:30 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/09/1080718832_0:140:3391:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_27af31f4de1fd733e9a4cf385c0d7ddc.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202010091080716159-indias-anti-terror-squad-arrests-aerospace-firm-employee-for-passing-secret-info-to-pakistan/ India’s defence and anti-terrorist services have been devising strategies and passing out instructions to make personnel of all ranks aware about the nuances of Pakistan’s espionage network. In the past, the Indian authorities have uncovered several espionage cases where Pakistani agents have honey-trapped personnel on social media. An employee of India’s state-funded Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been arrested […]
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic India’s apex bank, the Reserve Bank of India, has infused liquidity worth $125 billion into the economy to stabilise financial markets. Central banks the world over have pumped $9 trillion into the global economy amid the pandemic. India’s apex bank RBI on Friday said the country’s economic growth, measured as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), is likely to contract […]
The Indian economy nose-dived between April and June this year, with gross domestic product growth contracting 23.9 percent in the quarter that saw a strict lockdown due to the pandemic. In January – March this year, the country witnessed GDP growth of 3.1 percent. Maintaining that the South Asian economic situation is worse than ever, the World Bank on Thursday said India’s gross domestic product (GDP) […]
Indian business and industry leaders are seeing signs of recovery after the coronavirus crisis wiped out nearly a quarter of the country’s economy in the last quarter. “The more I converse with CEOs of various organisations, the more I get convinced that there is an improvement in the macro-economic situation, especially over the last month or so,” Axis Bank’s chief executive and managing director, Amitabh Chaudhry, […]
India’s Uttar Pradesh state, headed by ascetic chief Yogi Adityanath, has come under widespread criticism for its handling of an alleged gang rape and murderous assault on a young girl. The state’s police have also come under fire for cremating the body of the woman, who died 15 days after the gruesome incident, in the dead of night. The state government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/05/1080667801_0:65:2950:1724_1200x675_80_0_0_a176a2becc376202828ac7f5b7c7afad.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Advitya Bahl. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010051080667093-indias-premier-probe-agency-raids-congress-leaders-residences-in-alleged-corruption-case/ India’s main opposition parties, including Congress, have long accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government of misusing investigation agencies to target political rivals. India’s premier probe agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday conducted raids at the premises of Karnataka’s Congress chief, DK Shivakumar, in connection with a corruption case. According to a […]
India has recorded 100,000 fatalities from Covid-19 after battling the lethal outbreak for seven months, becoming the third nation to cross the six-digit figure after the United States and Brazil, according to official tallies. The country’s total death toll sat at 100,842 on Saturday morning, on top of nearly 6.5 million infections, according to the Indian Health Ministry. Passing the 100,000-mark seven months to the day […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107694/06/1076940604_0:898:2620:2372_1200x675_80_0_0_17160ff60eda8f56dcc14d3f1e1e8235.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Nair N.B.. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010021080637882-indias-hindu-nationalists-flood-twitter-hailing-assassin-of-iconic-leader-mahatma-gandhi/ India observes the birthday of the iconic leader of the national freedom movement Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, fondly known as Mahatma Gandhi, on 2 October. On Friday, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among those who paid floral tributes at Gandhi’s memorial on the banks of the Yamuna River in the capital. On the […]
Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead hanging in his Mumbai flat on 14 June. The young actor’s death has caused a massive public uproar, triggering many questions. Three federal investigative agencies – Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) – are probing the case. As India’s top probe agency CBI has not yet come to any conclusion about […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a $266 billion stimulus package on 12 May to help the economy and industries tide over the disruption caused by the COVID -19 pandemic. The country’s top bank, RBI, also pumped in liquidity worth $125 billion to maintain stability in the domestic financial markets. India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the country’s economy will continue to face “challenges of different […]
Despite retaining India’s credit rating at the lowest investment grade, ratings agency S&P Global warned that the Asian economy will face mounting deficit and debt levels in fiscal 2021 in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis. In its forecast released earlier this week, S&P said it expects India’s debt-to-GDP ratio (the debt levels compared to gross domestic product) to surge over 17 percent from the previous […]
The number of COVID-19 cases in India is consistently rising, despite the enforcement of one of the strictest and most prolonged lockdowns on the planet. India has now topped Brazil with at least 4,562,414 cases. The US remains in the lead, however, with the highest number of infections: 6,589,020. India has seen a record surge in cases in the past several days, with a daily caseload […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0a/1080417607_50:0:1320:714_1200x675_80_0_0_af5713e5d0f3efb8bade01cfe39bf1b6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202009101080417099-heres-to-the-mighty-jungle-king-watch-what-indias-famous-bengal-tiger-gets-for-lunch/ With all of India’s lions confined to the forests of Gir in Gujarat state, jungles are ruled over by tigers. In all their glory, India’s Bengal Tigers are world famous for their majestic and larger than life personas. Tourists from around the globe flock to Indian jungles to catch a glimpse of these tigers in their natural habitat. Susanta […]
Following reports of “missing locals” allegedly being abducted by the Chinese military from Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Army on Sunday sent an emergency message to China’s People’s Liberation Army to seek information about them, confirmed India’s Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju. China on Monday said that they have no details to release regarding the Indian Army’s inquiry about five locals missing from India’s […]
The Wall Street Journal had reported in August that a senior executive of Facebook in India had intervened in the platform’s internal content review process to stop a ban on a legislator from the national ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who had made religiously intolerant posts. Facebook, however, has denied the allegation. Reiterating that the international media had uncovered a brazen attack on India’s democracy and […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s apex court last week forbid Muharram processions in the country amid a rising number of coronavirus cases there, saying it could lead to “chaos” and “targeting of a particular community for spreading COVID-19”. Defying the Supreme Court of India, hundreds of Muslims converged on the streets to join the annual Muharram processions in the Indian city of Hyderabad in Telangana state despite the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/14/1079935068_0:137:1920:1217_1200x675_80_0_0_58f74e0bda12e2fee0cf0f2022e63805.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Pratibha Sharma. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202008281080304510-now-shots-wont-hurt-indias-top-tech-institute-develops-painless-vaccination-device/ New Delhi (Sputnik): This type of technology has been used in the United States and several other countries. This method involves micro-needles that are too thin to induce a painful reaction, like ordinary needles which touch the nerves in the skin. The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has developed micro-needles and micro-pumps that enable medications to be […]
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s family has alleged the role of the actor’s ex-girlfriend Rhea Chakrabory in his death and filed a case in Patna, Bihar, against her. Chakraborty has been accused of driving Rajput to suicide and taking his money by the family. India’s top probe agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Friday summoned Rhea Chakraborty, ex-girlfriend of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1d/1080007342_0:0:1254:705_1200x675_80_0_0_ac3ea6add4aed773b011555c95239bca.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008281080299012-french-defence-minister-to-join-indias-rajnath-singh-for-rafales-formal-induction-on-10-september/ India received the delivery of five Dassault-made Rafale fighter jets on 29 July. Amid a border standoff with China, India had urged France to expedite the delivery. India and France signed a $8.7 billion government-to-government deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets in 2016. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be joined by French Defence Minister Florence Parly on 10 September […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107944/47/1079444785_6:0:1206:675_1200x675_80_0_0_f142f365911c11fcc48adc59385d86b0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008271080289515-malicious-propaganda-pakistan-rejects-indias-claim-pulwama-attack-executed-at-islamabads-behest/ New Delhi (Sputnik): On 25 August, India’s top investigative agency filed its first charge sheet in the deadly February 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing case, naming 19 people for carrying out the attack at “Pakistan’s behest”. Pakistan has rejected a charge sheet filed by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Pulwama suicide bombing case, calling it a “fabricated report” […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay held a convocation ceremony in a virtual environment by creating unique 3D avatars for more than 2,000 of its students due to gathering restrictions imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic. IIT Bombay, one of the top technical universities in India, sent off its virtual graduates on Sunday. The students’ avatars received their diplomas and medals after walking across a 3D environment […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Twenty-three prominent members of India’s main opposition Congress, who wanted sweeping changes, were snubbed by the core decision-making body of the party on Monday. In a resolution, the party rallied behind Sonia Gandhi, Interim President of Congress and her son Rahul Gandhi. A day after India’s Congress party warned 23 of its prominent members over demanding reforms and a change in the party […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s Congress party, which has been associated with the national freedom movement, is now in dire straits over leadership issues. Since 2014, when the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party swept general elections, the Congress has been reduced to an abysmal tally in the Parliament and also lost power in several major states. Nearly 23 senior Congress members and lawmakers have written to the party’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/15/1080238623_0:110:1281:830_1200x675_80_0_0_a5aacb095432072ef74f7cc091594957.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Pratibha Sharma. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202008211080237893-nine-people-who-were-trapped-in-hydroelectric-plant-fire-in-indias-telangana-dead/ New Delhi (Sputnik): India has witnessed several industrial accidents in the past few months. The underground power house where the fire broke out is regarded as the country’s second largest hydroelectric station and is located near the Srisailam Dam, built over the Krishna River. All nine people who were reported to be trapped in a massive fire […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): When Pakistan was debt-trapped in 2018, Saudi Arabia was the first one to extend help to Islamabad with a $6.2 billion package, which included $3 billion in loans and oil supply on deferred payments worth $3.2 billion. Nevertheless, some of the issues, including Kashmir, have strained the once strong relations. The bilateral ties between Riyadh and Islamabad have received a fresh blow after […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The proliferation of e-pharma stores has met with protests in India for taking away many consumers from traditional pharmacies and raised fears of fuelling a grey market by selling fake, expired, and unapproved drugs before being banned by a court order. Companies are now awaiting draft rules for regulating e-pharmacies. Business moguls Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Last month, Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh lodged a complaint with Bihar police and named his son’s ex-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and several others as being responsible for his son’s death. He also pointed to several mysterious transactions worth $2 million made from his son’s account. The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ordered a top probe agency investigation into the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107914/61/1079146143_0:62:1920:1142_1200x675_80_0_0_8abb6fe5b77454eb6f5a9be045060718.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Nair N.B.. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202008181080202700-indias-apex-court-turns-down-plea-to-transfer-modis-controversial-pm-cares-fund-to-disaster-fund/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set up a fund to deal with “any kind of emergency or distress situation,” like the COVID-19 pandemic. The charitable trust has been under the scanner from the beginning, as it was not subject to public audit, but donations to it are eligible for tax rebate. India’s apex […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian parliamentary panel on information technology headed by main opposition party Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor earlier indicated, the panel would ask social network platform Facebook to clarify its position on allegedly bending hate speech rules in favour of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition parties clashed on Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology Chairman Shashi Tharoor’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107639/72/1076397293_0:163:1200:838_1200x675_80_0_0_a3900832f5857abeba71dc7adc5270a7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008151080180132-indias-captain-cool-ms-dhoni-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Former captain of the Indian cricket team and one of the most loved Indian cricketers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit Test Cricket in 2014. Since then speculation has been rife as to when the former skipper could end his international career. Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni – who led the Indian team to World Cup Victory in 2011 […]