President Donald Trump has ordered the United States Navy to “shoot and kill” any small vessels seen laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, sharply escalating a months‑long standoff in one of the world’s most critical maritime corridors. In a…
The Indian government has notified fresh rules that will bring greater oversight to the country’s booming online gaming industry, aiming to protect players — especially young people — from addictive and harmful money-based games while supporting legitimate e-sports and social…
In the polished halls of Hyderabad House in New Delhi on 20 April 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung sat down with captains of industry from both nations for the India-Korea Business Leaders’ Dialogue. The…
They were supposed to be miracle injections: weekly shots that could tame type 2 diabetes and melt away stubborn kilograms with remarkable ease. But for growing numbers of patients around the world, the promise of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound…
As summer 2026 looms, the travel industry is confronting an uncomfortable truth. Jet-fuel prices in America averaged $8.63 a gallon in April, up sharply from March and more than double the level before the Iran conflict escalated. Even after Iran…
Importers will from Monday be able to begin claiming refunds for more than $166bn (£130bn) in tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump that the US Supreme Court ruled last month were unconstitutional, as the US Customs and Border Protection agency…
Just 24 hours after briefly declaring the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial traffic, Iran has reversed course again, fully reimposing restrictions and firing on vessels attempting to transit the waterway. On April 18th, Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired warning…
In the dim glow of a private automobile workshop on the outskirts of Thane, just north of Mumbai, Mosaib Ahmad once spent his days fixing engines and wiring circuits. On a quiet Saturday in April, that ordinary workspace became the…
In a brick-kiln office on the outskirts of Jind in Haryana, businessman Anup Chaudhary was reviewing accounts on the afternoon of 24 March 2026 when his phone rang via WhatsApp. The voice on the other end was calm yet menacing.…
A routine afternoon on the tarmac at one of the world’s busiest airports in New Delhi turned into an embarrassing ground collision on Thursday when a taxiing SpiceJet aircraft clipped a stationary Akasa Air plane at Indira Gandhi International Airport’s…
In the shadow of the Himalayas, where the Ganga flows past the pilgrimage town of Rishikesh, a sleek 19-seater seaplane touched down on the river’s surface earlier this month. The successful trial on 6 April by SkyHop Aviation, using a…
In the shadow of the Himalayas, a remarkable political earthquake has shaken Nepal. On March 27, 2026 Balendra Shah – better known as Balen, a former underground rapper and civil engineer – was sworn in as the country’s youngest-ever prime…
Nigerian authorities have placed security forces on high alert following intelligence warnings of a planned large-scale assault by Islamist militants on key infrastructure in and around the capital, Abuja. An internal memo dated 13 April, circulated within the Nigeria Customs…
In the world’s largest democracy, where women make up half the electorate but have long been sidelined in the halls of power, a quiet constitutional revolution is under way. Next week, from April 16th to 18th, India’s parliament will hold…
After seven years of suspension caused by unstable Himalayan geology, concrete began pouring once more this week at Bhutan’s long-delayed Punatsangchhu-I hydropower project, a symbolic and practical milestone in one of the region’s most ambitious bilateral infrastructure endeavours. India’s Union…
In a significant observation that could reshape the contours of religious freedom in India, the Supreme Court has cautioned that excluding particular denominations or sections of worshippers from temples and maths risks fragmenting society and undermining the inclusive spirit of…
Violence erupted in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Tuesday when two children were killed in a bomb attack on their family home and two protesters died after a mob stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp, police said. The blast…
In offices, universities and political corridors across India, an unspoken belief continues to influence how people perceive and judge women: the idea that women from certain regions or communities have distinct romantic or relational tendencies. These assumptions, rarely discussed openly…
As conflict rages in West Asia following the joint US-Israeli military strikes on Iran that began on 28 February, prominent religious leaders from all major faiths in India came together at Red Fort grounds to participate in an Interfaith Prayer…
The lawns of the Press Club of India were filled on Saturday with the evocative fragrance of ‘mitti’ and the melodious strains of music. Organised jointly by Our Mitti Foundation and the Press Club of India, the ‘Mitti Ke Dharohar’…
