India

Bengaluru, September 17 (Reuters) - India reported another record jump in daily coronavirus infections with 97,894 cases in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday (Sept 17). With 5.12 million cases in all, India is the world's second-worst affected country and trails only the United States, which has a caseload of around 6.6 million. Deaths, which...

Mumbai, September 15 (Reuters) - A song from an upcoming Bollywood film has been rewritten after social media users criticised the original lyrics as racist for glorifying fair skin and making an inappropriate reference to Black American pop star Beyonce. The offending lyrics, which translated as 'After looking at you fair woman, Beyonce would feel shy', featured in a song...

Training the trainers was a key aspect of the talks between the Indian envoy and the Lankan State Minister of Skills Development.

New Delhi, September 16 (newsin.asia) - India surpassed the 5 million mark in coronavirus cases Wednesday as the country continues to battle the spread of the disease. India is only the second country in the world to cross the grim milestone of 5 million cumulative cases, after the United States. The Health Ministry reported 90,123 new cases in the past...

New Delhi, September 14 (Bloomberg) - Indian lawmakers returned to the nation's Parliament for the first time since the start of the pandemic with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government bracing for a tumultuous session as the country sets new global records in coronavirus infections, and with a tense border standoff with China dominating the headlines. The worst economic slowdown amid major economies is...

Colombage sees Sri Lanka’s geostrategic position in South Asia as both a challenge and an opportunity.

But others say that the Moscow pact could turn out to be a scrap of paper, going by the fate of past pacts

But it looks like a temporary halt there being no word on the restoration of status quo ante on the Line of Actual control

Siva Senai’s founder-leader Maravanpulavu K. Sachithananthan described the proposal as a “surgical strike” against a vestige of the colonial era

September 9 (BBC) - Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty has been arrested by India's narcotics control authority in a drugs case related to the death of her actor-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput. Rajput, 34, was found dead in his flat in Mumbai on 14 June. Police said he had killed himself. His family, however, registered a police complaint against Chakraborty, accusing her...