With the Election Commission announcing July 18 as the date to conduct the presidential election, the spotlight is on YSR Congress and Biju Janata Dal as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is just short of the halfway mark. June 29 is...

The ruling BJP's strength in the Rajya Sabha has fallen from the current 95 to 92 while the number of Congress members has gone up slightly from 29 to 31 after results of the just-concluded Rajya Sabha elections.

Bangkok: With an aim to boosting its agriculture and tourism sectors, Thailand became the first Asian nation to legalise the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks. Smoking the pot is still not legalised. Shoppers queued...

Washington: The house panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort...

After she contracted Covid last week, Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted to the Ganga Ram Hospital for infection-related issues. 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the Pakistan government to renegotiate the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy deals before making payments of around 300 billion PKR to the Chinese power plants, putting Islamabad in...

Amsterdam: Geert Wilders, a Dutch legislator, is receiving death threats for his support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her statements about Prophet Muhammad. Geert, who has repeatedly taken a tough stance against Islamic extremism...

Washington: Indian national Krishna Srinivasan has been appointed as the director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) of IMF from June 22. According to International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Srinivasan will...