In a resounding push for indigenous ‘maritime’ defence capabilities, the Indian Navy is set to induct three locally designed and built naval frontline platforms at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (Kolkata) on June 21, 2026, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioning […]
The Modi administration on Thursday (June 11) notified the exemption of higher ethanol blended petrol from the central excise duty entirely. The notification, as issued by the Department of Revenue (Ministry of Finance), fully waived the central excise tax on […]
In a strategic development destined to secure India’s energy supplies in the long-term, the Gujarat-Oman undersea gas pipeline proposal gains fresh momentum amidst protracted tensions in the Gulf. The proposed 2,000-km (1,243-miles) subsea pipeline, first conceived more than 3 decades […]
In a written statement released by Tehran-based Fars News Agency, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei announced the defeat of its “malicious enemy”, referring to Israel and USA, at the 37th death anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the […]
On May 28, during the occasion of Bakrid (Eid al-Adha), an appalling incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Ghaziabad district. A class 11 student Surya, merely 17 years old, was brutally murdered by his friend Asad, stabbed with an […]
A major terror plot, targeting Delhi and Mumbai, was thwarted by the Delhi Police Special Cell on May 30. The Special Cell of Delhi Police intercepted 9 operatives allegedly linked to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Dawood Ibrahim, the underworld […]