India
14 May 2025 | 4:04 PMNew Delhi, May 14 (UNI) In a crucial hearing on petitions challenging the blanket prohibition on blood donations by transgender persons, gay men, and sex workers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday urged the Union government to consult medical experts to explore how the “discriminatory elements” of existing guidelines can be revised without compromising public health and safety.
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14 May 2025 | 4:00 PMNew Delhi, May 14 (UNI) Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan along with General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff, and Admiral Dinesh Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff on Wednesday called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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14 May 2025 | 3:48 PMNew Delhi, May 14 (UNI) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to set up a new semi conductor unit in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, under the India Semiconductor Mission, in order to give the required push to the programme for development and manufacturing of a robust and vibrant ecosystem.
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14 May 2025 | 1:30 PMNew Delhi, May 14 (UNI) Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Wednesday took over as the 52nd Chief Justice of India.
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14 May 2025 | 12:19 PMWashington/New Delhi, May 14 (UNI) The US has welcomed the ceasefire between India and Pakistan and also urged both sides to “maintain direct communication” to preserve regional stability.
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14 May 2025 | 10:37 AMNew Delhi, May 14 (UNI) India today slammed China for its “vain and preposterous attempts” to name places in Arunachal Pradesh, and rejected the move saying such creative naming will not alter the reality of the North East state being an integral part of India.
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14 May 2025 | 7:50 AMRiyadh/New Delhi, May 13 (UNI) US President Donald Trump today reiterated that his administration brokered a “historic ceasefire” between India and Pakistan, and used trade to a large extent to achieve it.
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13 May 2025 | 10:53 PMNew Delhi, May 13 (UNI) As Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are set to hold direct talks in Turkey's capital Ankara, India today welcomed Russia’s offer for direct talks with Ukraine.
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13 May 2025 | 9:58 PMNew Delhi, May 13 (UNI) India today termed the ban on the Awami League a concerning development, and also voiced concern at the curtailment of democratic freedoms and the shrinking political space in Bangladesh, under the Mohd Yunus-led Interim Government.
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13 May 2025 | 9:33 PMNew Delhi, May 13 (UNI) A day after US President Donald Trump claimed that the US had stopped a nuclear war between New Delhi and Islamabad, India said today that the military action against Pakistan was entirely in the conventional domain. India also said the issue of trade did not come up in the discussions with US officials.
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13 May 2025 | 9:22 PMNew Delhi, May 13 (UNI) Caught for spying, a staff of the Pakistani High Commission was today declared as persona non grata and asked to leave India within 24 hours.
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13 May 2025 | 7:56 PMNew Delhi, May 13 (UNI) The Congress on Tuesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s last night address to the nation as “deeply disappointing” and alleged that he did not clarify many things for which the country was waiting for answers.
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13 May 2025 | 7:50 PMNew Delhi, May 13 (UNI) India today trashed the Pakistan Foreign Office’s reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation yesterday, and said that Islamabad needs to get used to "the new normal" of New Delhi's fierce retribution for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attacks.
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