A 16-year-old girl was arrested in India’s national capital, Delhi after she shot and injured a 50-year-old woman and mother of a man who had allegedly raped her two years ago, said reports in the Hindustan Times, citing police sources.

India: 16-year-old rape survivor in Delhi shoots rapist’s mother; arrested

For the first time an Indian Air Force (IAF) female fighter pilot, Squadron Leader Avani Chaturvedi, will participate in aerial war games which are to be held aboard.

India: Avani Chaturvedi becomes first IAF woman fighter pilot to participate in aerial wargames abroad

During his maiden visit to Vienna, India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr S Jaishankar, on Monday (December 2) addressed a press conference with his Austrian counterpart, Alexander Schallenberg.

EAM Jaishankar defends India's stance on Russia-Ukraine, calls out Europe on its ‘long silence’

Recently, China selected Beijing’s ambassador to Washington, Qin Gang, as the new foreign minister of the country as a replacement for Wang Yi who has held the position for nearly a decade.

New Chinese foreign minister, Qin Gang, talks to his counterpart in Washington about US-China ties

India's Supreme Court on Monday, in a 4-1 majority ruling, backed the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs.

India: Supreme Court upholds government’s demonetisation decision with a 4-1 majority

Maldives' new high commissioner to India Ibrahim Shaheeb has pitched for stronger connectivity between the two countries and more tourists from India in his first interview since presenting his credentials in November of this year.

Maldives envoy Ibrahim Shaheeb bats for more connectivity & tourists from India

It is interesting that even before arriving at any definition of the kind of welfare state India should aim to become, the debate has been reduced to political rhetoric that equates welfare measures with freebies.

WION Spotlight | Many ways to becoming a welfare state

The unprecedented benefits expected to flow both ways from the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), which comes into force today, are by now well-known in the two countries.

WION Spotlight: Unity Agreement to boost India-Australia ties

Amid the thousands of images created by using Artificial Intelligence making rounds on social media, recently, an artist named Madhav Kohli has also taken to Twitter to share portraits of what men and women from different Indian states would 'stereotypically' look like.

AI-generated images depicting Indian men, women from different states go viral on Twitter

Earlier this year, in November, amid the Group of 20 (G20) major economies meeting in Indonesia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the leaders present to step and stop the Russian invasion of Kyiv.

Explained: What is Zelensky's 10-point peace plan which seeks world leaders’ support?

As the cold wave continues to batter north Indian states, accompanied by dense fog, there is no news of relief from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD director stated that the cold weather would continue to prevail in Delhi and neighbouring states for the next two days.

India's northern states to combat severe cold wave conditions

India’s financial capital Mumbai is in the midst of a measles outbreak since October. On Saturday, city officials reported two new cases, taking the total infection tally to 514.

Explained: India’s financial capital Mumbai battles measles outbreak, over 500 infected

The Government of Serbia has decided to end visa-free travel for Indians. From January 1, 2023, Indian passport holders will no longer be able to enter Serbia without a visa.

Indians will no longer be able to travel visa-free to this country

After the recent skirmish along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China, the former may have approved the procurement of over 100 ‘Pralay’ ballistic missiles.

Explained: Indian armed forces may deploy ‘Pralay’ missile along Pakistan, China border

Amid a spike in Covid cases in some countries, India on Saturday made RT-PCR tests mandatory for passengers coming from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Covid scare: India makes RT-PCR tests mandatory for arrivals from China, four other nations

Things have come a long way for the world since 1954 when India and China agreed on the so-called Panchsheel agreement. Newly minted cooperation between developing countries was then fashionable in the shadow of colonialism.

Talking Turkey with regressive Afghanistan: India can emerge as new-age interlocutor

Bhutan's Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji, in an exclusive interaction with WION, said that his country is holding discussion on railway connectivity with India, something that will "integrate trade and commerce".

Railway connectivity with India being discussed, says Bhutan Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji

The Nepalese Supreme Court, on Wednesday (December 20), ordered the release of French serial killer and conman, Charles Sobhraj, who is serving his time in prison in Nepal after being convicted for the murder of two North American tourists in the country.

Explained: The life of Charles Sobhraj also known as the ‘Bikini Killer’ and ‘The Serpent’

In November, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released its Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022. The bill had been put up by the country’s Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, for public consultation till December 17, however, the deadline has recently been extended to January 2, 2023.

Explained: What is India’s Digital Data Protection Bill, 2022 all about?

Indicating steady progress of work in building India's second spaceport, the Indian government revealed that 81 per cent of land required for the project at Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu has been acquired.

India's second spaceport: $118 million sanctioned for land acquisition, setting up launch infra

Indian stock market benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading over 1 per cent down on Tuesday following weak global cues. At 2:30 pm, the 30-share Sensex was down 199 points or 0.

Explained: Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Mormugao

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief William Burns said that concerns raised by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the use of nuclear weapons have impacted the Russians.

CIA chief praises India, China for raising nuclear weapons concerns that 'impacted' Russia

The Indian government may soon ban sale of loose cigarettes in order to curb use and sale of tobacco products, said reports. A Standing Committee of the Indian parliament has recommended such a ban.

India may soon ban sale of loose cigarettes, smoking zones at airports may go

Kashmir Fight, the mouthpiece of terrorist outfit 'TRF' released a new list of journalists and politicians threatening attacks on them in the Kashmir valley. The list has been published on their blog which is backed by the terror outfit Lashkar Toiba.

India: TRF issues new threat to journalists and politicians; high-level meeting held in Delhi

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