Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday praised India for reducing fuel prices. He lauded India for not buckling under "US pressure" and buying discounted oil from Russia.

Imran Khan praises India for reducing fuel prices, defying 'US pressure'

As per the weather forecasting agency, India Meteorological Department (IMD), the southwest monsoon entered Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday (May 16), marking the start of the four months of seasonal rains that are critical to the primarily agri-dependent economy.

Monsoon arrives in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, temperatures to drop in northern India

Over thirty million (3 crore) children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday.

COVID-19 India: Over 30 million children between 12-14 years age group administered covid first dose

US Republican Party lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene has made a tweet that has attracted a lot of attention. In her tweet, Taylor Greene lamented that West made a mistake in "not keeping India close".

Republican lawmaker: US should've made India bulwark against China, but all it got are tech CEOs

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has plans to build a pair of identical satellites dubbed 'Disha' to study the upper atmosphere. While placed in low earth orbit (nearly 500km above the earth's surface), the spacecraft is meant to study the physics and chemistry of the upper atmosphere, including the distribution of temperature, density, and chemical constituents, and the chemical reactions that occur there.

ISRO plans to build two satellites, DISHA-L&H, to study upper atmosphere

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday said India is gradually moving towards becoming a high-technology manufacturing economy. "Government is working to capitalise on demographic dividend to have investment-driven export-led growth with greater engagement with the rest of the world in years to come.

India moving towards becoming high-tech manufacturing economy: Piyush Goyal

Abortion rights are back in discussion partly due to the debate they have started in the US. A leaked draft of the US Supreme Court has suggested that majority of the judges are of the opinion that the historic Roe v Wade judgment be overtured.

Is abortion legal in India? What does the law say?

Three terrorists from the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were gunned following an encounter with security forces near the route of the annual Amarnath Yatra in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

Oldest surviving Hizbul terrorist among three killed in Jammu and Kashmir

Pointing out the extreme climate changes faced by India, especially the heatwaves during the summer season, Swedish Prime Minister Eva Magdalena Andersson has said that India and Sweden can deepen their ties further by working on a green climate transition.

India and Sweden can further deepen ties by working on climate change: Swedish PM Andersson to WION

The ongoing war in Ukraine has brought to the fore many fault lines in a largely western-oriented international order, most of which although known for many years, were kept safely tucked away in the background, lest it threatens its very foundation.

India need not be defensive about sourcing its energy security

What is a heatwave, how is it declared, and what are the many types of alerts in India?

Expressing confidence in India's global role Portugal Foreign minister João Gomes Cravinho has said that "with India, we -- Portugal, Europe, that we have a partner which we can strategically trust" and both sides "need to do lot more together".

Can 'strategically trust' India, says Portugal Foreign Minister Cravinho, slams Russia-China nexus

In a positive sign, India is reportedly working towards making food labelling mandatory. The step may make companies that manufacture packaged food describe the nutrition data with greater clarity and less ambiguity.

To ensure healthy eating, India may make food labelling mandatory

Indian government's Department of Space is currently working majorly with nations like Russia, the US, France, Japan and Israel in the domain of space science and technology.

‘India has signed documents on space cooperation with 60 countries’

Security forces in India killed two terrorists belonging to the Al Badr outfit in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Jammu and Kashmir police said that 62 terrorists have been killed in the various operations in the Kashmir valley in the first four months of 2022.

India: Two terrorists killed in Pulwama encounter; so far 62 terrorists killed in Kashmir this year

India reported 2,541 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours while the total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,60,086 with 16,522 active cases, as per the figures released by the Union Ministry on Monday.

India records rise in active COVID-19 cases

State Secretary of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Jochen Flasbarth has said that Berlin sees a friend in New Delhi and is very hopeful about upcoming visit of PM Modi to Germany.

Berlin sees a friend in Delhi, says German government official Flasbarth 

India has repatriated a woman sailor of the Seychelles Coast Guard, for whom India provided mid-sea assistance and medical evacuation during an emergency, while she was off India's Western coast, near Lakshadweep.

After her recovery, India repatriates Seychelles Coast Guard sailor who had mid-sea medical emergency

The COVID-19 cluster in IIT-Madras in Chennai has grown to a total of 55 cases, a significant number considering that there are only 286 active cases recorded in the southern state.

Covid cases multiply at IIT Madras; Health authorities advise caution across Tamil Nadu in India

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's ongoing visit to Pakistan is not sponsored by the US government, a top State Department official has said, hours after India condemned her visit to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying her travel to the region violated its territorial integrity and reflected her "narrow-minded" politics.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Pak visit not sponsored by US governement: Official

Former prime minister (PM) Imran Khan seems to be in no mood to accept defeat. The leader is instead looking to wage a war against the "imported government". Khan is asking to hold the elections early or else his supporters will reach the capital in a bid to overthrow current PM Shehbaz Sharif government.

In Lahore rally, former Pak PM Imran Khan targets military in veiled reference, praises India again  

The Maldives government has taken strong action against anti-India campaigns that are carried out in the country by the supporters of former president Abdulla Yameen and his party the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).

Maldives takes strong action against anti-India campaigns

In a bizarre incident, a home guard from Indian state Andhra Pradesh forcibly took away a vehicle from a family of six who was proceeding to Tirumala to visit the temple of Lord Venkateswara.

Home guard snatches citizen's vehicle 'for CM', gets suspended by chief minister

Kerala government has responded to the Centre's query regarding the updation of coronavirus (COVID-19) data on an everyday basis. A delay could lead to discrepancies in overall data released by the Indian Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

What caused 90% jump in Covid cases in India? Central, Kerala state govts in tussle over 'late reporting'

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