Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Saturday began his four-day visit to Sri Lanka during which he will meet the top leadership, including President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, and review the bilateral ties between India and the island nation.

Foreign Secretary Shringla begins 4-day visit to Sri Lanka

India's Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that the Dubai Expo 2020 will be a unique opportunity to showcase India's potential during a conversation with Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary in Dubai.

Exclusive: Dubai Expo 2020 will showcase India's potential to the world, says Piyush Goyal

India and Australia released a joint statement on Friday saying that both the countries are hoping to reach a landmark trade deal by end of 2022. They announced formal relaunch of stalled negotiations.

Quad partners India and Australia to ink trade deal by end 2022 

A self-proclaimed antique dealer, who claimed to have high-profile connections with politicians, celebrities and bureaucrats, was arrested in India’s southern Kerala state for swindling millions of rupees by selling fake antiques.

A doctor, antique dealer & Youtuber: India’s conman who sold fake artefacts for millions of rupees held

Some of India's private hospitals have cancelled orders for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as they struggle to sell COVID-19 shots amid surging supplies of free doses of other vaccines offered by the government.

Staggering private sales of Covid vaccines in India deal blow to Russia's Sputnik V

Air India has asked a New York court to dismiss a petition filed by Britain's Cairn Energy for seizure of its assets to enforce USD 1.2 billion arbitral awards against the Indian government, saying the litigation was premature as an appeal against the arbitration award was still pending.

Air India asks US court to dismiss Cairn petition,says it is premature

A six-month-old injured male tiger that was spotted roaming alone in private tea estates near a hill station in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state was rescued by forest staff on Wednesday.

Watch: 6-month-old injured tiger rescued by forest officials in India's southern Tamil Nadu state

Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has lauded his country's ties with India calling them "strong strategic, and indispensable" and highlighted how his country can become "gateway for Europe" for Indian businesses and other people to people engagement.

Ties with India are strong, strategic and indispensable: Cyprus FM Christodoulides

India`s drug regulator on Tuesday allowed vaccine maker Serum Institute to enrol kids aged 7-11 years for its COVID-19 vaccine trial as the country prepares to protect children from the coronavirus.

India allows Serum Institute to enrol 7-11 year olds in COVID-19 vaccine trial

The number of fresh coronavirus cases was recorded at below 20,000 (18,795) in India after 201 days on Tuesday, taking the country's COVID-19 tally to 3,36,97,581, while the number of active cases declined to 2,92,206, the lowest in 192 days, according to the Union health ministry.

India records 18,795 fresh COVID-19 cases, lowest in six months

Nepal Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on Sunday discussed various matters of bilateral and multilateral affairs in New York and exchanged views on further promoting cooperation between the two countries.

Nepal, India agree to further promote existing cooperation between countries 

India and Oman on Monday inked an agreement for exchange of white shipping information and to boost maritime security cooperation in reflection of growing cooperation between the two sides.

India, Oman ink pact to boost maritime security cooperation

As the fourth Indo-US Health Dialogue began here on Monday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report to commemorate more than a half-century of successful collaborations with the government in New Delhi.

India, CDC well-placed to better respond to pressing public health challenges: Report

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday delivered his speech at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly and spoke on a range of issues like tackling climate change, the menace of terrorism, calling out UN to improve its credibility and the Afghanistan humanitarian issue, while taking a swipe at Pakistan and China.

Narendra Modi vs Imran Khan: Looking at how UNGA speeches of Indian and Pak prime ministers differ

COVID-19 lockdowns have given blue skies to the world's most polluting areas in the last year, while wildfires driven by a dryer and hotter climate have suffocated the normally pure skies of cities hundreds of miles away.

Air Quality Index: India world’s second most polluted country

During their first in-person summit, US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a lighter moment, speaking about the former’s ancestral relations with India.

Biden’s ancestors in India: PM Modi brings papers, US prez jokes ‘purpose of meeting was to track them’

Anti-China banners were seen outside the White House on Friday morning during a bilateral in-person summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden.

Anti-China posters seen outside White House during Modi, Biden bilateral meet

In a scene straight out of movies, gang rivalry led to assailants dressed as lawyers storming a courtroom in Indian capital New Delhi and gunning down a rival gangster on Friday.

Straight from a crime film: Attackers dressed as lawyers kill Indian gangster inside courtroom

It appears to be a bad hair day, not for a person, but for a salon as a consumer court in India has ordered it to pay Rs 20 million ($271,000) in damages to a model for a haircut gone wrong, which she claimed caused a "severe mental breakdown".

Indian salon ordered to pay Rs 20 million as damages for a 'traumatic' haircut

Doctors scale rockslides, invoke gods to vaccinate Himalayan villages

A first in-person meeting of the leaders of the Quad group of countries - the United States, Japan, Australia and India - on Friday will yield progress in several areas including infrastructure, health and cyber, a senior U.

Quad leaders to deliver on vaccines, infrastructure, tech: US official

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that the Quad partnership of Australia, US, India, Japan was on track to produce 1 billion vaccine doses in India by 2022.

Quad on track to produce 1 billion Covid doses in India: Biden

New Delhi wants to block Chinese investors from buying shares in Indian insurance giant Life Insurance Corp (LIC) which is due to go public, four senior government officials and a banker told Reuters, underscoring tensions between the two nations.

India likely to block Chinese investment in insurance giant LIC's IPO

A 24-year-old sweetmeat seller was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly poisoning at least 20 stray dogs to death in India's eastern state of Odisha's in the last five days as he was exasperated over their howling at night and the mess they used to create near his shop, police said.

Peeved with their howling, sweetmeat seller poisons 20 stray dogs to death in India's Odisha state

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