PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Rudraksha Convention Centre in Varanasi. This project is part of the 'Kyoto-Kashi' pact. Varanasi will also get projects worth $200 million to become a global tourist hub. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: New Chapter in India-Japan Friendship

By 2030, India will have the largest working-age population in the world. How can the government prepare them for the job market? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Bringing skills into the classroom

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting. The two Ministers had a detailed exchange of views on the current situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh and also on other issues related to the overall India-China relations.

S Jaishankar meets Wang Yi, says change of LAC status quo 'not acceptable'

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred Mastercard from acquiring new customers starting July 22. The payments operator has been barred from adding domestic customers across three categories of cards – debit, credit as well as prepaid.

World Business Watch: RBI bars Mastercard from adding new clients in India from July 22

The Indian Cabinet has approved an 11% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners effective July 1. The DA and DR were frozen last year as the pandemic hit the country.

Indian Cabinet approves DA hike from 17% to 28% for govt employees

While responding to the queries asked by the Indian government's parliamentary panel, Twitter said that it is deeply committed to the people of the country, and is striving to comply with the new IT guidelines.

Twitter to parliamentary panel: Deeply committed to people of India

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that India and Japan share the same fundamental values and have a long history of exchanges. Suga was making comments at the inauguration of the International Cooperation and Convention Centre, Rudraksha in Varanasi by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indian PM Modi in Varanasi: International centre symbolises India-Japan ties

Uzbekistan is hosting a two-day high-level meeting in the capital city of Tashkent. Around 250 participants and 40 delegates from different countries will assemble for a conference titled 'The International Conference on Central and South Asia'.

Afghanistan: India's foreign minister meets Ashraf Ghani

Unrest raged in South Africa for the sixth day running, stoking fears of food and fuel shortages as disruption to farming, manufacturing and oil refining began to bite.

Rioting, looting continues in South Africa

Indian EAM Jaishankar meets Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi in Dushanbe

Afghanistan's Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay speaks to WION's Molly Gambhir on the Afghan security situation and India's role in the peace process.

'Very problematic and difficult time for Afghanistan', says Farid Mamundzay

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Haneef Atmar in Dushanbe to discuss the crisis in the war-torn country. He will also attend the SCO foreign ministers' meet where Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will be present.

Indian EAM Jaishankar meets Afghan counterpart in Dushanbe ahead of key SCO summit

Ahead of SCO summit, Indian EAM Jaishankar meets Afghan counterpart in Dushanbe

Kashmir valley's houseboats are famous all around the world but they have been dying a slow death. The numbers of houseboats have gone down to 900 from 5,000. Watch this report to know more.

India: Kashmir's houseboats vanishing, owners decry 'Injustice'

Health workers in India are travelling by boat to vaccinate people living in the remote mangroves of the Sundarbans in West Bengal state as the country works to vaccinate people against the coronavirus.

Health workers travel by boat to vaccinate people in West Bengal

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Tajikistan and Uzbekistan this week. He will also attend the SCO foreign ministers' meet at Dushanbe where Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will be present.

Amid Taliban's surge, Indian EAM Jaishankar to meet Tajik, Uzbek leaders

‘Swarnim Vijay Mashal’ of the Flame of Victory that is being taken across India to honour and celebrate the 1971 war victory, reached the southern-most district of Kanyakumari. In adherence to COVID-19 protocols, veterans were honoured in the presence of the district civil administration.&nbsp;

The golden jubilee celebrations of the 1971 war victory commenced in December last year. Four victory flames were lit from the eternal flame at the National War Memorial and one each is being carried to the four directions, through the cities and villages of the 1971 war heroes.&nbsp;

It was on Sunday, July 11&nbsp;that the Flame reached Naval Station INS Kattabomman located near Tirunelveli, where it was accorded a ceremonial&nbsp;&nbsp;Guard of Honour and received by Station Commanded Captain Aashish K Sharma along with defence personnel, their families and veterans.&nbsp;

Following the Kanyakumari leg, the flame will also be taken to Tirunelveli district, to the houses of Late Sepoy Kasimani and Late Natik Sangili Chelliah who made the ultimate sacrifice during the 1971 war. The Veer Naris (war widows) would also be facilitated by the person from INS Kattabomman.&nbsp;

On Wednesday July 13, the the flame will pass through Tuticorin district, where it will be received by the Indian Coast Guard, following which&nbsp;&nbsp;it will be handed over to INS Parundu on its way to Madurai.&nbsp;

‘Swarnim Vijay Mashal’ of the Flame of Victory that is being taken across India to honour and celebrate the 1971 war victory, reached the southern-most district of Kanyakumari.

‘Swarnim Vijay Mashal’ of the Flame of Victory that is being taken across India to honour and celebrate the 1971 war victory, reached the southern-most district of Kanyakumari. In adherence to COVID-19 protocols, veterans were honoured in the presence of the district civil administration. The golden jubilee celebrations of the 1971 war victory commenced in December last year. Four victory flames were lit from the eternal flame at the National War Memorial and one each is being carried to the four directions, through the cities and villages of the 1971 war heroes. It was on Sunday, July 11 that the Flame reached Naval Station INS Kattabomman located near Tirunelveli, where it was accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour and received by Station Commanded Captain Aashish K Sharma along with defence personnel, their families and veterans. Following the Kanyakumari leg, the flame will also be taken to Tirunelveli district, to the houses of Late Sepoy Kasimani and Late Natik Sangili Chelliah who made the ultimate sacrifice during the 1971 war. The Veer Naris (war widows) would also be facilitated by the person from INS Kattabomman. On Wednesday July 13, the the flame will pass through Tuticorin district, where it will be received by the Indian Coast Guard, following which it will be handed over to INS Parundu on its way to Madurai.

‘Flame of Victory’ reaches India’s southern tip Kanyakumari; 1971 war veterans honoured

Days after designating a chief compliance officer, Twitter Inc's India unit appointed a resident grievance officer&nbsp;to meet new IT rules in the country. 
 
On Sunday, the US&nbsp;social media firm's website showed Vinay Prakash as the new grievance officer. It also&nbsp;gave his contact details and procedures for users to report potential violations of its terms. 
 
Twitter had told an Indian court on Thursday, it would appoint an interim grievance officer to comply with the new rules. It had also said it planned to make a final appointment for the job in eight weeks. 
 
The new IT rules, which became effective end-May, are aimed at regulating content on social media. It also looks to&nbsp;make firms act more swiftly on legal requests to remove posts and sharing details on the originators of messages. 
 
(With inputs from agencies)

Days after designating a chief compliance officer, Twitter Inc's India unit appointed a resident grievance officer to meet new IT rules in the country. On Sunday, the US social media firm's website showed Vinay Prakash as the new grievance officer.

Days after designating a chief compliance officer, Twitter Inc's India unit appointed a resident grievance officer to meet new IT rules in the country. On Sunday, the US social media firm's website showed Vinay Prakash as the new grievance officer. It also gave his contact details and procedures for users to report potential violations of its terms. Twitter had told an Indian court on Thursday, it would appoint an interim grievance officer to comply with the new rules. It had also said it planned to make a final appointment for the job in eight weeks. The new IT rules, which became effective end-May, are aimed at regulating content on social media. It also looks to make firms act more swiftly on legal requests to remove posts and sharing details on the originators of messages. (With inputs from agencies)

To comply with new rules, Twitter appoints grievance officer in India

Kashmir's Pashmina is extremely famous, but little is known about the Silk produced in Kashmir. The Mulberry Silk from Kashmir valley is considered of high quality with great demand from across the world.

India: Kashmir's silk industry poised for revival?

Sources claim that 50 Indian diplomats and officials in Kandahar have been relocated amid deteriorating security situation.

50 India officials evacuated from Kandahar

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting back into launch activity fully at Sriharikota spaceport with the planned orbiting of geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 on board GSLV-F10 rocket on August 12.

ISRO plans to launch GISAT-1 on August 12

As violence&nbsp;spreads&nbsp;in Afghanistan, India has brought back personnel from its consulate in Kandahar. India has brought back its diplomats and Indo-Tibetan Border Police&nbsp;(ITBP)&nbsp;personnel from the consulate in the city.&nbsp;

In a statement,&nbsp;India's ministry of external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi,&nbsp;said,&nbsp;"Due to the intense fighting near Kandahar city, Indian&nbsp;personnel have been brought back for the time being" and this is "purely temporary measure until the situation&nbsp;stabilises".&nbsp;The consulate is being operated through local staff members. Meanwhile, the Indian embassy in Kabul will continue the delivery of visa and&nbsp;other&nbsp;consular services.&nbsp;

The MEA statement&nbsp;said,&nbsp;"The safety and security of our personnel is paramount. The Consulate General of India in Kandahar has not been closed."&nbsp;&nbsp;

India has been&nbsp;'closely monitoring the evolving security situation'&nbsp;in Afghanistan even as a few days ago,&nbsp;the Afghan envoy to India Farid&nbsp;Mamundzay&nbsp;briefed about the development in the country to India's foreign secretary Harsh&nbsp;Shringla.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Kandahar is the second-largest city in the country and in the past has been the Taliban's base. It is the same city that saw the Indian Airlines IC 814 being taken to by Pakistani terror groups after being hijacked in December 1999. Currently, around 10 districts of the province have fallen into the hands of the Taliban.&nbsp;

As violence spreads in Afghanistan, India has brought back personnel from its consulate in Kandahar. India has brought back its diplomats and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel from the consulate in the city.

As violence spreads in Afghanistan, India has brought back personnel from its consulate in Kandahar. India has brought back its diplomats and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel from the consulate in the city. In a statement, India's ministry of external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, said, "Due to the intense fighting near Kandahar city, Indian personnel have been brought back for the time being" and this is "purely temporary measure until the situation stabilises". The consulate is being operated through local staff members. Meanwhile, the Indian embassy in Kabul will continue the delivery of visa and other consular services. The MEA statement said, "The safety and security of our personnel is paramount. The Consulate General of India in Kandahar has not been closed." India has been 'closely monitoring the evolving security situation' in Afghanistan even as a few days ago, the Afghan envoy to India Farid Mamundzay briefed about the development in the country to India's foreign secretary Harsh Shringla. Kandahar is the second-largest city in the country and in the past has been the Taliban's base. It is the same city that saw the Indian Airlines IC 814 being taken to by Pakistani terror groups after being hijacked in December 1999. Currently, around 10 districts of the province have fallen into the hands of the Taliban.

As violence escalates, India brings back personnel from its Kandahar consulate

India restricted the entry of New Zealand YouTuber Karl Edward Rice, also known as Karl Rock after he was found indulging in several visa violations, which includes participating in the anti-CAA protests in the country and also hurting religious sentiments through his YouTube video.

India restricted the entry of New Zealand YouTuber Karl Edward Rice, also known as Karl Rock after he was found indulging in several visa violations, which includes participating in the anti-CAA protests in the country and also hurting religious sentiments through his YouTube video. He was blacklisted. Ministry of home affairs officials stated that he was a "habitual offender" and in the past, he has been to various restricted areas in India, including Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir without taking permission. He made several videos. Earlier, he had a tourist visa, but it got converted to an X2 visa after his marriage to an Indian national. Under an X2 visa, foreign nationals are not supposed to indulge in business activity. However, Karl violated this as he created content on YouTube to get monetary benefits. From 2016 to 2018, he had a tourist visa. Another tourist visa was issued from 2018 to 2023. In the year 2019, he was given an X2. Also read | India hands holy relic of St. Queen Ketevan to Georgia He published the book "Indian Survival Guided", which again, is not allowed on Tourist Visa. He also visited restricted areas and covered CAA protests on Youtube which is barred on an X2 visa. One of his videos, "Do Indians eat beef? guide to eating beef in India", was seen as a major concern. MHA officials say, "Karl Edward Rice, has been restricted from entering India till next year, due to violating the terms and conditions of his visa. He was found doing business activities, on a tourist visa and also violating certain other visa conditions". On Friday, July 9, he uploaded a video in which he said "Govt of India has stopped me from returning to India" and "separating me from my wife and family". Karl is a popular YouTuber who makes videos about travel, especially in India, and speaks Hindi. Last year, he donated plasma amid the COVID-19 pandemic drawing praise from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He is married to Manisha Malik since April 2019.

New Zealand YouTuber Karl Rock restricted from entering India over visa violations

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