Since last two years, India has remained the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Indian economy is also expected to retain the top spot in 2024 as well. At present, Indian economy and demography resemble China’s between the late 1990s and early 2000s. Watch this video to find out why India is likely to be the world’s fastest-growing economy for at least a couple of decades.

Why is India likely to be the world’s fastest-growing economy for at least a couple of decades?

Zara pulls advert from website front page after Gaza boycott calls.

Zara pulls advert from website front page after Gaza boycott calls

Quad Summit 2024 in India postponed, current dates not working with Quad partners

24 hours after The Intercept's report on Hardeep Singh Nijjar, India has issued a stern statement calling the report 'fake' & 'fabricated'. Are these reports the handiwork of an Anti-India lobby? Here's what Hem Saroya has to say.

Gravitas: India calls western report on Nijjar 'fake' & 'fabricated'

Today the beer brewing industry is largely male-dominated. But that's not how it was in the past. Women were the original beer brewers. How did this change?

Gravitas: Beer bias: Buyers prefer male brewers?

Former US President Donald Trump refused to take the witness stand at the trial against him over charges of fraud. This was Trump's last chance to make his case as hearings drew to a close. A potential 250 million dollar fine hangs over his family business in the event of a guilty verdict

Trump forgoes testification at trial as his poll ratings rise

India's supreme court has upheld the revocation of the special status of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The top court also upheld the reorganization of the state into two Union Territories. Both of these changes were made by the Indian Parliament back in 2019. However, the assembly elections in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, could not be conducted even after more than four years. So the supreme court of India has now directed the election commission to hold elections in the union territory by September next year.

Supreme Court of India upholds abrogation of article 370

Supreme Court backs scrapping of J&K special status....a five-member bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Of India Dy Chandrachud rules article 370 was a temporary provision

India's top court backs scrapping of J&K's special status

Thundering at each other with lances while dressed in full armour, modern-day knights still practice the ancient sporting tradition of jousting at historic sites in the United Kingdom, following in the centuries-old hoof prints of their predecessors.

Medieval Jousting returns to modern-day Britain

Images released by the Iranian Defense Ministry show the launch and demonstration of Karrar drones, which are equipped with air-to-air missiles, according to state media reports. The drones have an operational range of up to 1,000 kilometres and can fly at an altitude of 49,000 feet. Images also show the drone destroying an airborne target.

Iran bolsters its air defence capabilities with drones armed with Majid missiles

An original cover painting from the 1963 comic book "Asterix and Cleopatra" went under the hammer Sunday but failed to find a buyer after a legal challenge from the artist's daughter.

Original Asterix cover fails to find buyer after legal challenge

Germany is reeling from a budget crisis. But Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out cuts to social spending, green subsidies, or military aid for Ukraine.

Europe's biggest economy faces major budget crisis

Russia's monthly income from oil exports is booming. It's now greater than it was before the ukraine war. A Bloomberg report report indicates that the price cap on Russian oil has effectively failed. Russia's net income from oil stood at $11.3 billion in october. this was the highest monthly income from oil exports since the war last year.

Russia's monthly income from oil exports is booming: Reports

The Kathmandu Valley is experiencing a shortage of potatoes and onions as vendors stop selling them, blaming the government for imposing a value-added tax (VAT) on these vital agricultural goods.

Traders cease onion and potato supply due to VAT charges

The defamation case filed by Indian Parliament member Mahua Moitra took a surprising turn when her lawyer withdrew himself from the case.

Lok Sabha expels Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra over cash for query case

There have been rocket launches against the US embassy in Baghdad. The institution is located in the heavily guarded Green Zone of the Iraqi capital, where explosions were heard early on Friday. As Washington backs Israel's shelling of Gaza, attacks have been launched against US soldiers and infrastructure around the area.

US embassy in Iraq attacked with rockets, no casualties reported

Russia president Vladimir Putin praises Indian PM Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha expels TMC MP Mahua Moitra over 'cash for query' complaint

The Nigerian Navy claimed on Thursday that a 77-meter-long motor tanker, MT VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS, implicated in crude oil theft, was arrested on Thursday by its Forward Operating Base, FOB, IGBOKODA, in Ondo State.

Nigerian crude oil theft, 17 crew members arrested for oil theft

Myanmar's pro-democracy fighters have intensified their fight against the country's military. The People's Defense Force groups or the PDFs are now pushing to capture the first state capital from the junta.

Myanmar military falling back on almost every front; armed forces losing ground

Rishi Sunak's immigration policy and its success is likely to be a key part of the fortunes of the Conservative Party going forward and now that ruling party is in a dilemma after its Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigned.

UK's Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigns, Sunak under pressure regarding Rwanda plan

Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who held a key role in the Doha Agreement negotiations with the United States before the takeover of Kabul and the ouster of US troops, had been issued a five-year Pakistani passport, enabling his travels abroad. Interior ministry officials told The News International that these passports were distributed from various cities in Pakistani provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan, and Sindh.

Pakistani passport scandal by Taliban interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani exposed

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's popularity has significantly plummeted according to new findings. The UK PM is now even less popular than Liz Truss among the key Tory voters. The main beneficiaries, amid the turmoil in the Tory ranks, have been the Labour Party. The right-wing Reform UK is also now backed by 15% of 2019 Tories.

Gravitas: Rishi Sunak's Popularity Plummets | British PM Fares Worse Than Liz Truss

The Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) bill, 2023 as well as the Jammu And Kashmir reorganisation (Amendment) bill, 2023. Following the passage of the bills, the opposition members walked out of the house over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark on former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Key Jammu and Kashmir bills passed in Lok Sabha| Provision for seats for Kashmiri migrants

A Health Ministry representative tells the Knesset Health Committee that the hostages freed from Hamas captivity were given tranquilizer pills before being handed over to the Red Cross for transfer to Israel. The drugging would have aimed to make the hostages appear calm, happy and upbeat after suffering physical abuse, deprivation and psychological terror for more than 50 days in Gaza.

Israel-Hamas war: Over 16,200 killed in Gaza; situation getting worse in Gaza: W.H.O

Unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Karachi have assassinated Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Hanzla Adnan, who planned the 2015 attack on a BSF (Border Security Force) convoy in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.

Udhampur attack key conspirator shot dead in Pakistan

The Delhi Police are on alert after the US-based Khalistani supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun released a video message threatening to "shake the very foundation of Parliament" on December 13 -- the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament.

'Will attack Indian Parliament on or before Dec,' Pannun threatens New Delhi

In the southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, the ruling Junta is facing its biggest military challenge since seizing power in a 2021 coup. An alliance of three Myanmar ethnic minority groups, called the Brotherhood alliance, has waged a coordinated offensive since the 27th of October. The offensive, named by rebels as Operation 1027, signifying the date on which it began, has made inroads into the Junta-controlled areas in the northern Shan state, Kayah state in the east and Rakhine state in the west. Over 100 military outposts have been overrun, trade routes to neighbouring China have been cut off and more than 330,000 people have been displaced since the offensive was launched. The Myanmar army, so far, has failed to mount a serious counter-offensive on the ground, primarily relying on air and artillery strikes. Almost 200 civilians, including children, have been killed in these clashes. Mohammed Saleh brings you the details.

Over 330,000 people displaced since operation 1027 launched

In addition to the difficult relations between India and Canada following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's accusations against India, a significant issue for Indian students studying here is the scarcity of employment possibilities.

Gravitas: Indian students don't want to go to Canada

With elections on Jan 7, Bangladesh's key opposition party stares at a potentially leaderless election. Will their bid to dethrone Sheikh Hasina succeed?

Bangladesh election: Key opposition party stares at leadership void | Race To Power

The civilian death toll in Gaza is nearing 16,000 mark. As truce ended between Israel and Hamas, airstrikes restarted in Gaza. Isarel ordered a million Gazans to flee, parts of Gaza reduced to rubble.

Israel tanks enter Southern Gaza near the territory's second-largest city of Khan Younis

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