Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC was vandalised with graffiti and spray painting by unknown persons allegedly involved in the ongoing protests in the US against the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd. This has prompted the mission...

Google has pulled an app from its Google Play store that helped users identify and remove apps of Chinese origin. According to sources the “Remove China Apps” application violated Google Play policy. Before getting removed from Google Play, the app – developed by Jaipur-based OneTouch...

Cyclone "Nisarga", which is headed towards the Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts, is likely to intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm" in the next 12 hours, and is expected to make landfall close to coronavirus-hit Mumbai tomorrow. This will be the second cyclone to strike India in two...

The southwest monsoon has made an onset over Kerala, marking the commencement of the four-month long rainfall season, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday. "The southwest monsoon has made an onset over Kerala," IMD director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. The four-month...

A number of activities, including religious places and shopping malls, will be allowed to open in the country in a phased manner, except in designated containment zones, as the government came out with a month-long plan to ease lockdown measures beginning June 1. The lockdown, fourth...