The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch on Wednesday GSAT-7A, a geostationary communication satellite, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The 26-hour countdown for its launch began yesterday as the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-F11...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised that the country will “never seek hegemony” even as it approaches the center of the world stage. Mr. Xi gave a speech on Tuesday on completion of the country’s 40 years of reform and opening up. The address credited former leader Deng Xiaoping’s...

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been found guilty and has been sentenced to life imprisonment in for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by the Delhi High Court, which cancelled an earlier court order acquitting him. Sajjan Kumar, 73, was convicted in the killing of five members of...

Google has announced the launch of its own shopping portal in India. It is an aggregator. This means that the site lists deals from all e-commerce retailers. 'Google Shopping' allow users to filter through offers, review prices from multiple retailers and find products that they are...

Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram alleged the BJP-led Centre thinks that it owns the Reserve Bank of India and does not understand the independence of the central bank, while asserting that the Union government is only after "hoard of cash" and "pot of gold". Addressing the...