India's Faltering Sugarcane Yields To Affect Global Sugar Market
Thousands of acres of India's sugar crop are suffering severe damage from a faltering monsoon, with some farmers in the world's second-biggest grower forced to feed withered cane to cattle in...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: India Wants 'Amendments' To Nepal's Constitution; SEBI...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost A man wants...
View ArticleIndia, US Ask Pakistan To Bring 2008 Mumbai Perpetrators To Justice
WASHINGTON — Recognising the threat posed by outfits like the al-Qaeda, LeT and the D-Company, India and the US agreed to deepen cooperation in fighting terrorism and asked Pakistan to bring to justice...
View ArticlePrime Minister Narendra Modi Leaves For Two-Nation Tour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left for a two-nation visit to Ireland and the US, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. He is expected to address the United Nations...
View ArticleSerum Institute Of India To Seek Fast-Track Nod To Launch Dengue Drug In The...
MUMBAI -- Asia's largest vaccine maker, Serum Institute of India, plans to file for fast-track approval to launch a dengue treatment in India, its chief executive said, potentially becoming the first...
View ArticleMagsaysay Winner Sanjiv Chaturvedi Donates Award Money To Cancer Patients
Former chief vigilance officer at AIIMS, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, who was recently honoured with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, has donated the entire award money to AIIMS for the treatment of poor...
View ArticleSomnath Bharti Is An 'Embarassment', Says Arvind Kejriwal
NEW DELHI — Once a close aide of Arvind Kejriwal, former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti seems to have fallen out with the Aam Aadmi Party chief following the unholy mess surrounding a domestic...
View ArticleWorking Women Cause Of Unemployment, Says Chhattisgarh School Textbook
NEW DELHI -- The Class-X social-science textbook in Bharatiya Janata Party's Chhattisgarh reportedly says that ""working women are one of the causes of unemployment" in India. Soumya Garg, a...
View ArticleHere's How A Raghu Dixit Concert Will Connect To PM Modi's Upcoming UN Speech
NEW DELHI—On Thursday, the Purana Quila in Delhi will come alive with the ‘Light The Way’ event, where crowds will gather to listen to musician Raghu Dixit. The same day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
View ArticleArmy Officer Killed In Pokhran During Training Exercise
An officer was reportedly killed in an unfortunate firing accident in Rajasthan on Tuesday night. Major Dhruv Yadav was reportedly hit by a splinter from a misfired round or an artillery shell,...
View ArticleCouple With Ten-Month Old Baby Jump Off Train After Drunk Men Molest Wife
ALIPURDUAR, West Bengal -- A couple along with their baby suffered serious injuries when they jumped off a train near Dima station, after the wife was allegedly molested and an attempt was made to rape...
View Article'Court' Is India's Official Entry To The Oscars, But Let's Wait To Celebrate
And there you have it: multilingual courtroom dramedy Court will be India's entry to the Oscars this year. The multiple-award-winning film, directed by first-time filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane, was...
View ArticleBJP's Subramanian Swamy Tapped To Become Next JNU Vice Chancellor: Report
NEW DELHI -- In a move that is bound to unleash waves of protests in the national capital, the government has reportedly offered the position of the vice chancellor of famously left-leaning Jawaharlal...
View ArticleWhy Did It Take Arvind Kejriwal So Long To Find Somnath Bharti 'Embarrassing'?
The very day Somnath Bharti shot to limelight, he set himself up to become a synonym for embarrassment too. What else would be a suitable moniker for a man who made it to the headlines for conducting a...
View ArticleFortis Co-Founder Shivinder Singh To Step Down To Do 'Seva' At Radha Soami...
NEW DELHI -- Co-founder of Fortis Healthcare Shivinder Mohan Singh has decided to step down from his role as Executive Vice-Chairman of the multi-crore enterprise he owns with his older brother...
View ArticleRahul Rawail Resigns From Oscar Selection Jury Citing Differences With Amol...
MUMBAI -- Filmmaker Rahul Rawail, who was a part of the selection jury that chose "Court" as India's official entry for Oscars on Wednesday, has resigned from his post citing differences with...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Flipkart Founders Enter Forbes Billionaire Club; Panel Says...
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View ArticlePM Narendra Modi Says His Spiritual Guru Swami Dayanand Giri's Death Is A...
RISHIKESH -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's spiritual guru Swami Dayanand Giri passed away on Wednesday night at his ashram in Sheeshamjhadi area here after a prolonged illness. He was 87. Swami...
View ArticlePrime Minister Narendra Modi Arrives In US On 5-Day State Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on a five-day US visit, his second in as many years, during which he will address world leaders at a landmark UN sustainable development summit and...
View Article12-Year-Old Who Was Allegedly Raped By Step-Father, Delivers Baby In Mumbai
MUMBAI-- A 12-year-old girl, who got pregnant after being allegedly raped by her stepfather, delivered a baby boy at a government hospital here. The girl, a resident of neighbouring Thane city,...
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