India has decided to send five Bangladeshi students back to their home country following allegations of involvement in violent incidents on campus. The students were enrolled at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Silchar, located in the northeastern state of Assam.   These students were in their third year of an undergraduate honours programme […]

In a development that sounds like science fiction, a virtual AI bot has been appointed as a minister in the small European nation of Albania.   Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama included the AI-based bot in his new cabinet. The bot has been named Diela, meaning “woman of the sun” in Albanian. Diela was formally […]

The United States has issued a stern warning to India, signalling that doing business with the US will become difficult unless New Delhi reduces its tariffs. The remarks were made by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, who criticised India for restricting imports while freely selling goods to the American market. According to Indian news agency […]

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of India’s right-wing Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), claimed that India was the “greatest nation” nearly three thousand years ago. He asserted that while India led the world, it never invaded any country nor obstructed anyone else’s trade. Bhagwat further stated that today, global powers impose tariffs on India out […]