Sharad Purnima 2020: Most Hindu devotees in India observe Sharad Purnima. According to Hindu mythology, Sharad Purnima is the only day in the year when the moon is resplendent in all its sixteen kalas or phases. Sharad Poornima is also known as Kojagari Purnima, Kojagara or Kojagiri Purnima and Kumar Purnima. Farmers worship Goddess Lakshmi on Sharad Purnima for a good harvest.
India has underscored the need for the UN Security Council to effectively integrate women, peace and security considerations into the sanctions regimes, including by listing terrorist entities involved in violence against women in armed conflicts.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his government provided over 6 lakh jobs during its 15-year regime as compared to 95,000 people getting jobs during the RJD regime from 1990 to 2005.
A week after a supposed breakthrough in the Assam-Mizoram border deadlock, blockades have resurfaced over the past two days. Locals on Assam's side of the border have stopped vehicles from going into Mizoram, demanding that the state withdraw its forces still posted in their territory.
India has dealt with the "worst crisis" in decades along its border with China with "firmness and maturity" despite facing the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said many states especially in the northeast have special laws relating to land ownership whereby people from other parts of the country cannot buy land there, and questioned why Jammu and Kashmir could not have similar laws.
A US court has asked Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, to pay compensation of USD 1.2 billion to a Bengaluru-based startup, Devas Multimedia, for cancelling a satellite deal in 2005.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the killing of three BJP workers in Jammu and Kashmir, saying they were bright youngsters doing excellent work there.
Ahead of the Guru Nanak Jayanti, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said the decision to re-open the Kartarpur Corridor will be taken as per the coronavirus protocol.
The whole world knows about Pakistan's role in supporting terrorism and no amount of denial can hide this truth, India said on Thursday in a sharp reaction to Islamabad's objection to references to it and cross-border terrorism in the Indo-US joint statement after their 2+2 dialogue.
