Independence Day

Celebrating its 89th anniversary, the Indian Air Force today put up a dazzling show with 75 aircrafts, drawn from its vintage and modern fleet, performing skillful maneuvers to mark the platinum jubilee year of India's Independence.

Covaxin, India's indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine, may be cleared by the World Health Organisation as early as next week when the UN agency and an independent group of experts meet.

Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.

The Delhi Metro has put up colourful posters on key movements and personalities of the freedom struggle at several stations to mark the 75th year of India's Independence.

President Jair Bolsonaro upped his attacks on perceived enemies including the Supreme Court and the electoral system Tuesday, vowing to defend supporters' "freedom" as Brazil marked its Independence Day with rival pro- and anti-government rallies.

Police have released 155 suspects, arrested for their alleged involvement in the sexual assault of a YouTuber girl on Independence Day at the historic Minar-i-Pakistan.

Jyotika makes her social media debut with delightful photos from her trek to the Himalayas

A few days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent international probe into the origins of the coronavirus, Chinese bots swarmed on to Australian government networks. It was April 2020.

Congress leaders today took strong exception to the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) omitting Jawaharlal Nehru's image from the "Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" celebrations to mark the 75th year of India's independence.

Union Minister Narayan Rane was arrested Tuesday over his comment on slapping Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for what he called his "ignorance of the year India won Independence". He was later granted bail by a court in Mahad.

An anonymous letter has helped the officials in Meghalaya recover the weapons which were stolen from the police during the Independence Day chaos after violence broke out in Shillong.

Beaten, homes raided, turned away from work for being a woman: the complaints made by some Afghan journalists in recent days are sowing doubt about assurances made by their new Taliban rulers that independent media would be allowed.

Police in Pakistan on Thursday arrested 15 people allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a YouTuber girl on Independence Day at the historic Minar-i-Pakistan, after the incident sparked nationwide outrage and drew international condemnation.

An all-women team of the three armed forces successfully scaled Mt Manirang in Himachal Pradesh on August 15 and unfurled the national flag to celebrate the 75th Independence Day, the Defence Ministry said Thursday.

Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of several Afghan cities on Thursday as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd.

Celebrating its 89th anniversary, the Indian Air Force today put up a dazzling show with 75 aircrafts, drawn from its vintage and modern fleet, performing skillful maneuvers to mark the platinum jubilee year of India's Independence.

Covaxin, India's indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine, may be cleared by the World Health Organisation as early as next week when the UN agency and an independent group of experts meet.

Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.

The Delhi Metro has put up colourful posters on key movements and personalities of the freedom struggle at several stations to mark the 75th year of India's Independence.

President Jair Bolsonaro upped his attacks on perceived enemies including the Supreme Court and the electoral system Tuesday, vowing to defend supporters' "freedom" as Brazil marked its Independence Day with rival pro- and anti-government rallies.

Police have released 155 suspects, arrested for their alleged involvement in the sexual assault of a YouTuber girl on Independence Day at the historic Minar-i-Pakistan.

Jyotika makes her social media debut with delightful photos from her trek to the Himalayas

A few days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent international probe into the origins of the coronavirus, Chinese bots swarmed on to Australian government networks. It was April 2020.

Congress leaders today took strong exception to the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) omitting Jawaharlal Nehru's image from the "Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" celebrations to mark the 75th year of India's independence.

Union Minister Narayan Rane was arrested Tuesday over his comment on slapping Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for what he called his "ignorance of the year India won Independence". He was later granted bail by a court in Mahad.

An anonymous letter has helped the officials in Meghalaya recover the weapons which were stolen from the police during the Independence Day chaos after violence broke out in Shillong.

Beaten, homes raided, turned away from work for being a woman: the complaints made by some Afghan journalists in recent days are sowing doubt about assurances made by their new Taliban rulers that independent media would be allowed.

Police in Pakistan on Thursday arrested 15 people allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a YouTuber girl on Independence Day at the historic Minar-i-Pakistan, after the incident sparked nationwide outrage and drew international condemnation.

An all-women team of the three armed forces successfully scaled Mt Manirang in Himachal Pradesh on August 15 and unfurled the national flag to celebrate the 75th Independence Day, the Defence Ministry said Thursday.

Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of several Afghan cities on Thursday as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd.