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T Rabi Sankar, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), advised the Indian government to ban cryptocurrencies on Monday – comparing digital currencies to Ponzi schemes and branding them a threat to control of the economy. In a speech to the Indian Banks Association, Sankar warned that …

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan traveled to Beijing on Friday to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. He also since met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to sign a number of business deals to cement what is called “phase two” of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a …

Indian diplomats will boycott the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after a row over a torchbearer who previously fought in a skirmish between the two countries. India’s Ministry of External Affairs confirmed the development on Thursday, saying it was “regrettable” that China “has chosen to …

As for 2022, Covid infection is not what we witnessed two years ago when the pandemic just started. The virus mutated, adapting to people’s immune defenses and vaccines. Now we have Omicron – a seemingly less virulent, but far more contagious variant. India, a country with a very diverse population …

Photographs of hundreds of Indian Muslim women were shared on an app that reportedly auctioned the women online. The images, which were sourced from their social media accounts and apparently doctored, have sparked an uproar. The issue came to light after anonymous Twitter users shared details about the app, called …

The ‘Agni-P’ missile, also called ‘Agni Prime’, was launched from a small island off the coast of the state of Odisha in eastern India. The launch was a success, completing “all mission objectives with high level of accuracy,” India’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The missile, which can …

It was unclear how exactly the culprits gained access to the @narendramodi handle or for how long it was compromised, but once the issue was raised with Twitter support, the account was “immediately secured,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a tweet of its own. At least one of …

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The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India on December 6 for the 21st annual bilateral summit was only his second overseas trip since the coronavirus pandemic halted in-person diplomatic travel. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged the significance of Putin’s choice, saying, “Your love towards India is evident.”  …

Both countries signed a $5.4-billion deal for five of the surface-to-air systems in 2018. “Supplies have begun this month and will continue to happen,” the Indian foreign ministry said, as Putin arrived on Monday. According to NDTV, the first units of the weapon, once branded a “booster dose” by India’s …