Pope Francis (December 17, 1936 – April 21, 2025)New Delhi: Pope Francis, the bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion global followers, passed away on Easter Monday. He was 88. The Vatican confirmed his death ...
An ECHS polyclinic in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. (Representative photo via ECHS website.)When the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) was launched on April 1, 2003, it represented a beacon of hope for the Indian armed forces’ veterans. ...
S Jaishankar (L) with Wang Yi at Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar)New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. This marked the first high-level inter...
S Jaishankar (2R) along with representatives of SCO members for the Islamabad summit. (Photo: X/DrSJaishankar) New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar, participated in a series of formal events on the main day of the SCO Summit in the Paki...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw. (Photo: X/@narendramodi) New Delhi: During his two-day visit to Poland, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, delivered several key messages that unders...
The Se-la tunnel during its construction. (India Sentinels file photo.)New Delhi: The long-awaited and strategically important Se-la tunnel in western Arunachal Pradesh, near the line of actual control (LAC), is set to open for traffic on March 9. Th...
Lt Gen PC Nair (seated in centre facing camera) during his interaction with various community leaders in Moreh, Manipur. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)Shillong/Imphal: The director general of Assam Rifles, Lieutenant General Pradeep...
Randhir Jaiswal (L) and Arindam Bagchi. (Photo: X/@MEAIndia)New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has a new face to represent it to the media and the public. Randhir Jaiswal, an IFS officer of the 1998 batch, has assumed the role of the foreign...
Indian Navy fleet tanker INS Shakti (R) replenishing Royal Indonesian Navy frigate KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata during Exercise Milan – 2022. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Navy will be hosting its largest-ever multilateral exercise – &l...
Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane. (File photo) New Delhi: In what has come as a surprise to many, former chief of Army staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane said neither of the three services – Indian Army, Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force &nd...