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(This story has been republished from The Quint’s archives as the Rafale jets get inducted into the Indian Air Force on 10 September. This story was first published on 29 July 2020)Video Producer: Hera KhanVideo Editor: Purnendu PritamCameraperson: Abhishek RanjanFinally, Yeh Jo India Hai Na… it's getting the Rafale, ...

India welcomed the long-awaited arrival of five new French-made fighter jets on Wednesday at a time when the country is involved in a prolonged border dispute with China in the Himalayas. The decision to modernise India’s air force was made as far back as 2001 but has been dogged ...

Over 50 environmental organisations, ideologues and activists from across the Himalayan region issued a joint statement opposing the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020, The New Indian Express reported on Wednesday. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change put the notification, which intends to modify the EIA, 2006, in ...

Much to India’s discomfiture, its all-weather ally Bangladesh has allowed China to conduct the last-stage human trial of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. The development could be seen as a setback for New Delhi which had earlier assured all help to Dhaka to contain the pandemic. It also indicates ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party unit in Kerala has demanded the removal of author Arundhati Roy’s speech from a Calicut University textbook for the Bachelor of Arts (English) course, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday. The BJP has petitioned Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan to withdraw her 2002 “Come September” ...

NEW DELHI: When India’s first batch of five Rafale fighter aircraft took off from France’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility for India on Monday, it would have come as a “personal triumph” to Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather. Presently India's Air Attache in France, the native of Anantnag in Kashmir has played ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre faced an awkward situation in the Supreme Court on Tuesday as the high-powered committee (HPC) headed by the home secretary has rejected providing 4G internet services in Kashmir for the time being but media reports suggested that lieutenant governor G C Murmu favoured resumption of ...

New Delhi, India - A sharp increase in India's coronavirus cases in recent weeks has raised concerns over the state of its healthcare infrastructure as well as fears of an extended crisis. Nearly 48,000 new reported cases on Tuesday brought India's tally close to 1.5 million, making it the world's ...

The Election Commission on Tuesday rebuked Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu for his remarks hinting at the possibility of elections in the Union Territory after the delimitation exercise was done.The poll panel noted Murmu’s interview with The Tribune, published on Tuesday, titled “J&K polls after delimitation: L-G”, ...

India08:47 GMT 28.07.2020Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107398/91/1073989154_0:300:5760:3540_1200x675_80_0_0_f2694d376e9ecf575da8528ef58f9cf1.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/india/202007281079998626-india-protests-hagia-sophia-like-conversion-of-iconic-sikh-temple-into-mosque-by-pakistan/New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan has remained in the headlines for its alleged conversion of Hindus and Sikhs. Now, a gurdwara (a Sikh place of worship) has also joined the list.Making an appeal to safeguard all Sikh places of reverence, India's Punjab Chief Amarinder Singh ...