By Arpan Chaturvedi and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - India on Wednesday withdrew a mandate requiring smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app called Sanchar Saathi on all new devices following an outcry over fears of government snooping in the world's most populous nation.

“The term Hindu rate of growth was used when India was struggling for 2–3 per cent growth,” the PM said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. “Our entire civilisation was given a tag of unproductivity and poverty using this term. No one found it communal back then.” What does the expression mean? Who coined it?

(RNS) — Monday (Oct. 20) marks Diwali, the “festival of lights” celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across India, South Asia and the diaspora. Considered one of the most significant religious and cultural festivals in India ...

India's stricter pilot fatigue management rules hit IndiGo hard this week as it had failed to plan for changes in its rosters, throwing operations of the country's biggest airline into disarray and disrupting air travel across the country.