BSNL‘s indigenous 4G stack powers India’s swadeshi drive

IANS | September 28, 2025 8:13 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) India has marked a historic milestone with the launch of its first fully indigenous 4G (5G-ready) network and the commissioning of nearly 98,000 Swadeshi 4G towers, all powered by homegrown technology, an official statement said on Sunday.

Cricket, Kalashnikovs and Pakistan’s radicalised psyche (IANS Analysis)

IANS | September 28, 2025 7:31 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Cricket has been described as a gentleman’s game where grace, patience, and fair play come together to create a spectacle for the masses. Like any sport, its traditions have long dissuaded political sloganeering or any form of disposition to violence. Yet, when Pakistani batter Sahibzada Farhan mimicked firing an AK-47 rifle with his bat during a recent Asia Cup T20 match against India, it was a moment of dragging this celebrated sport into a darker terrain.

Four people killed in Russia's strikes on Ukraine: Zelensky

IANS | September 28, 2025 5:31 PM

Kyiv, Sep 28 (IANS) Hitting out at Russia for the new wave of attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that four people, including a child, were killed and 40 others injured in Moscow's latest strikes, adding that the main targets of Russian strikes were Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa regions.

'India's bold maritime legislation to unlock potential of country’s 7,500 km coastline'

IANS | September 28, 2025 5:19 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Indian Ports Act, 2025, replaces outdated colonial-era provisions of the Indian Ports Act, 1908, with modern and contemporary regulations that mark a strategic shift toward integrated port development, cooperative federalism, and global competitiveness, and It strengthens institutional capacity, streamlines governance, and embeds sustainability at the heart of maritime operations, the government said on Sunday.