India of 2025 is far more exciting place for talented students: Radhika Gupta

IANS | September 20, 2025 2:54 PM

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) After US President Donald Trump announced that American companies have to pay $100,000 for securing H-1B Visa for a foreign employee -- a move that could impact the Indian tech talent at the most- Radhika Gupta, MD and CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund urged Indians to return home, saying India of 2025 is a far more exciting place than India of 2005 ever was.

President Droupadi Murmu performs 'pind daan' at Gayaji

IANS | September 20, 2025 2:31 PM

Patna, Sep 20 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu performed the sacred 'pind daan and shraaddh' rituals for her ancestors at the Vishnupad Temple and Phalgu Akshayavat in the world-famous Pitru Paksha Mela in Gayaji on Saturday.

BJP slams Pitroda over ‘Pak feels like home’ remark; Cong, SP respond

IANS | September 20, 2025 1:46 PM

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A political storm erupted after Indian Overseas Congress chief Satyanarayan Pitroda, (popularly known as Sam Pitroda) remarked that “Pakistan feels like home” to him and called for better neighbourhood diplomacy, prompting a scathing attack from the BJP, which questioned the party's intent, while Congress leaders defended the comments as "personal' and "misinterpreted".

Indian, Canadian NSAs discuss counterterrorism, security cooperation: MEA

IANS | September 20, 2025 1:31 PM

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and his Canadian counterpart, Nathalie G. Drouin, discussed strengthening the bilateral relationship in areas such as counterterrorism, combating transnational organised crime and Intelligence exchanges, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday.