New Delhi (TIP): In a bid to deepen bilateral economic and financial cooperation, India and Canada have said they are looking to conclude negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by the end of 2026 […]
New Delhi (TIP): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday, Aug 27, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to share with all political parties the government’s proposals for delimitation and called for a 25-year freeze on the […]
New Delhi (TIP): In a major relief to media baron Subhash Chandra, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved a repayment plan under which he will shell out just Rs 6.5 crore to settle […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Union government on Thursday, Aug 27, reached out to a group demanding caste-based reservations in education and government jobs be replaced by income-based quotas, a week after the little-known group held […]
New Delhi (TIP): PENGUIN Random House India (PRHI), expected to publish ‘Belonging: a Journey of Love,’ the much-anticipated memoirs of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, in India, will not do so, The Indian Express has learnt. […]
Over 390 killed in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing UN, World Bank, India, China and the U.S. have already Pledged Funds to Assist Nepal government I.S. Saluja DEVIGHAT, Nepal (TIP): Emergency rescue […]
New Delhi (TIP): Plans for a visit to India by Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman early next week have fallen through, though the two sides continue to be in touch to explore the possibility of […]
New Delhi (TIP): Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, Aug 21, cancelled the United States (US) leg of his two-nation visit after the Union government denied him clearance, even as he underlined that […]
New Delhi (TIP): As part of its post-Operation Sindoor transformation, the Indian Army on Friday announced the raising of a dedicated battalion for drone operations along the western front with Pakistan. The newly raised unit […]
New Delhi (TIP): India on Thursday, Aug 20, said membership of the UN Security Council must not be used to “legitimise” terrorists, as a range of diplomatic and political developments unfolded across forums involving India, […]
New Delhi (TIP): Police on , Aug 21, lodged a first information report (FIR) against unknown people on a complaint by a Delhi University student with pellet injuries during the July 20 protests, after Congress […]
New Delhi (TIP): Two foreign-flagged commercial vessels carrying 22 Indian seafarers have been hijacked by armed pirates in separate incidents off Somalia and Yemen this week. Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday asserted […]
From Non-Alignment to Strategic Autonomy: India and the World India’s foreign policy since independence has been shaped by a central paradox. The country emerged in 1947 determined to protect its sovereignty and avoid becoming an […]
When India became independent in 1947, the challenge before the new republic was not only to build a political democracy or an economic system. It was also to transform the lives of its people. Poverty […]
New Delhi (TIP): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, skipped the 80th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort on Saturday for the second consecutive year, as Prime […]
New Delhi (TIP): President Droupadi Murmu has approved seventy-eight Gallantry awards, including 13 posthumous, to the personnel of the Defence Forces and Central Armed Police Forces on the eve of Independence Day 2026. Following the […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, Aug 15, for his “dimaagi Naxals” attack and termed it a “sure sign of desperation”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said […]
Dehradun/ New Delhi (TIP): Seven workers were confirmed dead and three remained trapped inside a flooded, under-construction hydropower tunnel in Chamoli late on Friday, more than 24 hours after a suspected aquifer burst sent a […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Union government on Friday, Aug 14, notified 40 questions, including a query on caste for the first time in independent India, to be asked of respondents for population enumeration in the […]
From Scarcity to Scale: The Making of a Modern Economy When India became independent in 1947, political freedom arrived in a country facing enormous economic challenges. The colonial economy had left behind low industrial capacity, […]
New Delhi (TIP): Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, Aug 15, said that after Gen Z, Gen Alpha has started raising its voice for better facilities in government schools. In a post on […]
Democracy, Power and the Making of a Political Nation When India became independent in 1947, it inherited a state but had to build a democratic political system almost from the ground up. The country was […]
1947–2026: Democracy, Development and Transformation On 15 August 1947, India inherited freedom. On 26 January 1950, it gave that freedom a constitutional shape. Between those two dates lay one of the most demanding transitions in […]
1857–1947: The Long Road to Independence India’s independence was not the achievement of a single movement, a single leader or a single generation. It was the culmination of a long, complex and often painful historical […]
A Civilization, a Subcontinent, a Nation in the Making India marks its 80th Independence Day celebration on August 15, 2026. This event completes 79 years of freedom since 1947 and enters the country into its […]
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