Sitar virtuoso Rishab Rikhiram Sharma has announced a 10-city India tour as part of the Asia leg of his internationally acclaimed Sitar For Mental Health Tour 2026.
Poet and diplomat Abhay K. won the Sarojini Naidu Award for Poetry 2026 at the Banaras Lit Fest Book Awards for his English translation of the Hanuman Chalisa. Namita Gokhale received the Lifetime Achievement Award, while several other English and Hindi writers also won honours.
Wassan believes Bangladesh is just "sulking" over Muztafizur Rahman's removal by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) from their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 squad in response to a directive from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding atrocities committed against minorities
With the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejecting Bangladesh's request to shift its T20 World Cup 2026 matches from India to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam said that he has asked ICC Board for time to talk to his government "for one last time"
Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, continued his intensive engagements on the third day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026 at Davos, holding a series of high-level meetings with global industry leaders and policymakers to advance Assam's growth and investment journey.
As per the statement released by the state government, the delegation promised to extend full cooperation in Cisco's future plans for Telangana, emphasising that the state had earned its reputation as an economic powerhouse and a dynamic hub for industrial growth. Guy Diedrich, Senior Vice P
The new investment in expansion would generate significant additional revenue every year for the state, the company said. The company, with two manufacturing plants in Telangana and providing employment to 600 people, has operational presence in over 50 countries.
"India today stands at the intersection of trust, scale, and innovation, offering reliability through its stable democratic institutions, resilience through its diversity and size, and relevance through solutions that deliver value for money. No longer defined as merely an emerging economy,
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar met with World Bank President Ajay Banga on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.