"It is crucial that both of our democracies remain strong by remaining true to our shared highest principles, such as treating all people with dignity, fairness and respect," Raja Krishnamoorthi said.

“We stand ready to strengthen the anti-terrorist potential of Pakistan, including by supplying Pakistan with special military equipment,” Sergei Lavrov said.

China on Thursday reasserted that responsibility of the border crisis rests with India, even as New Delhi repeated that it would like to see disengagement in the remaining areas.

Mediapart claims that Dassault and Thales paid Gupta over nearly two decades, hiring him "at the beginning of the 2000s... when India announced it was looking to buy 126 fighter jets", and that a key anti-corruption clause was deleted from the eventual contract France and India signed for this reason.

In the civic body elections held on Wednesday, the Congress won Palampur and Solan municipal elections while the BJP had to be content with wins in Mandi and Dharamsala

Fearing another lockdown in wake of a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, migrant workers and their families have started leaving Surat and Ahmedabad, two of the state’s most severely affected cities.

While UP, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have been given far more vaccine dosages, Maharashtra which is in dire need, has been given only 7.5 lakh dosages, the state health minister Rajesh Tope rued.

French news portal Mediapart revealed an Indian middleman helped Dassault to access secret documents, force a higher price and drop anti-corruption clause despite objections of Indian negotiators.

Asked by the judge on what the sub-inspector did by way of investigation, he said, "I did not do anything."

The theme for World Health Day, the 7th of April, 2021, is “Building a fairer, healthier world.” If that is to make any sense to us, people should get the right kind of healthcare.