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Germany Announces It Will Rearm German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for a statement on Ukraine at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/Pool via Reuters)...

Dear PDF Moderators and Members, I am a frequent visitor to your site like many people here. I see that discussions can range from rational and factual issues to downright absurd ones, slowly transitioning into verbal diarrhea by even the most seasoned members. There are times when I have...

Azad Hind Fauj or Indian National Army (INA) was undoubtedly one of the foremost freedom movements in the subcontinent against the British. It was rooted in a socialist ideology, calling for equality of all Indians irrespective of their faith. The INA kept religion and faith strictly personal...

Dear PDF management and members, On PDF, we discuss a lot of things ranging from defence to foreign policy and even cultural and religious aspects. Being a very intense and multi-national forum, we often get passionate and end up in heated debates with name calling and what not. Also in a...

There is probably no other country where members of other religions were as safe as in India. Hindus always gave shelter to those who were persecuted in their homelands. Jews gratefully acknowledged that India is the one country where they were never persecuted. Syrian Christians under their...

Pakistan to Obama: Don't pull out the troops from Afghanistan just yet. Pakistan to Obama: Don't Pull Out the Troops From Afghanistan Just Yet Twitter / ForeignPolicy: Pakistan to Obama: Don't pull ... Just got this news. Apparently Nawaz wants Obama to remain in Afghanistan.

Chinese troops entered India before V-P's Beijing visit - Hindustan Times Even as China prepared to lay out the red carpet for vice-president Hamid Ansari in Beijing, its troops intruded into the Indian side of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh this week, aggressively underlining their claim...

At One-Month Mark, PM Gives His Team Three Focus Areas - NDTV As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government completes its first month in office this week, he has asked his office to multi-track three areas for immediate attention and action. Apart from prodding the economy out of its slow...

Modi effect: Delhi government servants have to clock in on time, stay back late and even give up holidays - The Economic Times NEW DELHI: There aren't too many people taking long, leisurely lunches at Delhi Gymkhana Club these days. And fewer out on the greens at Delhi Golf Club, even allowing...

Swiss govt prepares list of Indians with suspected black money | Business Line ZURICH, JUNE 22: In a major boost to India’s fight against black money, Switzerland has prepared a list of Indians suspected to have stashed un-taxed wealth in Swiss banks and the details are being shared with...

NEW DEVELOPMENT :yahoo: RAW Investigation Reveals Shady Dealings of NGOs -The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Foreign funding of NGOs, especially under the garb of ‘development aid’, seems to be posing a grave threat to the country. Intelligence officials examining such funding patterns are...

GIFT in Gujarat: Narendra Modi's dream project offers vital learnings for 100 smart cities ambition - The Economic Times Eighteen kilometers off Ahmedabad airport, two tall buildings rise out of literally nowhere. The twin towers with cobalt blue glass facades are anomalies in the otherwise...

Russia may propose India gas pipeline deal | Russia & India Report Russian President Vladimir Putin may propose the extension of a Russia-China gas pipeline to India, the Business Standard reported on Wednesday. The pipeline from Russia to India via China’s Xinjiang province could cost up to...

Govt bans direct foreign funding of NGOs Voluntary organisations will now have to fulfil stringent regulatory norms and show compliance reports The Centre has banned direct foreign funding to NGOs operating in India unless they fulfil stringent regulatory norms and show compliance reports...

Himachal: Power plant releases water without warning, 26 B.Tech students from Hyderabad washed away | The Indian Express Over two dozen B.Tech students from Hyderabad on a trip to Kullu-Manali were feared to have been washed away in a flash flood in the river Beas on Sunday after authorities...

How 100% FDI in defence will create 2 million jobs | Niti Central While English-speaking mainstream news channels are worrying themselves sick over whether the removal of no-frisking privileges for Vadra means vendetta or not, some details on the “100 per cent FDI in defence” are coming to...

Obama quietly reverses Hillary’s ‘get Modi’ policy President Barack Obama has quietly reversed a policy initiated by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to "get Narendra Modi" — ostensibly for the 2002 Gujarat riots, but in actuality "for taking stands that may be different from that...

Boost Economic Ties, Better Infra for NE States: V K Singh -The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Enhancing infrastructure, providing job opportunities to youths and boosting economic growth in the North Eastern states will be top priority of General (Retd) V K Singh, who assumed charge as Minister...

Modi’s initiative to revive SAARC, fallen into disuse, by extending invitations to his swearing-in as the Prime Minister on May 26, pointedly, to both Sri Lanka and Pakistan, alongside Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, the Maldives and Bangladesh, is a typically optimistic and bold move from him...

Northeast parties stitch alliance with NDA Dimapur (Nagaland), March 29, 2014, (IANS) Eleven major regional parties under the banner of North East Regional Parties Forum (NERPF) Saturday stitched an alliance with the BJP-led NDA for peace and development in the region. "We (NERPF) have...