India's Swaraj Dweep (Havelock Island) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been ranked 9th among the world's quietest islands in the 2026 Unspoilt Index released by BookRetreats.com. The index analysed 100 islands using satellite and mapping data, assessing factors such as naturalness, road density, air traffic, population pressure, night-sky darkness and coastal characteristics. New Zealand's Stewart Island (Rakiura) topped the ranking with 94.6/100, followed by Anafi in Greece and Ilha...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s August 29–30, 2026 state visit to Uzbekistan has given fresh momentum to India’s engagement with Central Asia, with New Delhi and Tashkent deciding to elevate their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. During talks between Prime Minister Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent, the two countries agreed to expand cooperation across trade, investment, defence and security, energy, uranium, critical minerals, digital...

From Delhi’s Sahibi to Mumbai’s Mithi and Chennai’s Cooum, many of India’s smaller rivers have been narrowed, polluted or transformed into sewage-carrying drains. A new draft Small River Rejuvenation Framework under the National Mission for Clean Ganga proposes a different solution — restore rivers as living ecosystems rather than treating them merely as channels of water. India's river-cleaning story has traditionally been dominated by its giants — the Ganga, Yamuna and other major river...