The Andhra Pradesh High Court has affirmed that awarding maintenance to an estranged wife is not charity but a right, whose enforcement is essential to uphold equity, justice and good conscience.

India is engaging with international partners more intensively and from a “position of strength”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday, citing a string of recent trade agreements as evidence of the country’s growing economic clout.

A 27-year-old man died after allegedly falling into an open roadside pit near Thodupuzha in Idukki district, police said on Tuesday.