Category: spotlight
Indian crew on ‘diesel smuggling’ tanker seized by Iran free to leave, stay due to ‘technical issues’
New Delhi: Indian crew members of the ship seized by the Iranian Coast Guard last week are free to leave the country and return home, [Read More…]
Modi reaches Muscat for final leg of 3-nation tour, India-Oman free trade agreement to be signed today
New Delhi: India is set to sign a free trade agreement with Oman Thursday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the West Asian nation at [Read More…]
Bangladesh envoy hails India’s ‘sacrifice’ in Liberation War, says ties ‘based on trust, shared values’
New Delhi: Bangladesh High Commissioner M. Riaz Hamidullah Tuesday acknowledged the role of the Indian military in the 1971 Liberation War and the “sacrifice of [Read More…]
Jordanian Crown Prince drives Modi to museum during two-day visit
Amman: Jordanian Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Tuesday personally drove Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Jordan Museum here, in a special [Read More…]
India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows
New Delhi: India’s merchandise exports to the US have grown month-on-month since September—when the Trump administration’s 50 percent tariff came into effect—touching $6.98 billion in November, according [Read More…]
MEA responds to Dhaka summoning envoy to demand Hasina’s ‘expeditious extradition’
New Delhi: Hours after the interim administration there issued a demarche to the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka, Pranay Verma, over incendiary statements by Sheikh [Read More…]
Kept waiting, Pakistan PM Sharif gate-crashed Putin-Erdogan meet? Russian media post sparks row
New Delhi: A purported video of Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif barging into a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has [Read More…]
G7 out, C5 in: Trump’s parallel diplomacy, with India–China spin & divide-and-Make Europe Great Again
New Delhi: For Europe, the Trump administration’s MAGA worldview has come home to roost. A classified draft of the recently released 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) [Read More…]
Bangladesh to hold ‘July Charter’ referendum, 1st election since Hasina’s ouster on 12 Feb
New Delhi: Bangladesh will hold its first general election since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on 12 February, the country’s Election Commission [Read More…]
Modi visit ‘important, strategic’, says Oman envoy. ‘Right time to diversify trade beyond oil & gas’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Muscat is a “very important and very strategic” trip for both nations, Oman’s ambassador to India [Read More…]
