Category: spotlight
Few shaping policy, one rogue voice making rash remarks, Indian diaspora must speak up—US Rep. Ami Bera
Mumbai: Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, who led a Congressional delegation to India this week, has said “only a small handful of people” are taking major policy [Read More…]
Pakistani PM Shehbaz claims victory over India, thanks Trump for ending ‘war’, seeks plebiscite in Kashmir
New Delhi: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed victory over India in the conflict post the Pahalgam terror attack, thanked US President Donald Trump for [Read More…]
‘Threatening development cannot aid peace’—Jaishankar on US, EU ‘double standards’ over tariffs, energy
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hit out at the US and the European Union (EU) Thursday for their “double standards”, warning that further [Read More…]
‘Took up Kalashnikovs to defend human rights’—Ukraine’s Maksim Butkevych on time as Russia’s PoW
Kyiv: From assisting refugees and internally displaced persons fleeing their homes, known anti-militarist Maksim Butkevych picked up arms to defend the very rights he had fought [Read More…]
War expanding? Trump says Kyiv can ‘win all of Ukraine’ back from Russia with NATO support
New Delhi: In a major shift in his position on the Russia-Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump has said Kyiv can “win all of Ukraine [Read More…]
As Western allies recognise Palestine, Trump set to take US vision of a post-war Gaza to Muslim world
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump Tuesday will hold a multilateral meeting with leaders from the Muslim world on the margins of the United Nations [Read More…]
After UK, France recognises Palestinian state at UNGA. Furious Netanyahu vows retaliation
New Delhi: France recognised the state of Palestine at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, signaling a widening [Read More…]
Jaishankar to meet US Secretary of State Rubio on sidelines of UNGA session
New York: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is scheduled to meet with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on the sidelines [Read More…]
What is American H-1B visa system & why Trump’s $100,000 fee proclamation triggered panic
New Delhi: United States President Donald Trump announced a sweeping overhaul of the H-1B visa system Friday—a move set to have global humanitarian consequences and [Read More…]
India returns fire after EU criticism over participation in Russia-Belarus exercise. ‘NATO was there too’
New Delhi: Taking a dig at the European Union’s (EU’s) criticism of India for its participation in Zapad-2025, the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) said Friday [Read More…]
