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Modi meets Israel President at COP28, ’emphasises’ India’s support for two-state solution

Statement from Ministry of External Affairs says that during his bilateral meeting with Israel President Isaac Herzog Friday, PM Narendra Modi also welcomed return of Israeli hostages.

Pakistan beats India 38-18 at UNESCO vote, ‘Global South’ countries may have sided with it

Islamabad's candidate secured the post of vice-chairperson of the UNESCO executive board. India’s defeat contravenes decades of its diplomatic policy approach to such elections.

I happen to like India, but at the end of the day, I have to think of America — Henry Kissinger in 2004

This is the full text of ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta’s 2004 NDTV Walk the Talk interview of Henry Kissinger at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre.

Story behind the Parthenon sculptures and why they’re a sticky issue between Sunak and Greek PM

The UK PM Rishi Sunak cancelled a scheduled meeting with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the latter called for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Athens.

Nijjar-Pannun effect: RAW downs shutters in North America 1st time since inception in 1968

One of two officers moved out was head of RAW station in San Francisco & another was second-in-command of its operations in London, it is learnt. RAW was founded in 1968.

US NSA raised Pannun ‘assassination plot’ with Doval, CIA chief visited India to push for probe — WaPo

Washington Post report claims Delhi visits by top US intelligence officials indicated US efforts to get India to probe 'plot' against Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun by 'Indian govt employee'.

Canada PM Trudeau says India ‘needs to take Nijjar killing allegations seriously’ after US indictment

The US indictment, unsealed Wednesday, accuses Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta and an unnamed Indian govt employee of conspiring to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

‘Inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented,’ writes Modi as he sums up India’s year-long G20 presidency

In opinion piece, PM Narendra Modi makes indirect reference to ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict & reiterates advice he gave to Putin last year – ‘this is not an era of war’.

‘Contrary to govt policy’: MEA on US indictment implicating ‘Indian govt employee’ in Pannun ‘plot’

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi declined to share any 'further info' on inputs given by US about 'plot' to murder Sikhs for Justice general counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

US indicts Indian in ‘plot to kill’ Gurpatwant Singh Pannun — ‘on directions of Indian govt employee’

According to US Justice Dept statement, ‘Indian govt employee… referenced previously serving in India’s Central Reserve Police Force’ and receiving ‘officer training’ in ‘weapons’.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.