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Blinken and Austin to visit India next week, defence, regional and global concerns on agenda

The two will discuss 'bilateral and global concerns' and developments in Indo-Pacific region with Indian counterparts S. Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh, says US State Department statement.

200 yrs of Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka: Sitharaman & Tharoor to attend event marking painful history

New Delhi: Two hundred years ago, thousands of indentured Tamil labourers landed on the shores of Sri Lanka, and made the long, arduous journey...

India to fund solar energy projects in Africa, $25-mn infusion ‘gets in-principle nod’

India is pushing for realising Africa’s solar energy potential as part of International Solar Alliance (ISA). The sixth session of the ISA assembly is currently underway in Delhi. 

Joe Biden to hold ‘constructive’ meeting with Xi Jinping in November, says White House

Biden, Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken 'discussed the prospect of a Biden-Xi summit in talks with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi' at the White House last week.

India pushes for investment in Africa for energy projects at International Solar Alliance meet

Africa ‘has highest potential of solar energy’ but accounts for ‘only close to 1.3% of global installed solar capacity’, with nearly 600 million people without access to electricity.

How India voted at UN General Assembly on Israel-Palestine issue over the years

This is the edited transcript of ThePrint Cut The Clutter Episode 1338, published on 30 October 2023, on how India has historically voted on the Israel-Palestine issue at UN.

US officials, Jewish leaders meet to address antisemitism on campus

By Doina Chiacu and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Biden administration officials, voicing alarm at reports of anti-Jewish incidents at U.S. universities, met American Jewish leaders on Monday to

PM Modi calls Egyptian President El-Sisi, discusses ‘danger’ of escalation of Israel-Hamas war

While El-Sisi 'pushed for ceasefire', Modi says 'both agree on need for restoration of peace'. This comes hrs after India abstained from voting on UN resolution that didn't condemn Hamas.

Amid strained ties, India backs Canada-proposed amendment condemning Hamas to UN resolution on Gaza

India among 88 nations who voted in favour. This comes amid India & Canada's diplomatic row following Canadian PM Trudeau's claim of India link to killing of Sikh separatist Nijjar.

‘Heartless, fascist regime’: Congress’s KC Venugopal slams govt for abstaining from UN vote on Gaza

Congress general secretary (organisation) says it was India's 'moral duty' to support ceasefire. Party leader Priyanka Gandhi had earlier said decision went against what 'India stands for'.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.