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India to allow ‘asthi visarjan’ in Ganga for 426 Pakistani Hindus? Activists welcome ‘decision’

Modi govt will reportedly consider granting short visas to allow immersion of ashes of Pakistani Hindus in the Ganga. External Affairs Ministry has neither confirmed nor denied it.

‘Similar or higher’ goods exports likely for India in FY 2023-24: Director General of Foreign Trade

In exclusive interview to ThePrint, DGFT Santosh Kumar Sarangi talked about India's free-trade agreements with UAE & Australia, new Foreign Trade Policy & China opening up its economy.

Why Maoist leader Prachanda’s return as Nepal PM is unlikely to affect energy ties with India

New government will continue to ‘play both sides’ when it comes to tussle between India & Beijing in securing influence, they say, adds ex-PM K.P. Sharma Oli is in driver's seat.

What Modi-Zelenskyy call signifies — ‘India’s stature rising despite Russian oil backlash’

As G20 chair, India's 'diplomatic sweet spot' has become more pronounced, say experts, but some sceptical about how much New Delhi can help implement 'crux' of Zelenskyy's peace formula.

Discrepancies in MEA, Kremlin statements on Modi-Putin call, ‘will take Modi at his word’ says US

Modi's call for 'dialogue and diplomacy' amid the ongoing Ukraine war and mention of 'defence and security' cooperation missing from Kremlin version of Friday call between Indian PM and Putin.

Jaishankar at UN says Pakistan can’t ‘sermonise’ on terrorism after hosting bin Laden

Jaishankar's remarks came after Pak Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto raised the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council open debate on reformed multilateralism on Wednesday.

‘Greeks have great respect for Gandhi’ — Ioannis Chryssoulakis talks of promoting ties with India

The secretary general for Greeks abroad & public diplomacy, Greece's ministry of foreign affairs, also spoke to ThePrint on greater cultural and educational ties between New Delhi and Athens.

Modi & Jaishankar should treat us as partner, allow trade & travel, says Kosovo ex-PM Haradinaj

India is yet to recognise Kosovo's independence. In an exclusive interview, Ramush Haradinaj says he doesn't see New Delhi's historical links with Yugoslavia via NAM as 'obstacle'.

PM Modi to skip annual summit with Putin over nuclear weapon threat to Ukraine, says report

Modi and Putin met in September on the sidelines of a bloc summit in Uzbekistan and have spoken on the phone a number of times this year, including on Russia's war in Ukraine.

Taliban effect? Ancient Kabul citadel’s revamp in limbo without help from ‘non-responsive’ India

New Delhi pledged about $1 mn for Afghanistan's Bala Hissar project in 2020 but has now gone 'completely off radar', says Aga Khan Trust for Culture. MEA declines to comment.

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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘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.