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Mauritius ‘snooping’ scandal — the ‘moustache man’ from India in the centre of the storm

Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth has come under massive attack, with opposition parties accusing him of ‘high treason’ for allowing Indian tech team to access sensitive internet centre there.

Long-term investments in Sri Lanka are India’s plan to fix economic crisis, envoy Baglay says

High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay added that New Delhi will also work with the island nation’s new govt to facilitate talks for a bailout package from the IMF.

Debt sustainability, public support — Lanka President Wickremesinghe has a lot to prove to IMF

Wickremesinghe administration plans to submit a debt restructuring report to IMF by Aug. Showing it can repay debts & that it has the 'longevity to lead the country' will be key.

CEO resignation, spying allegation — why India’s in middle of raging controversy in Mauritius

India caught in blamegame after former Mauritius Telecom CEO claims Mauritian PM forced him to allow an ‘Indian team’ access to a facility, with aim to install ‘sniffing device’.

‘Close friend’ India vows support to new Lanka President Wickremesinghe, denies ‘interference’

Wickremesinghe was named President days after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned, following months of protests over a crushing economic crisis that has seen prices of essentials soar. 

‘Why politicise?’ Oppn MPs object as govt flags states’ ‘poor fiscal health’ at Lanka meeting

Comments came during presentations by external affairs minister S. Jaishankar and economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth at all-party meeting called to discuss Sri Lankan crisis Tuesday.

Jaishankar cites worry of Lanka ‘spillover’ into India, vows to help Colombo in IMF talks

Briefing reporters after all-party meeting on Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says situation in Sri Lanka is 'delicate', and it is of 'deep concern' to New Delhi.

Moscow asks MEA to intervene as HC detains Russian cargo ship at Cochin port   

Kerala High Court Monday asked MV MAIA-1 — anchored in Cochin port — to be arrested until it pays dues to tune of $23,503 (approx. Rs 19 lakh) to Estonian firm Bunker Partner OU.

Jaishankar, Wang Yi to meet again in Tashkent on July 27-28, LAC talks on cards

It is likely to pave the way for a possible face-to-face meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since the 2020 LAC standoff

India, Nepal need to address ‘issues left by history’, says ‘Prachanda’

Border demarcation and Kathmandu’s long-pending demand of reviewing the India-Nepal 1950 Friendship Treaty were also raised by the communist leader during his three-day visit

On Camera

AI is more likely to cause a labour shortage. Here’s why

Technology has always made labour more valuable because it allows workers to become more productive.

India has a low inflation problem. What can it do?

It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.