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India to boost connectivity with Bangladesh & Nepal with new rail links, says foreign secy

Harsh Vardhan Shringla said Wednesday that the neighbourhood is a priority for India, and it works closely with all neighbours, ‘except Pakistan’.

Aryabhata to Gaganyaan, S-400 & nuclear energy — India’s age-old ties with Russia run deep

Majority of Indian defence equipment is currently of Soviet or Russian make, and, in scientific fields, the collaboration has included space physics and aerospace. 

Modi seeks to ‘mediate’ between Putin and Zelenskyy, urges ‘direct conversation’ to end war

New Delhi has been walking the tightrope in balancing its ties with Russia and Ukraine but has also been urging both sides to end the fighting.

Modi appreciates ‘continuing dialogue’, but asks Putin to directly talk to Zelensky

Modi told both leaders to safely evacuate the remaining Indian citizens from Ukraine.

US and allies raise costs on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine

Washington: US President Joe Biden spoke with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and highlighted the ongoing actions undertaken by the US and private industry to...

Ukraine Foreign Minister urges India to appeal to Russia to stop the war

During a televised address, Kuleba said all countries, including India, who enjoy special relations with Russia, can appeal to Putin that 'this war is against the interest of all.'

Quad differences out in the open, Biden & Kishida call for support but India stays silent

Quad leaders called a rushed meeting Thursday as the war raged on in Ukraine, leading to a swelling humanitarian catastrophe. US & Japan express vociferous support for Ukraine.

Quad leaders say Ukraine sovereignty, territorial integrity key to peaceful, stable Indo-Pacific

PMs Modi, Morrison and Kishida and President Biden discussed Russia’s war on Ukraine in virtual meeting, and agreed it has a bearing on Indo-Pacific.

MEA dismisses Russia & Ukraine’s claims of Indian students being held hostage in Kharkiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin's office had claimed that some Indian students were 'actually taken hostage' by the Ukrainian security forces to use them as a 'human shield'.

With US or Russia? India-US strategic partnership hit by Delhi’s abstentions in UN over Ukraine

Quad leaders are scheduled to meet virtually Thursday evening after India once again abstained from voting to punish Russia, this time in the UN General Assembly.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

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.