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India and US sign MoU to develop strategic petroleum reserve

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan also said both countries were in discussions to store crude oil in US to increase India's stockpile.

India now deals with China on ‘more equal terms’ politically, Jaishankar tells Rahul Gandhi

The response from the external affairs minister came after Rahul Gandhi posted a video on Twitter Friday, questioning the Modi government’s foreign policy, among others.

Trump loves people of India, China, wants to bring peace for them, says White House

Al Mason, co-chair of the Trump Victory Indian American Finance Committee, said that unlike his predecessor, President Trump has come out openly in support of India.

Like Babri case, Hagia Sophia becoming mosque no setback to secular values, says Turkish envoy

Turkey is set to convert the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia into a mosque. The envoy said the highest court’s ruling in the case is similar to Ayodhya verdict.

India says Jadhav was under stress, Pakistan didn’t allow ‘unimpeded’ consular access

Pakistan Foreign Ministry had earlier said two Indian High Commission officials were given ‘unimpeded and uninterrupted’ consular access to Jadhav.

No change in India’s position on LAC, both sides looking at ‘complex disengagement’

India, China will keep watch on each other to see how much disengagement is being done. This will entail daily hotline talks at Chushul-Moldo meeting point in Ladakh.

Why any China-Iran deal will be mostly about business

Tehran is pursuing an upgraded partnership with China because it has been largely left out of a decade of aggressive Chinese investment in developing economies worldwide.

India gets consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan, says yet to ‘assess’ situation

Pakistan Foreign Ministry has said two Indian High Commission officials were given ‘unimpeded and uninterrupted’ consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav.

India makes fresh request for ‘unrestricted’ consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan

Pakistan told India earlier this month that Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row, has refused to file a review plea of his sentence.

Discussed India-China border clash with Jaishankar, we speak ‘frequently’, says Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lauded India’s move to ban 59 Chinese apps as he announced visa restrictions on tech companies such as Huawei.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.