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Did Garcetti tell team ‘may have to reduce contact with Indian officials’ amid Canada row? Embassy reacts

Dismissing Politico report, US Embassy says Ambassador Garcetti's personal engagement 'demonstrates important, strategic & consequential partnership' between both countries.

India tells Canada to repatriate 41 diplomats by 10 October, reports Financial Times

Ties between India and Canada have stained over Canadian suspicion on Indian govt agents' involvement in murder of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

‘Lack of support from host govt’ — Afghan embassy’s 3 main reasons for shutting down operations

Afghan embassy in New Delhi to close 1 October. Reasons it provided for doing so include 'failure to meet expectations of serving Afghanistan’s interests, reduction in personnel'.

‘Disgraceful’ — Indian High Commission, UK minister react to envoy being denied entry into gurdwara

Former intelligence officials feel this was more of an 'emotional response' to India-Canada diplomatic row over the Nijjar killing, rather than an organised protest. 

‘Important US has accurate picture’: Jaishankar confirms he discussed India-Canada row with Blinken

At Washington event, Jaishankar said Indian diplomats 'unsafe, publicly intimidated' in Canada. Readout from US Department of State made no mention of discussions on Canada.

Amid suspense over Afghan embassy ‘closure’, consul generals say Hyderabad, Mumbai missions to stay open

Afghan Consul General Zakia Wardak & acting Consul General Syed Mohammad Ibrahimkhail say they will continue to carry out their duties, days after embassy purportedly wrote to MEA.

Nepal seeks grants, not loans, from China and India for development, says envoy

Nepal’s ambassador to India Shankar Prasad Sharma, at an ORF event in Delhi, also said the country wants to benefit from China's success, but will ‘wait and see’ on BRI execution.

Afghan embassy in Delhi to close down in next 2 days? ‘Letter sent to MEA’ days after staff sacked

Diplomats wrote to ministry on Ambassador Farid Mamundzay's instruction, it is learnt. This comes months after power tussle emerged between previous Afghan democratic govt & Taliban regime.

Waffen-SS Galicia Division & its Canada connection — centre of Trudeau’s Nazi woes

Canada allowed Ukrainians who served in Waffen SS unit to immigrate in 1950. Last week, then Speaker Anthony Rota, who has since resigned, introduced one such person as a 'hero'.

‘Room for diplomacy,’ says Canada’s UN envoy after Indian counterpart meets him on UNGA sidelines

Experts say that while it may be too early to comment, meeting between India's Ruchira Kamboj & Canada's Robert Rae can be seen as a ‘positive sign’, believe back-channel talks ongoing.

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Cash-guzzling ops, delayed filings, investor scorn — how Byju’s flew too close to the sun & got burnt

Fighting fires on all fronts — from inability to pay salaries to mismanagement allegations, cases in NCLT & ED probe — Byju's valuation has dropped to $250 mn from $22 bn in 2022.

India to start delivery of BrahMos missiles and launchers to Philippines tomorrow

India has completed storage-building space in one of the Philippines' islands as part of $374.96 million deal signed in January 2022.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.