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Afghanistan says no privatisation of war ‘at any cost’, finds support

Rejecting Erik Prince's plan to privatise parts of US military operations in Afghanistan, the government says won't allow for-profit business.

Pentagon report says Chinese industrial policies impacting US defence industry

China has forced many US companies to offshore their R&D in exchange for access to the Chinese market, says report. 

Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin hope to arm bilateral ties with missiles and warships

Front and centre of Vladimir Putin's 23-hour India visit is a signature on the S-400 surface-to-air missile, as well as 20 other agreements.

US unlikely to revoke suspension of financial aid to Pakistan

The Trump administration is also open to negotiations about the Taliban, given Pakistan has influence over it.

Pakistan backtracks on CPEC plan saying Saudi Arabia cannot be third partner

A senior official clarified that a third country cannot be a 'strategic partner' but only be an investor in business projects that arise out of CPEC projects.

‘Father of the Taliban’ calls on China to aid Afghan peace talks

Maulana Samiul Haq has said matters of 'such a great importance' shouldn't be left solely to the US.

Maldives president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih personally invites PM Modi for swearing-in ceremony

Modi too extended an invitation to the president-elect to visit India, which Solih accepted.

India can’t get around sanctions on Iran like the EU, China or Russia

India has a big trade surplus with Iran and just can’t switch to a new currency to continue buying oil after US sanctions kick in.

India & Pakistan have potential to do bilateral trade worth $37 billion: World Bank

Pakistan allows only 138 items to be imported from India over the Attari-Wagah route and cargo trucks cannot move beyond their border zones.

Tiny Maldives boots out pro-China president in election surprise

The US and India have congratulated opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on his triumph.

On Camera

What’s Xi Jinping doing in Europe? His goal is more strategic than economic

India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

SC to take up over 400 SSC officers’ plea seeking post-retirement benefits — ‘breach of Article 14′

The Short Service Commissioned officers are demanding pension and contributory provident funds rights. The plea also questions disparity with Permanent Commissioned officers.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.