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

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

PTI -
Pakistan allows only 138 items to be imported from India over the Attari-Wagah route and cargo trucks cannot move beyond their border zones.
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Tiny Maldives boots out pro-China president in election surprise

Iain Marlow -
The US and India have congratulated opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on his triumph.
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Lahore HC summons Nawaz Sharif for claiming those involved in 26/11 Mumbai attacks belonged to Pakistan

M Zulqernain -
A petitioner has claimed that Sharif's comments could be used against Pakistan by its enemies. 
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Pakistan wanted to offer India easy access to top Sikh shrine at New York talks

Jyoti Malhotra -
Pakistan’s information minister Fawad Chaudhry tells ThePrint arrangements had been made to offer simple access to Sikh shrine in Kartarpur Sahib.
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India’s response to peace call arrogant, negative and disappointing, says PM Imran Khan

PTI -
His statement comes a day after the Modi government called off the India-Pakistan ministerial-level meeting in New York. 
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Terrific news, says US after foreign ministers of India & Pakistan agree to meet on Imran’s outreach

PTI -
The meeting between both the countries will be the first such engagement since Pathankot terror attack in 2016.
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Xi Jinping could be a bigger risk to China than Donald Trump

Bloomberg News -
The more powerful Xi becomes, the more difficult it is for him to blame policy mistakes on others, especially when it comes to the US trade war.
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Let’s restart bilateral talks, says Pakistan’s Imran Khan in letter to PM Narendra Modi

PTI -
Khan proposed a meeting between foreign ministers of both the countries on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in September.
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India, Pakistan foreign ministers to meet in New York next week & break impasse

Jyoti Malhotra -
Meeting comes as a realignment of political forces is underway on the global stage. It is also a crucial milestone for PM Modi in election year.
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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

+TFP

Opposition must debate utility, provisions of VB-GRAMG. Look beyond the name

Economy

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

Apoorva Mandhani -
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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