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India’s ‘largest-ever trade delegation’ to visit Canada next month, talks to be fast-tracked—Piyush Goyal

The thaw in ties between the two countries has picked up pace, with focus on trade. Piyush Goyal says free trade agreement will be fast-tracked.

US in talks with Denmark for access to three additional bases in Greenland, reports NYT

Pentagon is negotiating access to three sites, including the abandoned WWII-era bases in Narsarsuaq and Kangerlussuaq, under the 1951 US–Denmark Defense Agreement.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri represents India at UK-convened meet to discuss Strait of Hormuz

The Ministry of External Thursday confirmed that Misri attended the virtual talks on behalf of India. Around 35 countries were invited by the UK.

India’s Russian crude purchases hit 9-month high in March amid West Asia war, but discounts vanish

The disruption in the Hormuz Strait has sharply reduced India’s intake of Gulf crude. This March, Gulf supplies—usually half of India’s crude imports—dropped from 2.6–2.7 mbpd to 1.2–1.3 mbpd.

India sharpens foreign media outreach in post Op Sindoor world, new strategy in play

Three-day conflict between India and Pakistan underscored the growing importance of information warfare as a critical domain alongside conventional military operations.

Trump’s mixed signals on war—says ‘job nearly done’ while threatening to push Iran back to ‘stone age’

US president in address to nation says ‘core objectives’ of war ‘nearing completion’, calls on other countries to help open Strait of Hormuz as US ‘imports almost no oil through it’.

Pakistan, Gulf states complicit in US strikes on Iran, says Mohammad Marandi, academic close to Tehran

Mohammad Marandi, who has accompanied Iranian nuclear negotiating teams in the past, says time for talks has not come—it will arrive only once US is seen to have been defeated.

Iran can’t take Indian donations home, will use funds to buy medicines in India itself

Donations raised by embassies fall in a grey zone, but rules bar use of official mission accounts or cash collections.

In 5-point proposal to end West Asia war, Pakistan & China urge ‘cessation of hostilities, peace talks’

For over a week, Islamabad has been conveying messages between US & Iran and making coordinated push for regional stability. Iran has said it hasn’t accepted framework for discussions.

Worries about Pakistan role in mediating West Asia conflict shows ‘our elite’s insecurity’—C Raja Mohan

At ThePrint’s Off the Cuff event, the foreign policy expert said India’s economy is 10x bigger. ‘We should be confident in our own steam rather than worry about Pakistan.’

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.