Omar Abdullah being a key rival to the Indian PM in Kashmir also makes international news, as do the demonstrations taking place in Kenya against Adani Group.
International media also took note of Indian govt's readiness to provide emergency financial aid to Maldives and how vultures vanishing in India has led to a public health crisis.
India's garment industry benefiting from Bangladesh crisis also caught international media's attention, as did rise of Indian tourists, driven by higher incomes & better flight options.
Rahul Gandhi’s style is more 'low key' while Modi moves through the world 'in a whirl of pomp', says one article. Another notes how India could play active role in ending war in Ukraine.
Reports & opinion pieces also explore Bangladesh’s ‘unsustainable’ backlog of payments to Adani Power & why India must not ignore advice from international multilateral agencies.
A now-deleted opinion piece in the Global Times claimed that, despite public and political consensus in that direction, Jaishankar is not in favour of improving ties with China.
The country though, international publications note, is doing one thing right in trying to give China a run for its money, even if it's going about it the wrong way.
Reports also look at the dwindling demand for diesel consumption in India, and how ‘overtourism’ and climate change are impacting India’s hill stations.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
The Government of India has requested to buy up to 216 M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles too. Excalibur artillery munition was used in Op Sindoor against Pakistan.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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