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Topic: Diplomat

Indians zoom past China on private jets, tale of the fake embassy & world’s 2nd biggest IPO market

BBC reports on ‘positive move’ of India resuming tourist visas for Chinese nationals after nearly five years and Scotch market in India.

India summons top Pakistan diplomat in Delhi, hands over Persona Non Grata note for military diplomats

India has also decided to pull out its defence attaches in Pakistan, and reduce staff size at its mission in Islamabad to 30 from 55, in response to the Pahalgam attack.

What is diplomatic immunity & how it shields Kenyan diplomat’s son in alleged sexual assault case

The accused, a Class 12 student who is the son of a Kenyan diplomat, has allegedly left the country. He has been accused of assaulting a 5-year-old on a school bus last August.

Kenyan diplomat’s son accused of sexually assaulting minor has left the country, girl’s parents say

Assault took place in a Delhi school bus last August, a month after which FIR was lodged. Since then, two more FIRs under similar sections lodged against him, it is learnt.

How Chonira Belliappa Muthamma, India’s 1st woman career diplomat, took on a male-dominated system

Muthamma is credited to be the first woman to join the Indian Foreign Services in 1949. She served as India’s ambassador to several countries & fought for her rights in SC.

Kiran Doshi, the career diplomat who could be utterly undiplomatic

Kiran Doshi will also be remembered for his novel Jinnah Often Came to Our House, which won many awards.

‘Sharp intellect, soul of discretion’ — Veteran diplomat Satinder Lambah passes away at 80

Lambah, known to friends & colleagues as 'Sati', steered the backchannel talks that took place between India & Pakistan in 2005-2014, when there was a thaw in bilateral relations.

Daughter of ex-Pakistan envoy to South Korea & Kazakhstan murdered in Islamabad

The killing comes just days after daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was briefly abducted from Islamabad, triggering major diplomatic row between the two countries.

K Shankar Bajpai, India’s former envoy to US, China and Pakistan, dies at 92

Former IFS officer K Shankar Bajpai was born into a family of diplomats, and after serving the country, went on to become a noted academic.

Let Indian soldiers remain soldiers. Diplomacy is for those in embassies

At the border where every decision determines life and death, soldiers applying diplomacy instead of war-fighting instincts will be disastrous.

On Camera

Telecom is India’s next Atmanirbhar champion—with 4G rollout as a milestone

Fifteen operators across 9 countries have inquired about India's technology, and nations like Kenya, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, and Egypt have shown concrete interest in Indian 4G and 5G stacks.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.