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Thursday, November 6, 2025
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Germany needs 60,000 more troops to meet new NATO targets, says defence minister

Defence minister Boris Pistorius’s announcement comes in the wake of Trump’s demand for NATO to increase defence investment from 2% to 5% of the GDP.

‘Unbearable’: Germany threatens action against Israel after food & medicine shortages in Gaza

Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised air strikes on Gaza as no longer justified by the need to fight Hamas and 'no longer comprehensible', in comments at a press conference in Finland.

India incapacitating Pakistan airbases, air defences forced a halt to hostilities—Jaishankar

In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar clarifies that no third party played a role in ceasing India-Pakistan hostilities. 

German police arrest 39-yr-old woman for Hamburg knife attack that injured 18

Eighteen people were injured in a knife attack at Hamburg train station Friday evening.

Right to defend against terror: German Foreign Minister extends support to India after Op Sindoor

Wadephul in a joint briefing with Jaishankar in Berlin Friday, said that Germany & India have been fostering a dialogue on the fight against terrorism for years & aim to intensify it.

Jaishankar speaks to strategic experts in The Hague, emphaises need to strengthen India-EU ties

The EAM arrived in Netherlands Monday to hold talks with the country's leadership. He will also meet with leaders of Denmark and Germany.

German police arrest four linked to far-Right group seeking to overthrow State

German interior ministry has banned 'Kingdom of Germany' terming it a 'threat to democracy'. The Reichsbuerger movement has been under observation since 2016.

Germany’s conservative leader Merz’s chancellor bid fails as he falls short of majority in Parliament

Merz's conservatives won national elections in February with 28.5 percent of the vote but need at least one partner to form a majority government.

Trump wants a new Yalta to assert American hegemony. History shows this grand plan will likely fail

US president's hopes that superpowers can collaborate to run the world together is a fantasy, not a policy.

80 German universities visit India in bid to enhance educational collaboration

Key events include high-level visits to Indian universities, inauguration of German School of Technology, the APAIE Conference 2025.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.