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Saturday, July 19, 2025
TopicIndia-Israel

Topic: India-Israel

Israeli defence firms seek to expand footprint in India, MRO & innovation centre come up

Israel Aerospace Industries has launched an innovation centre and a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility last month in India.

After Assad’s fall, Palestine is sidelined again. Trump might bring it back — for himself

Despite the clear, causal link between Gaza and Damascus, the resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict has emerged as a casualty of Syria’s collapse. But Trump’s narcissistic tendencies might change that.

Nearly 12,000 Indians hired in Israel for work since October 2023, MEA tells Rajya Sabha

6,365 of the 12,000 went in 2024 under a bilateral framework agreement signed in November 2023 between India & Israel, while the rest arrived via private channels, MoS external affairs says.

Israeli firms fortified Mumbai’s buildings after 26/11—metal gates, bollard systems

In 'After 26/11', Rhys Machold reveals how India mimicked the US' post-9/11 'homeland security' paradigm following the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

‘Terrorism has no place in our world,’ Modi’s message to Israel PM Netanyahu

The two leaders discussed on West Asia developments, emphasizing peace, preventing escalation & securing the safe release of hostages amid ongoing conflict, Modi said in an X post

64 Indians fly to Israel ‘under G2G agreement’ to fill construction job vacancies left by Palestinians

India is anticipating a demand from Israel for 15,000 more workers. Maharashtra & Telangana have shown interest in organising professional test drives in their respective states.

8,199 applicants, 219 selected — why Haryana construction workers didn’t qualify for jobs in Israel

Workers from Haryana applied for 10,000 vacancies advertised by state govt for construction work in Israel, but most failed to make it through tests experts from Israel put them through.

After recording witness statements, police await forensic reports in Israel embassy blast case

Samples from the leaves and soil from the spot were collected by forensic experts from the National Security Group (NSG) and Delhi Police on Wednesday.

Extending necessary consular assistance, says MEA on Nikhil Gupta, wanted by US over ‘Pannun plot’

MEA also hits out at Canadian PM over his remarks of a 'tonal' shift in India-Canada ties following US indictment of Indian national in connection with alleged Pannun murder plot.

If India designated Hamas as terror group, Khaled Mashal wouldn’t have been at Kerala rally — Israel envoy

Ambassador Naor Gilon also suggests that interviews given by senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook to the Indian media after Israel-Hamas war broke out could have been avoided. 

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.