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MEA ‘examining’ Bangladesh’s additional diesel requests, refuses to comment on Tarique Rahman visit

Bangladesh has asked India to increase diesel supplies as it grapples with a major energy crisis due to disruptions in gas and fuel supplies.

India pushes for Bangladesh PM visit next week, while Dhaka indicates September preference

Both countries have begun preparations for the state visit. New Delhi has proposed 21 & 22 August. But given Tarique Rahman’s schedule, the sense in Dhaka is early September visit.

Pakistan has no locus standi—MEA on Sharif, Dar’s Article 370 abrogation remarks

Pakistani PM Sharif deemed move illegal in his message Wednesday. India highlighted ongoing violence in PoJK and Islamabad’s continued support for state-sponsored terrorism in its rebuttal.

Kin of Indian seafarer missing after Black Sea drone attack move SC, seek MEA coordination in search

Deepak Kumar Gupta was onboard MV AGN Ragnar when it was struck by drones on 25 July in Black Sea. His brother has moved apex court seeking its intervention.

Ukraine says request to discuss Black Sea situation with Jaishankar went ‘unanswered’

Ukrainian Embassy in India criticised differing advisories issued by Indian authorities for seafarers plying on ships transiting through Strait of Hormuz and the Black Sea.

India points to Pakistan’s track record, calls its embrace of Indus Valley Civilisation ‘phoney’

In the last year, top Pakistani political leaders have attempted to link the history of the Indus Valley Civilisation to the identity of Pakistan.

MEA dismisses PoK polls as ‘cosmetic’, asserts territory ‘remains inalienable part of India’

Govt’s rebuke came as the first phase of the vote unfolded amid deadly street protests, mass arrests, and a ban on a leading civil-society movement. Voting began on 27 July and will go on till 10 August.

59 India-linked ships crossed Hormuz since March conflict; 6 Indian vessels still stranded, govt tells RS

Shipping Ministry said it is coordinating with the MEA, Defence and Petroleum Ministry to ensure safe passage for Indian vessels amid rising tensions in the Gulf.

India summons Russian Cd’A, lodges strong protest after four seafarers killed in Black Sea

The MV GOLDEN LEO, a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship, was struck Sunday by cruise missiles, said Ukrainian authorities. Of the nine fatalities, four were Indian nationals.

India highlights ‘growing security cooperation’ with US as it reacts to Bishnoi, Bhagwanpuria indictments

In its first remarks since the DoJ unveiled its indictments last week against three transnational criminal organisations, India reiterates that such organisations pose a threat to all societies.

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Taliban is keeping 22 million women as prisoners. World’s looking away from their torture

Five years after Kabul fell to the Islamic Emirate, world leaders are quietly marketing their acceptance of this regime as realism.

Why India’s Russian oil supplies are set to decline in August

Russian crude imports are expected to fall in August from around highs of 2.7 mbpd in June and July, but Moscow to remain India's largest single oil supplier

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman