This is 2nd call between 2 leaders within month; they had not spoken between June & September. Earlier this week, Senate confirmed Sergio Gor as new Ambassador to India.
Former RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao writes in FT about how southern states may face political & economic consequences of their successful population control.
Global media also examines role of AI in call centres, enabling employees to focus on more complex responsibilities, and India’s ongoing deportation of illegal immigrants to Bangladesh.
Trump’s invite to Modi for a US stop-over after G7 was declined by the PM due to his scheduled Croatia visit. Their Canada meet was cancelled as Trump left early over West Asia crisis.
Global media also eulogises India’s ‘Tiger Man’ Valmik Thapar, who lost a battle with cancer last month & demands for an investigation into activities of Hindu American Foundation.
Imposing a minimum of 10% baseline tariffs on all products entering US, & reciprocal tariffs on several countries, the US president said it was time to put ‘America first’.
This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
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.
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