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PM Modi didn’t skip SCO due to US influence. India has its own independent agenda

For Moscow, one way of limiting Beijing’s clout in the SCO is to bring in India and counterbalance Chinese influence in the decision-making process.

‘In no position to negotiate between Ukraine and Russia,’ says Hungarian PM Viktor Orban

Following Thursday’s media reports about Orban visit, Charles Michel, president of EU council, said, ‘EU rotating presidency has no mandate to engage with Russia on behalf of EU.’

Bring them home, say kin of 2 Kashmiri men stuck in Russia after falling for job scam

J&K Students Association, on behalf of families of Azad Yousuf Kumar & Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh, has asked Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to raise the issue in ongoing Parliament session. 

EU leaders sign security deal with Ukraine, to agree on top jobs, strategic agenda

Leaders of the EU countries, meeting formally for the first time since European elections on June 6-9, gave a warm welcome to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

MMA fighter & regional official’s relatives among gunmen involved in Russia’s Dagestan attack

Gunmen targeted multiple places of worship and engaged in a confrontation at a police traffic stop in these cities within the Muslim-majority republic, killing at least 19 people.

Deaths caused by ‘tainted liquor’ in Tamil Nadu & ‘Nijjar enigma’ — what global media reported

Spotlight also on India & Bangladesh's Teesta water dispute & the crusade of a late Padma Shri activist from Assam against witch-hunting.

9 dead & 25 injured in Russia’s Dagestan as gunmen hit multiple sites, 4 ‘militants’ also killed

Attacks have been reported in churches, synagogues and a police traffic stop in Dagestan cities of Derbent and Makhachkala. Russia says it has initiated 'terror investigation'.

‘Moscow may change timing for use of nuclear weapons if threats increase,’ warns Russian lawmaker

Russia’s 2020 nuclear doctrine sets out when its president would consider using a nuclear weapon, primarily as a response to an attack 'when the very existence of the state is put under threat'.

Ukraine can use American-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces ‘anywhere’, says US

This comes weeks after the US quietly signalled the green light to Kyiv to strike inside Russia in retaliation to a cross-border assault on the city of Kharkiv.

North Korea’s Kim gives pair of local Pungsan dogs to Putin

Pungsans are a breed of hunting dogs native to a region in northern North Korea.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?