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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Offshore funds want relaxed rules, tax sops to trade in Gift City

They are seeking the same concessions given to foreign firms based in the upcoming financial hub, like exemption from transaction taxes. Brokerages representing offshore investors...

‘Top of the line, really good’: Trump describes his meeting with Kim Jong-un

After his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump announced that they have agreed to 'sign' an unspecified document.

China’s Global Times takes a dig at daughter Trump as the world watches Kim-Trump summit

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have met in Singapore today. As big stakes of denuclearisation and economy are brought to the table, the world watches closely.

‘We will have a terrific relationship ahead’: Trump and Kim Jong-un shake hands

The two men walked towards each other and firmly gripped each other's hands in front of US and North Korean flags.

Trump takes over the law, and ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ is currently unavailable

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or...

How interpreters can make or break it for leaders like Narendra Modi

What’s in a name? That may be true when you’re smelling a rose, but mixing metaphors in foreign languages could land you in a diplomatic incident or two.

Modi, Lee talk global challenges, bilateral friendship as PM wraps up southeast Asia tour in Singapore

Citing the growing air traffic between India and Singapore, Modi said the two countries would forge a new 'air service agreement' soon.

As Singapore and India fight over futures, investor worries grow

India is trying to discourage offshore trading and promote a tax-free trading zone, a combination that appeals to no money managers.

Bombay HC extends stay in India-Singapore dispute over stock futures

National Stock Exchange went to court to stop the Singapore Exchange starting contracts that would replace its popular Nifty 50 Index derivatives. 

India-Singapore futures fight a ‘concern’ for US financial giant MSCI’s CEO

Worried over the dispute, MSCI CEO Henry Fernandez feels the issue will end up leaving international investors really vulnerable in one of Asia's biggest markets. 

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.