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Topic: United States

Global media spotlights Reliance’s Texas refinery; says India has much to lose from world in chaos

Also, The Economist examines if India’s ‘balancing act’ amid chaos offers it autonomy, or does it suggest it is ‘dangerously dependent on lots of different places at once’.

Afghanistan’s uncontrolled airspace sees surge in commercial flights amid West Asia conflict

With the central air traffic corridor in West Asia now closed, Europe-Asia flights are being rerouted North via the Caucasus in the Class-G uncontrolled Kabul Flight Information Region.

As Israel-US launch ‘Op Mount Sinai’, Netanyahu appeals to Iranians to help set up ‘new and free Iran’

Israel has launched a massive joint military offensive with the US on Iran, while demanding the end of Tehran’s nuclear ‘threat’ and promising ‘freedom’ to Iranians.

Paws for peace: Aloka, the Indie rescue dog concludes the 2,300-mile march with monks

New Delhi: The 2,300-mile peace walk by Buddhist monks that culminated in Washington, D.C., this week, has thrown up an unlikely star—one that has quickly...

Amid expiration of New START, US says China held ‘covert’ nuclear test days after 2020 Galwan clash

China rubbishes claims, says US allegation an attempt to gain sole control over nuclear power after the official expiration of the arms control treaty with Russia.

As rich nations cut aid, Lancet study warns of 22 million preventable deaths by 2030

Study finds that falling global aid support to low- and middle-income countries risks decades of health gains, with children likely to bear the brunt.

Can Indian courts refuse foreign judicial requests? Supreme Court to ‘settle the law’ on comity

In US case involving Pfizer, SC to clarify extent of India’s obligations to assist foreign courts under the Hague Convention, and the principle of judicial comity. 

Jaishankar to attend critical minerals meet in US, hold talks with Rubio amid India-US chill

While officials from the two sides have remained in touch, at the highest levels, the ties are stalled over trade & tariffs. Jaishankar will meet a number of US officials too. 

Pakistan accepts Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’ on Gaza, aims to play ‘constructive role’ 

Hungary, Israel & UAE have already accepted invitation to join the board, part of Trump's Gaza peace plan. It's not immediately clear if Pakistan will pay $1 bn membership fee.

How India’s oil basket altered amid Trump’s pressure—imports from US up 40-50% this fiscal, Russia dips

India’s merchandise exports to US remain positive, despite 50% tariffs, while imports from US grew by 12.85% in the first three quarters of the financial year.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.