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TopicUS aid

Topic: US aid

Nepal okays $500 million US aid to motive country’s infrastructure, adds caveat

New clause ‘interpretative declaration’ clarifies that the US grant is a development grant and not above Nepal's constitution, nor is it part of Washington's Indo-Pacific Strategy.

A meeting with Imran Khan is all it took to make Pakistanis fall in love with Donald Trump

Persecution of marginalised groups in Imran Khan's Naya Pakistan resonates with Trump's Make America Great Again. But who cares about all that.

Espionage case shatters Pakistan army’s myths – and the belief its nuke secrets are secure

The recipient of secrets shared by convicted Pakistani officials was not ‘permanent enemy’ India – but the country that gives it billions of dollars.

When Pak army chief met Xi Jinping in Beijing

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Saudi Arabia had no role in influencing Sharif family release, says Pak minister; Imran Khan opens up on his decision to choose politics as a career

On Camera

Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

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.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

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.