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India has disproportionately benefited from Bangladesh. Yunus govt is balancing that

ThePrint editor-in-chief's open letter to Dr Muhammad Yunus reflected a fine grasp of the complex socio-political terrain of South Asia. However, many of his assertions deserve a more balanced examination.

‘US Ambassador of Cringe’. Russian state media takes dig at Garcetti’s diplomatic, bhangra moves

Reacting to a video of the US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti performing bhangra along with Embassy staffers on Diwali, Sputnik India termed the moves ‘cringe-worthy’.

‘In times of conflict, no such thing as strategic autonomy’ — full text of Eric Garcetti’s speech

The US envoy to India was speaking at an event focused on defence & trade ties between the two countries. ‘Don't take this relationship for granted,’ he said.

‘Opaque’ corporate tax practices still impede American investments in India, says Garcetti

Speaking at an event in Delhi, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti adds 'FDI isn't flowing into India at pace it should' & New Delhi must not view its self-reliance as 'fortress'.

US envoy owes two drinks to Australian ambassador for losing bet after India’s WC final loss

US envoy to India Eric Garcetti, who danced to Shah Rukh Khan’s Chaiyya Chaiyya song at the Diwali event had bet on India winning the 2023 World cup.

Trudeau’s allegation on Nijjar killing based on Five Eyes input, says US envoy on India-Canada row

This comes after reports suggested Canada got 'human' & 'signals' intelligence from a Five Eyes partner that allegedly implicated Indian officials in Sikh extremist's killing.

‘And then there were none’: On G20 eve, US’s Japan envoy says China’s ‘missing’ ministers a mystery

US diplomat Rahm Emanuel says ‘Defence Minister Li Shangfu hasn't been seen in public for two weeks’, after ex-foreign minister Qin Gang & Rocket Force commanders ‘go missing’.

Amit Shah holds talks with US Ambassador Garcetti, in rare one-on-one with a western envoy

Home Minister Amit Shah met US Ambassador Eric Garcetti Tuesday, where he reiterated commitment to build upon 'positive outcomes arising out of' PM Modi’s visit to US last month.

‘India, US can jointly deploy ships, air forces in Indo-Pacific’, says US envoy Eric Garcetti

While speaking at IIT-Delhi, Garcetti suggested the 2 countries increase interoperability between their forces and made several veiled references to China, days after Modi's US visit.

2 years on, India to finally have full-time US envoy as Senate confirms Biden pick Garcetti

Former LA mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination was stalled for months due to allegations that he was aware of but didn't take action against former aide accused of sexual harassment & bullying.

On Camera

LFW’s 25th anniversary was all about theatrical couture. Not a word said about Sabyasachi

Tarun Tahiliani, Anita Dongre, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, to Gaurav Gupta. Only the finale designers from LFW’s journey were on stage. Manish Arora, Wendell Rodricks and Sabysachi were absent.

ATM withdrawals to get costlier from 1 May. What you need to know

RBI lifted ceiling on interchange fee on ATM withdrawals through circular issued Friday. Interchange fee is amount one bank pays another to facilitate ATM transactions.

India’s defence exports grew to Rs 23,622 cr in FY2024-25, with private sector contributing 64%

Defence exports grew by 12.04% year-on-year. MoD says 1,762 export authorisation were issued in FY2024-25 compared to 1,507 in the preceding financial year.

Thank you Trump for putting tariff gun to India’s head. That’s the only way we’d be forced to reform

Trump threatening to pull the trigger might be just what is needed to wake up India’s self-congratulatory establishment from its headline-managing fantasies.