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Topic: US Ambassador

Trump sends ‘valued’ aide to India amid discord & ‘heavy-handed’ regulation of online gaming

BBC reports why researchers in Tamil Nadu are working feverishly to scrape the enamel off a 2,500-year-old tooth.

Publisher, Republican staffer, White House aide—Trump appoints Sergio Gor as new US ambassador to India

Gor has been involved in Republican party politics since at least 2008. He co-founded a book publishing company with Trump’s son & was a staffer in Senator Rand Paul’s office.

Trump nominates former Delta pilot to international aviation post

The nomination comes as some U.S. senators want the Trump administration to advocate at ICAO for raising the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots from 65 to 67.

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’.

On Camera

India’s online gaming ban shows today’s thriving sector could be tomorrow’s casualty

This policy unpredictability is accelerating India's brain drain, particularly in tech and digital innovation, where skilled professionals seek more stable environments abroad.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.