It also bans US govt employees from travelling to certain areas without permission, including eastern Maharashtra, northern Telangana & western West Bengal due to terrorist threats.
US officials say it is a step in the 'broader' crackdown on transnational immigration networks that undermine US laws & security, meant to 'cut off alien smuggling'.
Some analysts have said the terrorism designations could expose asylum seekers who pay cartels to be smuggled to the possibility of prosecution or being barred from the US.
Paul Kapur once wrote that ‘support for Islamist militants has constituted a central pillar of Pakistan’s grand strategy’. He also served briefly in first Trump administration.
The BJP has also accused Gandhi, the OCCRP & 92-year-old billionaire financier-philanthropist George Soros of singling out the Adani Group & its closeness to the Modi government.
US state dept spokesperson Matthew Miller reiterated need for peace in Ukraine & US’s hope for India to support its efforts. US will continue to engage with India on this, he added.
The senators, including 3 from pivotal Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have written to Antony Blinken, calling out India for ‘increasingly irresponsible efforts to silence critics’.
India has been using Shahid Beheshti terminal at Chabahar to ship humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan. The 10-year deal will allow India to operate the terminal at the port.
India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.
While Centre makes progress lowering debt from pandemic peak and cutting borrowing costs, states face slower adjustment with limited market discipline, survey finds.
Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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