Dhaka, May 3 Tapped by Interim Government’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus for a high-level role, Major General (Retd.) A L M Fazlur Rahman, a former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Director General, has sparked diplomatic ripples with an incendiary social media post which suggests that Bangladesh should ally with China to seize India’s northeastern states if India […]
May 3 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to discuss the security situation in the Union Territory in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 civilians, mostly tourists, were killed. This is Omar Abdullah’s first meeting with the Prime Minister after […]
New Delhi, May 1 Piyush Goyal, who concluded his productive visit to Norway which is the first by a Commerce and Industry Minister from India in over 25 years, stressed that ties between the two nations are set to enter a new phase of trust and growth. Commerce Minister held separate meetings with Norway’s Minister […]
Beijing, April 11 The United States cannot act recklessly and the wheels of history cannot be reversed, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic […]
Global brokerage Jefferies has issued an ‘overweight’ call on India, saying that the country is set to outperform other emerging markets (EMs) amid rising global uncertainties. In its latest note, Jefferies said while absolute index performance is difficult to predict, “India should emerge as a relative outperformer”. Jefferies added that India’s limited exposure to US […]
Washington, March 21 President Donald Trump on Friday announced plans for the US military to induct a sixth generation of fighter jets called F 47s, a toned-down version of it will be available to allies. The aircraft is being built by Boeing. “The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever […]
Washington, March 18 US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have been on the phone for more than an hour and the White House said “the call is going well”. A readout of the call will be issued later. The two leaders are expected to discuss the US plan for a 30-day ceasefire […]
New Delhi, March 18 India and New Zealand are working to finalise a comprehensive and mutually beneficial free trade agreement, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. Addressing the business leaders of India and New Zealand here, Goyal emphasised the immense potential for collaboration between the two countries. He articulated an […]
March 11 The government of Mauritius on Tuesday announced its decision to bestow the country’s highest honour ‘The Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean’ to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his ongoing two-day State Visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago. Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam made the […]
Washington, March 11 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated the trade war with Canada by doubling the tariff on steel and aluminum imports from that country. Trump announced the additional 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel — taking it up to 50 per cent — in a long post on his social media […]