Diplomacy
Rubio in Delhi: US signals resolve to reset India ties ahead of Quad meet
The US secretary of state’s four-day visit, capped by a White House invitation for PM Modi, is being read as Washington’s clearest signal yet that it wants to stabilize the rattled ties with India.
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India-Africa Forum meet postponed again over Ebola concerns
The fourth India-Africa Forum Summit, set for New Delhi from May 28-31, has been called off indefinitely as Ebola and mpox continue to spread across parts of the African continent.
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Nearly 6,000 European firms account for 5% of India’s GDP, report finds
The report says around 6,000 EU companies operating in India generated €186 billion in combined turnover in 2024, roughly 5% of the country's GDP.
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BRICS MENA meet: India’s Israel tilt derails bloc on Palestine, Iran
A BRICS meeting meant to project emerging-economy unity ended in discord after India sought to dilute agreed language on Palestinian rights – isolating New Delhi from every other member at the table.
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China renames 23 places in Arunachal, India rejects ‘fictitious’ names
China has now assigned its own names to more than 90 locations in Arunachal Pradesh. The sixth list arrived despite active diplomatic engagement between Modi and Xi.
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Trump ‘allows’ India to purchase Russian oil, gives 30-day ‘licence’
A narrow US sanctions waiver allowing Indian refiners to receive Russian oil already at sea has ignited a fierce domestic row over sovereignty.
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Finally, India condoles Israel’s assassination of Iran’s Khamenei
India has at last formally expressed condolences over the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, with the foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, signing the book of condolence at the Iranian embassy.
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Trump levies 15% tariff after US apex court ruling. What India faces now?
The US supreme court voided Donald Trump’s emergency import levies. Within 24 hours, he reimposed a 15% global surcharge under a different law. For India the legal drama is anything but abstract.
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India’s Ethiopia envoy bats for a sovereign AI path for global south
Ambassador of India to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the African Union, Anil Kumar Rai, sets out India's AI proposition as a democratic, equitable alternative to concentrated global tech power.
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Pannun case: Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty in murder-for-hire plot
Indian national, who admitted to working at the direction of a serving Indian government intelligence operative, faces sentencing in May this year.
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